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COTABATO CITY — The University of the Philippines (UP) – Ugnayan ng Pahinungod has called on the Bangsamoro Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE).
Headed by Education Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal, the ministry is located at the Bangsamoro Government Compound (BGC), previously known as ORC Compound. MBHTE is one of the 15 primary governmental organs of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim mindanao (BARMM).
The UP delegation was led by System Director Marie Therese Angeline Bustos, PhD. Her group met with Director General of Basic Education Abdullah P. Salik, Jr., at the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Office (BPDA) Conference Hall.
Reports from the MBHTE identified the two-parties goal in the meeting, such as:
- To conduct Teachers’ Training in South Upi National High School, and
- Conduct of UP College Admissions Test (UPCAT) for Grades 10-11 students
On behalf of the MBHTE, Salik, Jr. expressed thanks to the UP-Ugnayan ng Pahinungod for coming over to the Bangsamoro region, saying the meeting served as a great platform that enabled UP to share and offer their expertise to help and provide quality education services for the learners in the Bangsamoro region.
The Bangsamoro region, established in 2018 by the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to implement the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), is made up of the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao (now split as Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte), Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan, and Marawi, as well as the 63 barangays or villages dubbed Special Geographic Area (SGA) that voted “yes” in a plebiscite in February 2019 to be under the BARMM jurisdiction.
According to the Philippine Atlas has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities: Basilan, 11 municipalities; Lanao del Sur, 39; Maguindanao, 36; Sulu, 19; and Tawi-Tawi, 11. Its component cities are Cotabato (the regional center and capital) in Maguindanao; Lamitan in Basilan; and Marawi in Lanao del Sur. (✓)