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COTABATO CITY — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Region 12 headed by its Regional Director Bashir M. Ibrahim turned over Tuesday, April 4, six units of four-storey school buildings of Senior High School-Stand Alone to the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE).
MBHTE Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal welcomed the DPW-Region 12’s contributions to education reforms in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Iqbal, who is also a Member of Parliament of the Bangsamoro region, said he was “privileged to accept the six school buildings which will benefit the students, faculty, and personnel”.
Located at Bubong Road, Tamontaka Mother, the school is the first-ever stand-alone school for Senior High School learners in Cotabato City which consists of 120 classrooms.
“I am confident that the Cotabato City Division Office and the Senior High School Stand Alone will manage these buildings so that more learners can benefit from them,” Iqbal added.
Held at Citymall Convention Hall, the activity was graced by City Tourism Consultant Bai Sandra A. Sema, Councilor Florante Formento representing City Mayor Bruce Matabalao, Arlan Arumpac representing City Administrator Atty. Aelan Arumpac, CCDEO Engr. Bai Lugaya A. Ampatuan, Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Concepcion F. Balawag, CESO V, Senior High School Stand Alone School Head Jeanette A. Gaudiado, and other guests from DPWH-Region 12, Local Government Unit (LGU), and MBHTE.
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. (✓)