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COTABATO CITY, October 02, 2023 — Hundreds of young men and women of the Bangsamoro region have realized their dream today, Monday, of becoming a teacher, of being molders of the minds of the Moro youths.
They are part of the more than 900 teaching and non-teaching personnel from the schools divisions of Lanao del Sur I, Lanao del Sur II, and Sulu, including 16 from the Regional Office, who took their oath at the ceremonial oathtaking the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) conducted at Gymnasium of Cotabato State University (CSU) here.
In his video message, MBHTE Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal congratulated the appointees who are now officially part of the workforce of the ministry, one of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Underscoring the importance of Moral Governance in delivering educational services in the region, Minister Iqbal said, “Ang ibig sabihin ng Moral Governance sa eskwelahan na isinusulong ng Chief Minister ng Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, Honorable Ahod Balawag Ebrahim, ay kailangan magtrabaho tayo ng husto. Kayo, dapat magturo kayo ng husto, observe time allotment, at saka treat all the learners well, at huwag kayong mangolekta.”
“Magturo tayo, magsumikap tayo sa lahat ng paraan para magiging quality ang education natin,” he added.
(Translation: Let us teach, let us strive in all the ways to come up with quality education.)
Part of today’s activity was also the Islamic orientation delivered by Prof. Tahir G. Nalg, MBHTE Director General for Madaris Education. He emphasized the importance of educators embodying and living the principle of Moral Governance and being role models to the youth.
“Tayo ang ehemplo…kung ano po ang ipapakita natin sa ating mga susunod na henerasyon ay kanilang susundan. Kung ano ang makita nila, kung ano yung matutunan nila sa edukasyon natin, ay yun ang mangyayari ilang siglo [magmula] ngayon,” said Nalg.
(Translation: We are the models…what we show the next generation that’s what they will follow. Whatever they see, whatever they learn from our education system, that’s what comes out in the next years.)
Meanwhile, these teachers shall be deployed in their respective areas of assignment in the soonest possible time and are expected to render service even before 2024 begins.
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 del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan, and Marawi, as well as the Special Geographic Area’s (SGA) 63 barangays or villages that voted “Yes” in a plebiscite in February 2019 to be under the BARMM jurisdiction.
According to the Philippine Atlas BARMM has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities: Basilan, 11 municipalities; Lanao del Sur, 39; undivided 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. (✓)