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COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education’s (MBHTE) Technical Education and Skills Development (TESD) has set the stage to showcase students’ skills and talents for the 2023 Regional Skills Competition (RSC) which is being held from December 4 to 8, 2023.
MBHTE is one of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
The RSC will be participated by the winners of the Provincial Skills Competition held in the different provinces of BARMM conducted last October 23-27.
Participants will compete in four skill areas which include Cooking, Electrical Installation, Information Network Cabling, and IT Network Systems Administration.
The RSC is annually conducted by the MBHTE-TESD to showcase the skills and talents of competitors who demonstrate excellence in their chosen qualifications.
It serves as a platform to recognize the skills excellence of young industry-skilled workers and graduates of technical-vocational schools and training centers.
Winners of the RSC will have the honor of representing BARMM at the Philippine National Skills Competition, and if fortunate, they will undergo further training to prepare them for international skills competitions like the ASEAN and World Skills Competitions.
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. (♤)