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COTABATO CITY — The Education Facilities Section of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) held a series of groundbreaking ceremonies for the construction of various school facilities amounting to Php11,915,085.05 at the schools divisions of Cotabato City, Maguindanao del Sur, and Maguindanao del Norte.
MBHTE is one of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. It is headed by Education Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal.
Covered by the funds are three water sanitation and hygiene with water source development, two covered courts with stage, and one mini covered court.
To be subsidized under the 2022 Transitional Development Impact Fund (TDIF), the water sanitation and hygiene with water source development will be constructed at:
1. Pinaring ES (Php879,500.00)
2. Nalapaan ES (Php879,500.00)
3. Darugao ES (Php879,500.00)
Covered courts to be subsidized under the 2023 TDIF will be constructed at:
1. Jamiat Cotabato and Institute of Technology, Inc. (Php3,974,178.92)
2. Madrasah Madia (Php3,937,230.00)
A mini covered court to be funded under 2022 TDIF will be constructed at CCNHS-Annex (L.R. Sebastian) amounting to Php1,365,176.13.
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. (✓)