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COTABATO CITY — As part of the implementation of the Project Improve Quality Education in the Bangsamoro Land (I.Q.B.A.L.), the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE), has distributed various school supplies to the school divisions of Cotabato City, Lanao del Sur I, Maguindanao del Sur, and Maguindanao del Norte.
They are all located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
One of the 15 primary governance structures of the BARMM, the MBHTE is headed by Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal.
He has been implementing reforms in the Bangsamoro region’s education sector since he assumed the leadership of the MBHTE at the start of the BARMM operation.
Project IQBAL is one of the instruments that implements the distribution of education-related supplies.
Before the month of April ended, the MBHTE distributed the supplies that included 3,922 Learners’ Kits, 49 sets of manipulative toys, 95 sets of flashcards, 145 sets of charts, and 17 boxes of McDonald’s toys.
The following are the recipient schools:
1. Ambolinog ES
2. Bai Malaida CES
3. Buaya Buaya ES
4. Bulod ES
5. Catagonan ES
6. Datu Langalen Matagmama ES
7. Datu Salipada Khaled Pendatun ES
8. Datu Shajid Khan Pendatun MNHS
9. Digaon ES
10. Ganta Primary School
11. Guiawa ES
12. Kaladturan ES
13. Kulasi ES
14. Lasangan ES
15. Libungan ES
16. Ligawasan PS
17. Manampen ES
18. Margues ES
19. Matilac ES
20. Medpandacan ES
21. Midconding ES
22. Montay Primary School
23. Pagalungan ES
24. Paglala ES
25. Pangandaman Provincial Science High School
26. Panosolen ES
27. Pedtiguian PS
28. Ramcor ES
29. Sadangen ES
30. Salas ES
31. Sumakubay ES
32. Tonggol ES
33. Tumaguinting ES
34. Ungap PS
With unwavering dedication, the Ministry remains steadfast in its commitment to consistently raise the bar for education across the Bangsamoro Land, guaranteeing that each child has access to enriching learning opportunities.
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. With the recent plebiscite at SGA, the BARMM now has eight new municipalities as residents voted “Yes”.
According to the Philippine Atlas BARMM has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities (plus eight newly established under the SGA: 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. (✓)