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COTABATO CITY — More education officials of the Bangsamoro Government have cracked the rigorous screening of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE).
Headed by Education Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal, the MBHTE is one of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Hiring teaching and non-teaching personnel of the MBHTE is one of the priorities of the leaders of the ministry to cope with learners’ need for quality education.
So, on May 14, 2024, at the MBHTE Main Office, RELC Building, at the Bangsamoro Government Center (BG), 28 newly appointed officials took their oath of office and signed their appointment papers.
Iqbal presided over the oath-taking ceremony, emphasizing the employees’ commitment to maintaining moral governance in serving the Bangsamoro community.
“The Ministry aims to ensure transparent hiring processes and is dedicated to eliminating any unethical hiring practices,” the education chief of BARMM assured.
These 28 officials, who secured plantilla positions, underwent a rigorous selection process managed by the ministry’s Regional Human Resource Merit Promotion and Selection Board (RHRMPSB), which evaluated candidates based on qualifications, written and online exams, and interviews.
A representative acceptance speech was delivered by Anwar Ali Upahm, newly appointed Director 1, who expressed gratitude for the opportunity to work with the Ministry.
In addition to the hiring and promotion activities at the Main Office, the MBHTE continues to screen candidates for teaching and non-teaching positions across school divisions and field levels.
“The reforms we’ve started, I hope and pray that whoever succeeds us will continue them. As long as I’m here, we’re expediting the hiring process.”
Established in 2018 by the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to implement the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the Bangsamoro region 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. (/)