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COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education’s (MBHTE) Property and Supply Section distributed on Tuesday June 18, various school supplies at Notre Dame Village Central Elementary School.
One of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the MBHTE is under the leadership of Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal.
The supplies include:
- – 442 Learners’ Kits for Grade 1
- – 378 Learners’ Kits for Grade 2
- – 362 Learners’ Kits for Grade 3
- – 5 sets of manipulative toys
- – 20 sets of flashcards
- – 20 educational charts
“Ito po ay kabahagi sa gusto natin, gusto ng Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education, na magkaroon po tayo ng kalidad na edukasyon, hindi yung basta-basta lang makagraduate,” said Iqbal.
(Translation: This is part of what we want. The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education wants to have quality education, not just produce so-so graduates.)
He emphasized the importance of securing school facilities and learning materials for both learners and educators to achieve quality education. Additionally, he highlighted the necessity of hiring competent teachers to enhance the teaching and learning process.
This initiative is one of the Ministry’s efforts to improve and enhance education in the Bangsamoro region.
Perhaps, many have now come to know that since Iqbal assumed the leadership of the MBHTE in 2019, he has been implementing various initiatives to improve the quality of education in the Bangsamoro region, long starved of educational facilities, quality teachers, and dedicated personnel.
Thus, among the measures he put in place — and continues to do so — are construction of new school buildings (to increase classrooms) and facilities, hiring of thousands of new teaching and non-teaching personnel, distribution of IT equipment, Learners’ Kits, Teachers’ Kits, and other school-related supplies.
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. (✓)