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COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) on August 13 met with officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) led by newly-appointed Secretary Sonny Angara.
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Education Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal led the MBHTE party to the meeting at the DepEd Central Office in Pasig City, Metro Manila. MBHTE is one of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
The meeting was aimed to foster stronger collaboration and discuss strategic initiatives for educational development in the Bangsamoro region.
Officials both from the MBHTE and DepEd engaged in productive discussions focusing on key issues and potential areas of cooperation. The dialogue emphasized the importance of aligning educational policies and programs to ensure that both agencies work towards common goals, particularly in enhancing access to quality education in BARMM.
Furthermore, they expressed optimism about future partnership, where these two key educational bodies are expected to work on a significant improvement in the delivery of educational services, ultimately benefiting the students and communities.
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. (✓)