Featured image above shows MBHTE Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal (foreground) as he administers oath of newly hired education personnel for SGA.
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COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education’s (MBHTE) newly appointed teaching, teaching-related, and non-teaching personnel in Special Geographic Area and Main Office officially signed their appointments and took their oaths on December 20, before Education Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal at the MBHTE Main Office here in the city.
A total of teaching, nine teaching-related, and eight non-teaching personnel committed to deliver quality education and embraced the challenge of working with MBHTE to realize its vision of ensuring that no Bangsamoro learner shall be left behind.
The MBHTE is one of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
In his message, Minister Iqbal emphasized that competence plays a crucial role in advancing quality education, and there are several key areas of competence to consider.
“First, we must focus on the competence of our teachers, followed by the administration, resources, and government support. However, the most important factor in the effort to achieve quality education is you — the teachers,” he said.
Furthermore, he reminded them of the important roles they play in shaping the future of education for the Bangsamoro.
“I hope you perform your duties and responsibilities with utmost professionalism, as our obligation should come first before our rights,” said HRMO Chief Monette E. Estacio- Kari.
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, 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. (✓)