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COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) has held groundbreaking ceremonies for various schools in Matanog, Maguindanao del Norte, last December 16, 2024, for the construction of three covered courts at Brgy. Sapad in Ibay National High School, Brgy. Bayangan Sur in Sitio Digakapan, and Brgy. Bugasan Sur in Sitio Poblacion Teba.
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).
With a total amount of Php12,235,463.04, these projects will be funded under the Special Development Fund (SDF) 2023.
These new infrastructures are aimed at providing safe spaces for recreational and school activities, fostering inclusivity for all learners and supporting the Ministry’s commitment to leaving no Bangsamoro learner behind.
Meanwhile, the MBHTE successfully distributed the MBHTE-designed armchairs and various learning materials under the Project “Improve Quality Education in the Bangsamoro Land” for the month of September in the Schools Division of Cotabato City.
The recipient schools are the following:
– Al- Azharie Institute, Inc.
– Bai Maguinal Langalen
– Bandanas Elementary School
– Bubong Elementary School
– Buluan National High School
– CCCNHS Annex Bubong Site
– CCHNS Annex Buaya Biaya Site
– CCHNS Annex P.C. Hill Site
– CCNHS Annex
– CCNHS Annex Don E. Sero Site
– CCNHS Datu Sema Kalantunngan
– Cotabato City Central Pilot School
– Cotabato City National High School- Main Campus
– Cotabato City NHS Rojas
– Dado Elementary School
– Daladagan Elementary School
– Darping Elementary School
– Datu Mapandala Elementary School
– Datu Piang National High School
– Datu Siang Central School
– Datu Siang National High School
– Datu Usman Elementary School
– J. Marquez National High School
– Kalian Elementary School
– Krislamville Elementary School
– Mohammad Integrated School
– Mohammad Jhon Ayob Islamic Learning Center
– P.C Hill Elementary School
– Pilot Provincial Science High School & Technology
– Sero Central Elementary School
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. (✓)