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COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) successfully conducted a series of distribution of a total of 215 Teachers’ Kits and 5,381 Learners’ Kits under the Project “Improve Quality Education in the Bangsamoro Land” (IQBAL) from February 18 to 27 in the Schools Division of Lanao del Sur II.
Headed by Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal, the MBHTE is one of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
The recipient schools are the following:
SOUTH MALABANG
-Dimarao PS
-Calimodan Village ES
-Ocsio MES
NORTH MALABANG
-Madaya Ps
-Montay PS
-Calimodan Village ES
-Ocsio MES
NORTH MALABANG
-Madaya Ps
-Montay PS
SOUTH BALABAGAN
-Upper Itil ES
-Igabay ES
-Lorenzo ES
-Balabagan ES
-Batuan ES
-Igabay ES
-Lorenzo ES
-Balabagan ES
-Batuan ES
NORTH BALABAGAN
-Calilangan ES
-Lalabuan ES
-Purakan ES
-Pindolonan PS
-Magolalung Oriental ES
-Tataya ES
-Barorao CES
-Ilian ES
-Lalabuan ES
-Purakan ES
-Pindolonan PS
-Magolalung Oriental ES
-Tataya ES
-Barorao CES
-Ilian ES
KAPATAGAN
-Tabuan ES
-Pinantao Madaya ES
-Pinantao Madaya ES
SULTAN GUMANDER
– Baraas CES
-Picong ES
-Prentacom ES
-Biosong ES
-Pindulonan ES
-Ilian ES
-Ramitan ES
-Punong ES
-Bolocaon ES
-Ibos PS
-Tuka PS
-Micolabo PS
-Picong ES
-Prentacom ES
-Biosong ES
-Pindulonan ES
-Ilian ES
-Ramitan ES
-Punong ES
-Bolocaon ES
-Ibos PS
-Tuka PS
-Micolabo PS
CALANOGAS
-Darussalam ES
-Pantaon ES
-Sultan Disimban ES
-Bubongaranao PS
-Pantaon ES
-Sultan Disimban ES
-Bubongaranao PS
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS
-Malabang NHS
-Balabagan NHS
-Sultan Mangalampa Daing NHS
-Bae Lalawanun M. Sarip MNHS
-Panawidan MNHS
-Sultan Disimban NHST
-Balabagan NHS
-Sultan Mangalampa Daing NHS
-Bae Lalawanun M. Sarip MNHS
-Panawidan MNHS
-Sultan Disimban NHST
More school-related construction projects in Bangsamoro region through MBHTE
In a related development, the MBHTE conducted a series of groundbreaking ceremonies in the Schools Division Office of Tawi-Tawi on January 13, 2025.
One of the projects includes the construction of a Provincial Training Center Dormitory (PTCD) and a computer laboratory in Paniongan, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. With a total budget of Php23,922,260, this project will be funded under the Special Development Fund (SDF) 2023 and General Appropriations Act of the Bangsamoro (GAAB) 2024.
Additionally, the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a two-storey Madaris Education Learning Center also took place in Barangay Magsaggaw, Balimbing, Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi, with an allocated budget of Php48,500.00.
This new learning center aims to enhance educational opportunities for the community and is a vital addition to the region’s educational infrastructure.
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.
According to the Philippine Atlas BARMM has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities: Basilan, 11 municipalities; Lanao del Sur, 39; undivided Maguindanao, 36; and Tawi-Tawi, 11; SGA, eight. Its component cities are Cotabato (the regional center and capital) in Maguindanao; Lamitan in Basilan; and Marawi in Lanao del Sur. (✓)