Bangsamoro Education Ministry Hires 626 Teaching and Non-Teaching Personnel in a Maguindanao del SDO

COTABATO CITY — A mass signing of appointments and oath-taking ceremony of 626 teaching, non-teaching, and teaching-related personnel from the Schools Division Office (SDO) of Maguindanao del Sur under the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) was held on March 20, at the Cotabato State University (CSU) Gymnasium.

Of the number, 578 positions were newly hired Teacher I, 39 newly promoted, and 9 non-teaching personnel. In addition, two MBHTE Main Office personnel were also appointed.

All of these individuals have successfully passed the rigorous hiring process conducted by the Ministry’s Regional Human Resource Merit Promotion and Selection Board (RHRMPSB) and are now part of the workforce committed to fulfilling their duties and responsibilities in strengthening the delivery of quality and inclusive education for all learners in the Bangsamoro.

In his message, MBHTE Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal emphasized the crucial role these educators will play in shaping the future of education in the Bangsamoro.

“As MBHTE regional employees, you are equally vital in ensuring that our education system functions effectively and efficiently. Your work in administration, policy implementation, and governance helps sustain the programs that bring quality, inclusive, and accessible education to our learners.”

Bangsamoro Transition Authority’s (BTA) Committe on Basic, Higher, and Technical Education Chairperson, Member of Parliament Eddie M. Alih, also underscored how education will change life for the better.
“Nagsisimula ang magandang kinabukasan pag may edukasyon… Kayo pong mga guro ang nagbibigay inspirasyon sa mga batang walang kakayahang mag-aral,” he said.

(Translation: Good future starts with education. You, the teachers, are the ones who give inspiration to children who don’t have the resources to pursue education.)

These teachers have fully accepted the challenge of embracing and upholding the highest values of the responsibility of being an educator, delivering inclusive, innovative, and transformative education for all.

The Bangsamoro region, established in 2019 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; Sulu, 19; 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. (✓)