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COTABATO CITY — To support curriculum, instruction, research, and extension in Islamic higher education, the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE), through the Bangsamoro Kulliyyah for Islamic Studies (BKIS), is leading a benchmarking visit to Indonesia.
The visit supports BKIS’s mandate as a center for specialized Islamic learning and its role in shaping high-quality education for the Bangsamoro.
At the lead of the delegation is MBHTE Director General Marjuni Maddi (Higher Education), Director General Tahir G. Nalg (Madaris Education), and Interim BKIS President Datuan Magon.
Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal is the head of the Bangsamoro education ministry, one of the 15 primary ministries of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
They are engaging with top Islamic institutions, including MAN Insan Cendekia Serpong and Universitas Islam Negeri.
A highlight was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PTIQ University, Indonesia’s first Al-Qur’an university, covering academic exchange, joint research, curriculum development, and scholarships.
“We learned about the curriculum framework for BKIS and how to integrate Islamic studies across other fields,” said Maddi at Universitas Al-Azhar Indonesia.
“This supports our long-term vision under the Madrasah Education Strategic Plan,” added Nalg.
The visit is fully funded by MBHTE, with coordination and facilitation support from the Australian Government through Pathways and INOVASI.
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; 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. (✓)
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Source: MBHTE