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COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) successfully distributed various educational resources under the project “Improve Quality Education in the Bangsamoro Land” from June 3-11, 2025, in South Upi District, Maguindanao del Sur.
The distribution included a total of 16,688 learning materials, 1,102 sets of Science models, 48 Isal reference materials, 141 learners’ kits, 43 desktop computers, 43 wall fans, 43 wall clocks, three sets of RESO, one Kyocera set, one printer, and two projectors.
These resources aim to strengthen the delivery of quality education across the region and support schools in improving teaching and learning conditions.
The recipient schools are the following:
1.Bahar Elementary School
2. Binaton Elementary School
3.Bongo Elementary School
4.Brawarbatew Elementary School
5.Buludan Elementary School
6.Lumao Elementary School
7.Itaw Elementary School
8.Kaus Elementary School
9.Kigan Elementary School
10.Kinemkem Elementary School
11.Kitol Elementary School
12.Kuhan Elementary School
13.Kuya Elementary School
14.Lamud Elementary School
15.Lete Elementary School
16.Letingan Elementary School
17. Looy Elementary School
18.Mafran Elementary School
19.Pelagio P, Platon Elementary School
20.Aliman Gunsi Elementary School
21.Pilar Elementary School
22. Refra Elementary School
23.Benuan Elementary School
24.Hadji Usop Elementary School
25.San Jose Elementary School
26. Sanduagan Elementary School
27.Eliseo C. Sioson Sr. Elementary School
28.Timanan Elementary School
29. Trecero Elementary School
30.Feta Elementary School
31.Biarong Elementary School
32.Tulaguey Smbren Elementary School
33.Fabian Marcos Elementary School
34. Embing Mama Elementary School
35.Kitedted Elementary School
36.Timuay Tata Amuba Elementary School
37.TuladanElementary School
38.Tumbaga Elementary School
39.South UPI National High School
40.Lumao National High School
41.Pandan National High School
42.Looy Integrated Technical Vocational School
43. Pilar Integrated Technical Vocational High 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 — now eight new municipalities — 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. (✓)