MBHTE Directorate General for Basic Education Conducts Forum on Development of Contextualized Lesson Guides

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COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education – Director General for Basic Education’s (MBHTE-DGBE) Curriculum and Learning Division (CLD), successfully concluded its activity on the Development of Contextualized Lesson Guides using the Bangsamoro Basic Education Curriculum Contextualization Framework for Grades 2, 5, and 8 (3rd and 4th Quarters),held from August 29 to September 5, 2025, in Zamboanga City.

The event was spearheaded by Yul Adelfo Olaya, chief of CLD, with the participation of teacher-writers, illustrators, and education program supervisors and coordinators from the island divisions of Basilan, Lamitan City, and Tawi-Tawi.

As part of the orientation and guideline-setting sessions, resource persons from the University of the Philippines discussed the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching, while representatives from the Hayrat Foundation Malaysia shared insights on adopting a faith-based approach in education.

This initiative builds on the previous development activity conducted in June 2025 in Davao City, Davao Region, where lesson guides for the 1st and 2nd Quarters were produced. Attended by participants from the mainland divisions of Cotabato City, the Special Geographic Area (SGA), Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur I, Lanao del Sur II, and Marawi City.

Through these collaborative efforts, the MBHTE continues to demonstrate its strong commitment to providing relevant, contextualized, and inclusive learning resources for Bangsamoro learners across the region.

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. (✓)