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COTABATO CITY — The Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) proudly joins the nation in celebrating National Book Week (24 to 28 November), recognizing the vital role of books in shaping young minds and strengthening a culture of learning across the Bangsamoro.
Books open doors to knowledge, imagination, and opportunity, therefore helping build peaceful, inclusive, and resilient communities. Guided by our commitment that no Bangsamoro learner is left behind, the Ministry continues to expand access to quality, contextually grounded, and culturally relevant learning resources.
With the support of the Australian Government through the Pathways Program, we are strengthening literacy instruction, enhancing teacher capacity, and increasing the availability of age-appropriate materials, especially for marginalized, isolated, and conflict-affected schools.
For this year’s National Book Week, we honor our teachers, parents, community partners, and learners who continue to inspire a love for reading and learning across the Bangsamoro 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. (✓)