COTABATO CITY—Learners from communities ravaged by last year’s tropical storm Paeng received financial assistance from the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MBHTE-BARMM).
MBHTE-BARMM Minister Mohagher Iqbal said the agency’s school-based programs translate to post disaster aid in relief of learners severely affected and even traumatized by a devastating community experience in the onslaught of Typhoon Paeng (Tropical Storm Nalgae) on October 29, 2022.
It can be recalled that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. had presided over the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) which came up with a multi-pronged approach to immediate disaster response and for a long-term rehabilitation program.
Schools offering Islamic Studies and Arabic Language (ISAL) meanwhile also received supplies and equipment from the MBHTE-BARMM.
The MBHTE-BARMM said the first set of school provision for ISAL teachers consisted of office supplies and equipment first delivered last March 30 to the city’s Schools Division Office (SDO).
Iqbal said over the weekend that more than 5,000 ISAL teachers assigned in 11 SDOs have been beneficiaries of the program.
Pursuant to the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 (R.A. No. 10533), the Philippine government through the Department of Education supports the Madrasah Education Program.