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BARMM’s Education Ministry Celebrates World Teachers’ Day With the Theme:”Teachers Leading in Crisis, Reimagining the Future”

The materials included kits on Special Education (SPED) for children with special needs, Indigenous People’s Education (IPED), Kinder to Grade-three Mother Tongue Guide (K-3), and Abot Kaalaman sa Bangsamorong Nangangailangan Project (AKAP), said a report by BPI-BARMM).
Teaching kits were also distributed to teachers, while health-related supplies and reproduction-related supplies were given to the ministry’s Health and Nutrition Unit (HNU).

“We join the rest of the Philippines and the world in commending the generosity, integrity, and achievements of our beloved teachers,” Minister of Education Mohagher Iqbal said.

“These esteemed men and women have taught and inspired all learners, and protected their right to quality education and skills development,” he added.

Iqbal said that the celebration highlights the teachers’ vital role in shaping the education sector in time of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The ministry is working hard to work with the restraints current affairs have forced upon us. Nevertheless, we will not overlook the qualms our teachers, parents, and children are feeling at present,” Iqbal also said.

Mrs. Felisa Garrigues, secondary department head of Upi Agricultural School, said that despite the difficult situation brought by Covid-19, there is still a need to continue learning.

“Although students are at home, they still need to acquire new learnings and the teachers have already prepared their modules since there was a pronouncement that we won’t have face-to-face contact,” Garrigues said.

Iqbal in his message assureed that the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) will establish a ‘quality, balanced, and inclusive education system’ in the Bangsamoro region.

“We will safeguard our teachers, parents, and students’ welfare in these trying times,” he added.

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