Education Bills and Resolution

Priority Codes

a. BANGSAMORO EDUCATION CODE

The proponents of the Bangsamoro Education Code are likewise conducting public consultations all over the region to hear the proposals of all the stakeholders. In November, consultations were conducted in Island Provinces, Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur simultaneously using online-teleconference.

BTA BILL NO.70

SIGNED INTO LAW MAY 19, 2021

MP Maisara Dandamun-Latiph is a member of the panel for the Lanao del Sur consultation wherein she invited experts from both the public and private sectors. She also invited representatives of Madaris and Shariah to shed light on the relevant proposal of their respective sectors.

On December 21, the Committee on Basic, Higher, and Technical Education conducted a committee meeting to hear the Panel Reports of the panels: Cluster (A) Maguindanao, Cluster (B) Lanao del Sur, and Cluster (C) BASULTA. The submitted reports consisted of a 227 page document, with a total of 69 policy papers. The Chairman asked the MPs present about what happened during the consultations. MP Maisara presented the panel report of Cluster (B), Lanao del Sur.

In preparation for the future Committee deliberations, MP Maisara has organized an Education Board to study the provisions of the proposed code and explore the possibility of introducing amendments to enhance the original draft.

During the finalization of the bill, MP Maisara submitted a sixty four (64) page amendments intended to enhance the final version. Most of the amendments were adopted and Minister Mohagher Iqbal, the proponent of the bill, acknowledged the invaluable participation not only in enhancing the bill but also throughout the deliberations both at the committee and plenary level.

2. Authored Bills

A. BTA-Bill NO. 5, entitled: AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE BANGSAMORO DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR MADARIS EDUCATION IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO STRENGTHEN AND INSTITUTIONALIZE MADARIS EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

3. CO-Authored Bills

A. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPPORT OF A COMPLETE AND INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF QUALITY EDUCATION IN THE BANGSAMORO

RESOLUTIONS

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1. Proposed Resolution No. 300, entitled:

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT (MSSD) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF BASIC, HIGHER, AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (MBHTE) TO INCREASE AND STRENGHTEN THE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT IS INCLUSVE TO THE DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND OTHER NEEDY FAMILIES IN THE REGION

2. Proposed Resolution No. 301, entitled:

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MINISTRY OF BASIC, HIGHER, AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (MBHTE) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE BY DISTIRVUTING EQUIPMENTS ESSENTIAL TO MODULAR DISTANCE LEARNING TO SCHOOLS IN THE BANGSAMORO REGION, GIVING SUPPORT TO THOSE IN AREAS WITH WEAK TO NO INTERNET ACCESS

3. Proposed Resolution No. 323, entitled:

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC HIGHER, AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO CONDUCT INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE CONCERNS OF VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR IN RELATION TO THE OPENING OF CLASSES AMIDST PANDEMIC

4. Proposed Resolution No. 281, entitled:

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MINISTRY OF BASIC, HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (MBHTE) IN COORDINATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (MOLE) TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH AND CHILDREN (OSYC) IN THE BANGSAMORO REGION AND TO REPORT ON ITS STATUS TO THE BANGSAMORO TRANSITION AUTHORITY PARLIAMENT

List of Other Resolution

A. A RESOLUTION INTEGRATING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11054

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ORGANIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANDAO IN THE CURRICULUM OF PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND MADARIS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND MANDARIS SENIOR AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN THE BARMM TERRITORIES

AUTHOR/S:

MP BASIT S. ABAS and MP MAISARA C. DANDAMUN-LATIPH

B. RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE APPROPRIATE PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY,

IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STATUS AND ADEQUACY OF THE INTERNET CONNECTION IN THE BANGSAMORO REGION, WITH THE END VIEW OF CRAFTING A MEASURE THAT WILL COMPLEMENT PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE’S NATIONAL CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM GIVING UTMOST CONSIDERATION TO EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AMID PANDEMIC

AUTHOR:

MP MAISARA CUDIA DANDAMUN-LATIPH

C . RESOLUTION URGENTLY DIRECTING MINISTER MOHAGHER IQBAL, MINISTRY OF BASIC, HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

TO RENDER AN ASSESSMENT OR REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO (BARMM) PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PRESENT TO THE BTA ITS LEARNING CONTINUITY PLAN TOWARDS THE SHIFT TO A NEW NORMAL THIS SCHOOL YEAR 2020-2021

AUTHOR:

MP MAISARA C. DANDAMUN-LATIPH

CO-AUTHORS:

MP ABDULLA A. AHANG, MP ABDULMUHMIN A. MUJAHID, MP HATIMIL E. HASSAN, MP ABDULLAH B. HASHIM, MP JAMEL D. MACARAYA, MP BASIT ABBAS, MP MUJIB ABU, MP EDDIE ALIH, AND MP NARCISO C. YU EKEY, MP MODAYAO SACAR

D. Proposed Resolution No. 281, entitled:

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MINISTRY OF BASIC, HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (MBHTE) IN COORDINATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (MOLE) TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH AND CHILDREN (OSYC) IN THE BANGSAMORO REGION AND TO REPORT ON ITS STATUS TO THE BANGSAMORO TRANSITION AUTHORITY PARLIAMENT

E. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MINISTRY OF BASIC, HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (MBHTE)

IN COORDINATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (MOLE) TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH AND CHILDREN (OSYC) IN THE BANGSAMORO REGION AND TO REPORT ON ITS STATUS TO THE BANGSAMORO TRANSITION AUTHORITY PARLIAMENT

AUTHOR:

MP MAISARA C. DANDAMUN-LATIPH

F. RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MINISTRY OF BASIC AND HIGHER, TECHNICAL EDUCATION (MBHTE)

TO INCLUDE ITS PROGRAMS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTERS FOR CHILDREN WHO NEEDS SPECIAL EDUCATION

AUTHOR: