COTABATO CITY – Some 6,000 public school teachers had been hired since Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) took his seat in December 2011.
The ARMM regional government invested heavily in providing quality education to Bangsamoro children. In recent years, the Department of Education in ARMM has made major improvements in the educational system.
About 1,000 newly-hired teachers in Maguindanao province signed their appointment and deployment orders during an acceptance and mass oath-taking ceremony held here earlier in July and new teachers in other provinces will also sign the same orders in the coming months.
Governor Hataman said the regional government will support the teachers in delivering high-quality education. He said a newly-hired teaching personnel holding Salary Grade 11 without dependents will receive a gross basic salary of P20,179 and will have a net take-home pay of P20,012. In addition, the annual allowance intended for the purchase of classroom supplies has been raised to P3,500 from P2,500 while the clothing allowance also increased to P6,000 from P5,000.
To finally solve the shortage of teachers in public schools, the DepEd-ARMM will be hiring an additional 3,000 new teachers and will finish constructing 921 classrooms in the region, according to Governor Hataman.
“May mga kwentong nagsasabi na ang pag-apply daw sa ARMM ay medyo mahirap,” said Norolhaq H. Usop, who was among the walk-in applicants during the screening process conducted in May and eventually hired. “I feel so blessed kasi hindi na umabot ng ilang years ang application namin,” he said.
Now that he is officially a teacher, Usop said he is ready for whatever duties his work will require. “I will really give my best para maibigay kung ano man ang kailangan ng ating mga kabataan,” Usop said. (Bureau of Public Information)
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