The Bangsamoro region's education sector gets the biggest chunk of the region's increased annual budget for next year.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s parliament approved an P85.3-billion budget for the special administrative region for 2023 on Tuesday, December 20.
The 2023 Bangsamoro Expenditure Program, approved on the third and final reading by 44 regional legislators without opposition about three months after Bangsamoro Transition Authority Bill No. 54 was filed, seeks to give priority to education, health, infrastructure, and social services. BARMM’s education sector received the biggest chunk of the annual budget “to improve access to quality and holistic education by strengthening the education system.”
Officials said they would invest in human resource development, skills training, learning continuity programs, and advancing science, technology, and innovation through theThey said the regional government would also work to strengthen their Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education’s operations, and improve the region’s curriculum, learning delivery and assessment, school-based management and operations, higher education services, and access to scholarships, among others.
“The CFBM truly underwent marathon hearings and scrutinized the proposed budgets of all ministries and offices to ensure that the budget is for the Bangsamoro people,” said committee chairman and parliament member Eduard Guerra.The Bangsamoro government set aside P70.1 billion for its ministries, agencies, and offices, while P15.2 billion have been set aside as special purpose funds.
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