THE Department of Education and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao have partnered to enhance teachers’ educational support.

Education Secretary Sonny Angara and Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal, head of the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education in BARMM, signed a Memorandum of Agreement at the DepEd Central Office.

The partnership will implement the Teacher Effectiveness and Competencies Enhancement Project (TEACEP), developed in collaboration with the World Bank.

TEACEP aims to support DepEd’s initiative to improve education quality and equitable access to teaching from Kindergarten to Grade 6 through enhanced teacher professional development training.

The project focuses on boosting teacher effectiveness, especially in literacy and numeracy, by providing in-service training for educators. It also incorporates a coaching and instructional leadership model to foster professional growth among teachers and school leaders.

Additionally, TEACEP will support BARMM’s contextualized education initiatives, such as the Bangsamoro Education Reform and Development Plan and the Bangsamoro Development Plan, to strengthen the region’s capacity to deliver effective teaching and learning resources.