P93-M SUBSIDY FOR 64 MUSLIM SCHOOLS

Sixty-four Standard Madrasah Curriculum (SMC) implementers under the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) received P93.15 million on Friday as financial assistance from the Bangsamoro government. Representatives from the 64 SMC recipients received the checks in a ceremony at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex, Bangsamoro Government Center in Cotabato City. “The allocated subsidy for each [of the] SMC implementers was calculated based on the number of enrollees of each Madrasah per academic school year,” said Director General Tahir Nalg of MBHTE’s Directorate General for Madaris Education. According to the MBHTE, a total of 18,630 madrasah learners from five provinces in the region will receive P5,000 each.