MP Diamila Disimban Ramos (rightmost) and representatives of different ministries join the BARMM Scholarship Fair on Saturday, August 21, at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex in Cotabato City.
COTABATO CITY—A group of Bangsamoro scholars held Saturday, August 21, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Scholarship Fair 2021 to facilitate aspiring scholars in availing various scholarship programs of the Bangsamoro Government.
The Bangsamoro Scholars Association (BSA), in collaboration with the Offices of Members of the Parliament Diamila Disimban Ramos and Abdullah Hashim, held the fair to “serve and help provide access to opportunities and guidance to the Bangsamoro youth.”
Saidamen Mambayao, chairman of BSA, said the Bangsamoro youth shall be given the opportunities because “they will become the future leaders, public servants, entrepreneurs, and human resources that will work towards the development of Bangsamoro region and communities.”
The attendees of the fair physically and virtually were given proper orientations on Access to Higher and Modern Education Scholarship Program (AHME-SP) of the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE), the Bangsamoro Assistance for Science Education (BASE) Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), and the Bangsamoro Medical Scholarship Program of the Ministry of Health (MOH), among others.
In a message, Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Ebrahim said the scholarship programs show the Government of the Day’s vision of lifting the Bangsamoro youth’s education.
“In order to establish a more progressive BARMM, we need more professionals, we need more progressive minds, we need young people to help us in rebuilding our home,” Chief Minister Ebrahim added.
MP Ramos supported this idea, saying the youth deserve the scholarships.
“The way we are preparing our youth today will have a significant effect in the direction and speed of the development of our region and our communities,” MP Ramos added.
Assistance desks were set up in Cotabato City and Marawi City manned by scholars and volunteers of BSA. Assistance desks in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi are also being arranged.
Hotlines for every province and area are the following:
Lanao del Sur District 1:
0970-360-0447
0970-360-0446
0970-360-0449
Lanao del Sur District 2:
0970-360-0448
0945-376-0514
0945-376-0518
Marawi City:
0945-376-0519
0945-376-0510
0945-376-0512
Maguindanao District 1:
0970-702-3924
0970-034-1746
0966-226-4190
Maguindanao District 2:
0970-034-1749
0966-226-2790
Cotabato City:
0970-702-3925
0966-226-2714
Special Geographic Area:
0970-702-3926
0966-226-2706
Basilan and Lamitan City:
0970-034-1742
0966-226-2713
0970-034-1740
Sulu:
0966-226-2710
0966-226-2709
Tawi-Tawi:
0970-360-0444
0970-034-1747
(Bangsamoro Information Office)
