Basic literacy class on Arabic is among the activities conducted by the Bangsamoro Development Agency-Central Mindanao (BDA-CenMin) Region in line with the education program which is one of the program thrusts of the agency.

According to Salabudin Badawi, regional coordinator for education program, such activity is being conducted in order to maximize the opportunity and the existence of BDA as development agency by utilizing all available resources for the development of the Bangsamoro towards the vision of BDA.

“Despite of limited resources, the education program of BDA-CenMin has been doing series of activities as planned from region to province down to municipalities and barangay level in order to maintain its service to the Bangsamoro”, Badawi added.

He reported that just this August 2015, the region has conducted two lectures on basic Arabic literacy for volunteers and staff of this office including all other interested individuals who participated in the activities.

“We have also started tutorial services for children age 4-5 years old. They are children of some staff here at the region”, Badawi added.

According to Ansarie A. Abubakar, regional assistant coordinator for education, other related activities are also being conducted at the eleven (11) Provincial Management Offices (PMO) of this region.

“We are hoping and sincerely praying that through the education program, we can contribute a lot to the educational aspect of the Bangsamoro towards their holistic development in an environment of true and lasting peace where people is free from any kind of injustices”, Abubakar ended.