COTABATO CITY, May 30 (PNA) -- Two days before
classes in public schools in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
officially start Monday, 389 newly hired teachers took their oath of office
Friday.
Lawyer Jamar Kulayan, ARMM education regional
secretary, said the newly hired teachers will form part of 1,400 new mentors hired
by the ARMM to welcome public school students on June 2.
There are now about 18,000 teachers and
non-teaching personnel in the region who will be ready by Monday, according to
Kulayan.
ARMM Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman welcomed
the new teachers and challenged them to perform beyond what is expected of them
as the pupils' second parents in school.
Kulayan admitted the region still lacks
teachers for the number of pupils continuously increase due to the prevailing
peace and order situation in the region.
The new teachers will serve in the island
provinces of Basilan,Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
Last week, about 1,000
newly hired teachers also took their oath before education officials in
Cotabato City. (PNA)
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