COTABATO CIT, March 4 -- The Bangsamoro region's education ministry has begun building school facilities worth PHP11.9 million for schools' divisions in Cotabato City, Maguindanao del Sur, and Maguindanao del Norte on Monday.

Minister Mohagher Iqbal of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) said the school projects include three water sanitation and hygiene with water source development, two covered courts with stage, and a mini-covered court.

The projects will be funded by the 2022 and 2023 Transitional Development Impact Fund (TDIF) of members of parliament of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).

Subsidized under the 2022 TDIF are water sanitation and hygiene with water source development projects at Pina...