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DepEd-ARMM launches Responsive Innovation Fund

Jul 20, 2018
COTABATO CITY,July19(PIA) – The education department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) launched a grant facility calledResponsive Innovation Fund (RIF)to provide opportunities for all stakeholders in the education sector.

Launched onMonday, July 9 in Davao City,the RIF will fund creative ideas into tangible projects that willcontribute to the delivery of quality education in the ARMM.

“We want everyone to contribute brilliant ideas, or innovations, that will result in improved learning outcomes of our schoolchildren or strengthen education governance in the region,” said DepEd-ARMM Secretary Rasul Mitmug Jr.

The grant facility, he said, is one of the key features of DepEd-ARMM’s Education Pathways to Peace in Mindanao or simply Pathways, a program funded by the Australian Government.

Sec. Mitmug added that among the priorities of RIF are providing primary education to children and youth who have no access to schools, bringing out-of-school children and youth back to school, embedding ARMM’s rich cultural heritage in learning, and promoting peace-building through education.

“The RIF grants range from P500,000 to P4 million,” Sec. Mitmug said.

DepEd-ARMM welcomes proposals from parents, teachers, and local government units in the autonomous region as well as from civil society organizations, and local and international development organizations.

He said projects funded by RIF would run for six months to one year, or longer, depending on the length of studies. Applicants may visit www.pathways.ph/rif to know more of the facility and to download the application form.

Applications maybe sent through rif@pathways.ph or to the Pathways Program Management Office located at DepEd-ARMM, ORG Compound, Cotabato City. (With reports from BPI-ARMM)