Policy Research on Access to Quality Basic Education for Muslim Learners: Final Report, c2007
SEAMEO INNOTECH; US AID
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This research aims to better understand and help resolve the overall dismal state of basic education in Mindanao particularly in ARMM region. It examines the access barriers to quality basic education as experienced by the Muslim learners themselves.

The research was conducted to provide answers to the following questions: (1) What laws were recently enacted by the Philippine government that concern access to quality basic education by Muslim learners in Mindanao?; (2) What do Muslim learners, parents, teachers, and educational administrators perceive as the access barriers to quality basic education in Mindanao?; (3) What strategies proved most effective in providing Muslim learners their basic educational needs? Can these strategies be mainstreamed and brought to scale?; (4)What educational policy reforms were recently promulgated by the DepED and the DepED-ARMM to improve Muslim learners’ access to quality basic education?