ARMM hiring 1,000 SHS teachers; Caraga in search of rookie cops
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEdARMM) has administered an English Proficiency Examination to 1,216 applicants for prospective senior high school (SHS) teachers in the region.
Over in the Caraga region the Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) is hiring 1,100 rookie police officers to beef up police stations, regional provincial and city mobile forces as well as strengthen its capabilities against all forms of criminality, particularly the all-out war against illegal drugs.
SHS teachers’ test ARMM Education Secretary Dr. John Magno said the department will hire close to 1,000 SHS teachers who will fill up vacancies in the schools divisions of Maguindanao I and II, Lanao del Sur I and II and Marawi City.
Magno said the schools divisions of Lamitan City, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi also administered a similar examination for their applicants last June 1. The number of school teachers to be hired was not specified.
The applicants had to go through a process that includes teaching demonstration, panel interview and intensive screening of their pertinent papers such as transcript of records, overall average rating in college and other credentials, Magno said.
Amir Mawallil, ARMM’s Bureau of Public Information executive director, said the regional DepEd was set to inform and swear in the new batch of secondary school mentors, who were among the 1,216 applicants that took last week’s English Proficiency Test.
“The recruitment of new teachers forms part of the ARMM governance’s preparations for a smooth start of the senior high school education module under the K to 12 program,” Mawallil said.
Magno added that the processes being undertaken in the hiring of new teachers would guarantee that only good quality teachers will be hired in order for students to have a ‘progressive future.’
On April 25, more than 560 elementary and junior high teachers signed their appointment papers and deployment orders in the provinces of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur.
The expected salaries for senior high school teachers ranges from P19,940 to P39,493.
Dr. Magno said applicants will be ranked according to DepEd’s criteria for evaluation and selection process as he also assured that ARMM-DepEd would follow strictly the general guidelines for the hiring and placement of successful applicants. Police applicants wanted
Chief Supt Rolando B. Felix, regional director of PRO 13 yesterday urged interested applicants to submit their folders to the 13th RPHRDD office here for the 2nd cycle of recruitment.
He said applicants must be Filipino citizens with good moral character, 21 years old and above but not over 30 years old. Male applicants must at least be and at least one meter and 62 centimeters tall while females must at least be one meter and 57 cms. tall.
Felix added that the applicants must be a holder of a bachelor’s degree from any recognized learning institution, have Civil Service eligibility and no pending criminal case before any court and the Office of the Ombudsman.
For queries, interested applicants are advised to contact the 13th Regional Public Information Office at Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez here through hotline number at 09399354084 or the office of RPHRDD through landline at 815-1668. (With a report from Ali G. Macabalang)