In January 2009, the Department of Education signed a memorandum of agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to seal $86 million assistance to Philippine education, particularly the access to quality education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), and the Western and Central Mindanao regions.
Pada bulan Januari 2009, DepEd menandatangani suatu nota kesepakatan dengan United States Agency for International Development untuk menutup $ 86 juta bantuan kepada pendidikan Filipina, terutama akses ke pendidikan berkualitas di Daerah Otonomi di Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), di daerah Barat, dan Tengah Mindanao.