October 16, 2020. Cotabato City. The National Nutrition Council of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao started the airing “The 10 Kumainments” Nutrition School on-the-Air (NSOA) Module on September 4, 2020 over RMN DXMY 729 Cotabato City, every Tuesday and Friday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. The radio broadcast covers a wide area of central and western Mindanao region. With these, nutrition lectures are disseminated for the benefit of listeners from different tribes and dialects over the airwaves. Health and Nutrition are thoroughly discussed promoting the importance of prevention in the context of primary Health Care and Basic Nutrition of the Bangsamoro people amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
The host of the first episode is the Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator, Dr. Kadil M. Sinolinding Jr., DPBO., popularly known as “Doc Jojo” to his listeners. A respected lecturer, he encouraged the students on air to actively participate while teaching on the importance of basic nutrition and its implication to our health. RNPC Sinolinding Jr. stressed that the current situation where mobility is limited, this method of learning offers an advantage and opportunity to many people in general --- learning in the comfort of their own homes. Consisting of 12 modules, the lecture content was further simplified using our local dialects and consistent with the Nutritional Guidelines for Muslim Filipinos.
Like a regular classroom session, quizzes are given, recorded, and assessed per episode to evaluate the learning progress of our NSOA students. After completing all sessions, a simple virtual graduation rite follows. Exemplary students shall be given recognition as the “Kumainment Honor” Students.
Fondly saying with gusto while we share and learn, “Padayon lang NNC-BARMM”!