31/03/2026
Honoring Prof. Dr. Montia Jamilah Diampuan-Sarip , former Dean of the College of Education, whose legacy as an educator transformed countless lives.
She never left to chase success but she stayed, led, and transformed lives through education, peace, and service. Her legacy continues to inspire generations to believe that greatness can rise from home.
She never left Marawi to chase success. She stayed โ and brought national recognition home with her.
Read her full profile on BangsamoroPedia:
https://wiki.maranaw.com/index.php/Montia_Jamilah_Diampuan-Sarip
Meet Prof. Dr. Montia Jamilah Diampuan-Sarip, CESE, LPT, MAED, MAELT, Ph.D. โ Full Professor, former Dean of the College of Education at MSU-Main Campus, royal titleholder, peace advocate, and the first Filipino Muslim ever named Outstanding Professional of the Year in Teaching by the Professional Regulation Commission.
That 2019 PRC award didn't come from nowhere. It came from four decades of deliberate, relentless work: producing LET topnotchers out of Marawi, founding the RAP-Lanao Chapter to plant literacy advocacy where it was most needed, sitting on the national boards of PAFTE and RAP as the first Muslim voice in those rooms, and using her royal title as Bae a Labi a Panoroganan ko Bayabao-Masiu not as a ceremonial honor but as a living tool for peace.
She's also the mother of seven children, each a professional in their own right, from government health and law to presidential communications, higher education, and international development.
Her youngest daughter is recognized as the first Muslim news anchor in the Philippines. That's not coincidence. That's culture.
Her husband, Mr. Mohammad Harby B. Sarip, Sr., spent his career as an international banker in Saudi Arabia. Together they built a household where service to the Bangsamoro wasn't optional โ it was simply what you did.
Dr. Sarip didn't just break a ceiling. She made it easier for every Bangsamoro woman after her to believe there was never one to begin with.
Read her full profile on BangsamoroPedia:
https://wiki.maranaw.com/index.php/Montia_Jamilah_Diampuan-Sarip