Towards this end, a Curriculum and Textbook Development Services and its support machinery known as the Materials Development Center shall be created under the supervision of the Assistant Regional Secretary for Programs and Field Operations. This office shall be headed by a Chief Education Program Specialist and assisted by at least five Education Program Specialists and other technical and clerical staffs. SEC. 13. Basic Education Development Plan and Program advocacies. - The development and preparation, implementation and management, as well as monitoring and evaluation of basic education development plan of the Region, Division, District and Schools, as a tool to achieve the goal of education in the autonomous region, and other educational program advocacies shall follow the constructivist principle of collegial and cordial sharing, collaboration and complementation, and transparent hierarchical involvement of education stakeholders. SEC. 14. Relationship to National Education System. - The DepEd-ARMM shall have the same curricular years as that of the national educational system, provided that it shall have the power to adopt a 2-year childhood pre-school education or addition of one year grade level as the case may be. It shall have also the power to make its own basic educational plans and shall enjoy fiscal autonomy. Chapter 2 The Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao SEC. 15. Name. - The Department of Education, Culture and Sports in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is hereby renamed as the Department of Education or DepEdARMM. SEC. 16. Powers and Functions. - The DepEd-ARMM shall perform the following powers and functions: (1) Formulate general basic education objectives and policies and adopt educational plans based on the educational framework articulated in Section 3 hereof; (2) Ensure the high standards of all basic educational institutions in the Region; (3) Develop appropriate curricula, quality textbooks, and teaching materials; (4) Establish linkages with institutions with track record of excellence to provide preservice and in-service training for teachers and training courses for non-teaching staff; (5) Formulate the annual budget of DepEd-ARMM in consultation with Division field offices and Local Government Units, and in coordination with the Regional Planning and Development Office to ensure support for the implementation of the regional and division educational plans and the school improvement plans; (6) Receive, allocate, and disburse funds for basic education, including those for the Divisions subject to nationally and internationally accepted accounting and auditing 69