FORMER education secretary Lourdes Reynes Quisumbing passed away on October 14. She was 96, according to a statement released by Miriam College on Monday.

Quisumbing became the first female secretary of the then Department of Education, Culture and Sports in 1986 when she was appointed to the post by the late president Corazon C. Aquino.

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