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 when she was appointed to the post by then-President Corazon Aquino in 1986.

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