While the road to recovery stretches on for the survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Central Visayas, public school students in their final year of elementary and high school will take a moment to stand tall and march this summer to graduate despite the odds.

A total of 76,121 public school students from Yolanda ­ravaged Eastern Visayas will receive their diplomas this week, according to data obtained by The Manila Times from the Region 8 office of the Department of Education (DepEd).

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