Maybe [Escudero] was misconstrued? [If we follow his suggestion], we compound our losses of lives and property further with a costly penalty to the education of our children. The students might pray for supertyphoons every year, and we might end up with calamity diplomas.
Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus, on Sen. Francisco Escudero’s suggestion that students in calamity-hit areas to be given passing marks this grading period or semester.