Lawmaker sees end to 'no permit, no exam' rule

By Red Mendoza

Mar 21, 2024 12:05 am

LAGUNA 1st District Rep. Maria Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag, one of the principal authors of the newly signed law that prohibits schools from barring students with unpaid dues from taking their examinations, expects that no poor student will miss major examinations after the finalization of the implementing rules and regulation (IRR) of Republic Act 11984.

In a statement on Wednesday, Matibag said she does not want students to experience what her husband, lawyer Melvin Matibag, went through.

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