The Ilongga child of OFW parents is the first topnotcher of the West Visayas State University (WVSU) - Distance Education Program.
For Maricel Manalo-Panes, a 38-year-old overseas Filipino worker , it meant heading to faraway Kuwait to secure her family’s survival.
Panes took the SPLE in Kuwait a month after the March 2023 Licensure Examination for Teachers in the Philippines.The SPLE is a yearly special licensure board examination conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission for qualified OFWs abroad. It provides OFWs the opportunity to be licensed without the need of returning to the Philippines for their exams.
“Wala man ako nag-expect nga mangin topnotcher kay ang ginapangamuyo ko lang is ‘Lord, tani makapasa lang ako’ because it would mean a big thing sa family ko if makapuli ako nga may stabilityStability Her mother, Segundina Lusaya Supeda, a nurse from Cabatuan, Iloilo worked at Tripoli Central Hospital in the country’s capital. Her father, Francisco Manalo, was a mechanic in a Korean construction company.
An aunt living in Passi City, Iloilo province, took care of Maricel. Living with her cousins, she graduated from Passi I Central School in 1997 and Passi City National High School in 2001 in the Special Science Class.
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