Sto. Niño School valedictorian says Mallari's speech soured her achievement   

The Sto. Niño Parochial School's valedictorian on Tuesday said that she was disappointed and upset with salutatorian Krisel Mallari because Mallari's graduation speech cast doubt on her achievement.

 

The valedictorian spoke with GMA 7 new program “24 Oras”, and said that she and Krisel were friends, and that she knew Krisel to be very competitive.

 

 

“Sana, Krisel, you learn to accept, na, if hindi naman para sa iyo, huwag mo sana sirain yung reputation ng school. Kasi maraming nasasaktan,” said the valedictorian.

 

Mallari had justified her speech, explaining that she questioned the accuracy with which their grades were computed, and that the Sto. Niño Parochial School had refused to show her the valedictorian's grades.

 

“Hindi ko naman sinasabing ako dapat ang valedictorian,” argued Mallari. “Ang gusto ko lang namn, po, and makito, po, paano po ang pagco-compute, po, ng grade ko.”

 

The school, meanwhile, insisted that the grades were arrived at honestly and that Mallari's father had seen how Krisel's grades were computed. Krisel, however, denied that this had happened.

 

The school also said that they could not reveal the valedictorian's grades without the valedictorian's consent.

 

What the valedictorian consented to was to have their grades re-computed to clarify the matter.

 

“Wala pong ginagawang mali yung school, lalo na po yung family ko na... binayaran daw, po, [ang paaralan] para maging valedictorian,” insisted the valedictorian. “Hindi naman, po, kami ganoon ka yaman na para magbayad para maging valedictorian.” — DVM, GMA News