RIZAL LAW AND THE

TEACHING OF
RIZAL COURSE
REPUBLIC ACT 1425
•Otherwise known as the
RIZAL LAW.
•It mandates the
teaching of the life,
works, and writings of
Rizal in all schools in the
country.
SEN. JOSE P.
LAUREL
• He sponsored the said law.
• He stated that Rizal was the
founder of the Filipino
nationality and the architect
of the Filipino nation, there
is a need to know and
imbibe the great ideals and
principples for which he
died.
OBJECTIVES AS STATED IN THE POLICY
STATEMENTS OF THE RIZAL LAW ENACTED IN
1956
•To rededicate the lives of the youth to the ideals of
freedom and nationalism, for which our heroes lived
and died.
•To pay tribute to our national hero for devoting his
life and works in shaping teh Filipino character.
•To gain an inspiring source of patriotism thru the
study of Rizal's life, work writings.
 GOALS IN THE TEACHING OF RIZAL COURSE
IN HEI'S:
•To recognize the relevance of Rizal's ideals, thoughts, teachings,
and life values to present conditions in the community.
•To apply Rizal's ideals in the solution of day-to-day situations
and problems in contemporary life.
•To develop an understanding and appreciation of the qualities,
behavior and character of Rizal.
•To foster the development of moral character, personal
discipline, citizenship and vocational efficiency among the
Filipino youth.
 RIZAL,
PIONEER
ASIAN
NATIONALIST
LEADER
•Rizal was born in the decade when other nationalist
leader of Asia were born: MOHANDAS GANDHI,
TAGORE, HO CHI MINH, and SUN YAT-SEN.
•According to COATES (1968) - all the four challenged
the West.
•Of the foour, Rizal was the most remarkable because
his ideas matured at an early age.
•DE-OCAMPO(1969) - said that Rizal was the first
exponent of Asian nationalism since he was the source
of inspiration for the outbreak of the Philippine
Revolution of 1896.
Fisher(1962)- EVEN CALLED RIZAL THE PIONEER
EXPONENT OLIBERAL DEMOCRACY IN ASIA, THESE IDEAS
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING;
•The worth and dignity of the individual.
•The inviolability of human rights.
•The innate euality of all men and races.
•The necessity for constitutional government.
•Due process law.
•Popular sovereignty as the basis of all pocal authority.
•Faith in human reason and enlightenment.
•The rights of the masses to pblic education.
•Belief in social progress through freedom.
•Rizal was the first Asian leader to assert that the afore
mentioned ideas and principles be establish in Asia for
the benefit of the Asians.

•It was through Rizal that the basic tenets of modern and
social democracy were given a major voice in Asia for the
first time.

•Thus, Rizal deserve to be called the FIRST ASIAN

NATIONALIST LEADER.
 “FOUR MAJOR
PERIODS IN THE
LIFE OF RIZAL”
 FIRST PERIOD (1861-1872)
•This was the periodwhen the young Rizal learned how to
read and write and listen to stories that triggered
imaginative and critical thinking on his part.
•It was a period when the following values and virtues were
developed in him, such as:
INDUSTRIOUSNESS instead of IDLENESS;
CREATIVENESS instead of UNPRODUCTIVENESS;
RATIONALITY instead of BLIND ACCEPTANCE;
DIGNITY instead of SERVILITY.
SECOND PERIOD (1872-1882)
•This was the first turning point in the life of Rizal.
He was 11 years and was enrolled at Ateneo
Municipal, despite the objection of his mother.
•It was period when Father Gomez, Burgos, and
Zamora were unjustly executed by the Spanish
government.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN HIS LIFE
DURING THIS PERIOD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING;
•Strengthening of his religious foundation.
•Cultivation of the drive toward excellence.
•Conception of the Philippines as his fatherland.
•Envisioning of the Philippines receiving light thru
education.
•Perception of the intimate between religion and
education.
THIRD PERIOD (1882-1892)
•This was the second major turning point in the
life of Rizal. It was this tine that Rizal decided to
leave the Philippines to escape persecution.
•He went to Europe and everywhere he went,
Rizal was always an observer and a student,
learning from everything he saw, read, and
heard.
•He urged the Filipino colony in Spain to prove
that Filipinos can compete with the
Europeans in intellect and talent

•During this time, Rizal toook part in the

Propaganda movement, based in Europe.
FOURTH PERIOD (1892-1896)
•This was the last turning point in the life of our
national hero, before his martyrdom on December 30,
1896.
•Rizal was exiled in Dapitan. It was here in Dapitan,
where Rizal demonstrated what an individual can do
and acconplish within a short period of time. It was
here where he detached his connections with politics
and devoted more of his practical service and
usefulness to the community.