Rizal’s Early

Education in Calamba
and Biñan

Presented to you by:

Baron, Harlvey
Caponpon, James Luis
Mercado, Amiel John
Nedia, John Neil
Sanz, Paulo
The Early Education
The four R’s- Reading,
wRiting, aRithmetic, and
Religion

Knowledge was forced into

the minds of the pupils

Rizal was able to acquire

the necessary teaching
preparation for college work
in Manila.
Who do you think was the first teacher of
Jose Rizal?
 Doña Teodora
Alonzo Realonda
taught Jose at the age
of 3, the Alphabet and
The First prayers
Teacher of She who first
Jose discovered that her
son had a talent for
poetry
Private Tutors of Jose

Maestro Celestino Maestro Lucas Padua

Jose’s first private tutor Jose’s second private tutor.

Maestro Leon Monroy

became the hero’s tutor in Spanish and Latin. He
was a classmate of Don Francisco.
The Uncles of Jose Rizal

Gregorio de Quintos
Alonzo Realonda
instilled into the mind of
Jose the love for education.

Jose Maria
Florentino Alberto
gave wise direction in
the studies of Jose
The Uncles of Jose Rizal
Manuel Alberto

seeing Jose was frail in nature, concerned himself with the

physical development of his nephew

love for open air and admiration for the beauty of nature

“Work hard and perform every task very carefully;

learn to be swift as well as thorough; be independent
in thinking; and make visual pictures of everything.”
Jose Goes to Biñan
Maestro Leon Monroy
died five months later, and
Jose was sent to a private
school in Biñan.
June 1869 – Jose was
sent to Biñan with
Paciano.
Aunt’s house – where
Jose stayed in Uncle
Jose Alberto’s house
with his aunt.
The Aunt’s house of Jose in Biñan, Laguna which still
stands in Heritage District today.
First Day at School
Maestro Justiniano Aquino
Cruz – former teacher of
paciano
Rizal described him as tall,
thin, longnecked, sharp-
nosed, with a body slightly
bent forward
The school was in Maestro
Justiniano’s house.
Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz
First School Brawl

Pedro Andres Salandanan

The teacher’s son and a bully. Jose’s classmate who challenged
Jose challenged Pedro to a fight him to arm wrestle. Jose, having
and won because of his wrestling a thin and frail body, lost.
background.
Was Jose a troublemaker?
Painting Lesson of Rizal in Biñan

Old Juancho
He freely gave Jose and his
classmate Jose Guevarra
painting lessons.
Daily Life in Biñan
Jose’s daily routine:
Hears mass at 4 a.m. or Prays with cousins
studies lesson before Studies lessons, then draws a
going to mass. little
Goes to orchard to look for Has supper
mabolo to eat Prays again Daily Life in Biñan
Breakfast Plays in the street if moon is
Goes to class at 10 a.m. bright
Lunch break Sleeps
Goes back to school at 2 p.m.
Goes home at 5 p.m.
Best Student in School
Jose outperformed other
students in terms of
academics.
His former students were
jealous and reported to their
teacher whenever he got in a
fight.
Jose usually received five or
six blows while laid out on a
bench Jose Rizal in Biñan
End of Biñan Schooling
December 17, 1870 – Jose
left Biñan
Talim – the steamer boat
that Jose rode
Arturo Camps – a
Frenchman and a friend of
Don Francisco, he took
care of Jose during the trip Talim that Rizal rode when he left Biñan.
Martyrdom of GomBurZa
January 20, 1872 – Cavite
mutiny
February 17, 1872 – Fathers
Mariano Gomez, Jose
Burgos and Jacinto Zamora
were implicated and executed.
The GomBurZa were leaders
of the secularization
movement.
The three priests were not
involved in the mutiny; they
A photograph of GomBurZa, The Martyr
hardly even knew each other. Priests
Martyrdom of GomBurZa

The martyrdom of the

three priests inspired
Rizal to fight the evils of
Spanish tyranny
In 1891, Rizal dedicated
his second novel El
Filibusterismo to
GOMBURZA
El Filibusterismo (The Reign of Greed)
Injustice to the Hero’s Mother
1872 - Doña Teodora was arrested 50 kilometers – Doña
on a malicious charge that she aided
Teodora was made to walk
his brother Jose Alberto in trying to
from Calamba to the
poison his wife.
Jose Alberto planned to divorce his provincial prison in Santa
wife because of her infidelity. Cruz
His wife connived with the Spanish
lieutenant of the Guardia Civil and
filed a case against Rizal’s mother.
Antonio Vivencio del Rosario –
gobernadorcillo of Calamba, helped
the lieutenant arrest Doña Teodora
Old Bilibid Prison in Santa Cruz, Manila
Injustice to the Hero’s Mother

Don Francisco de Marcaida & Don Manuel Mazano – most famous

lawyers of Manila, defended Doña Teodora in court.
After 2 ½ years, the Royal Audiencia acquitted Doña Teodora.

Acquitted meaning the verdict is not guilty and found innocence from
the crime he/she accused of doing.
Royal Audiencia was an appellate court in Spain and its empire it is
composed of a president and four oidores (judges).
 Thank you
for listening