The Life, Works,

and Writings of
Rizal
CHAPTER 1: REPUBLIC
ACT 1425

JOAN V. ALBANO, LPT

LEARNING OUTCOMES
⚬ Explain the rationale of Rizal law and its important
provisions
⚬ Critically assess the effectiveness of the Rizal Law
⚬ Compare and contrast the sides of the Authors and
Oppositions in R.A 1425
⚬ Discuss the historical context of Rizal Law
⚬ Relate the passage of Rizal law to nation building,
patriotism, and nationalism
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What is Rizal Law?
⚬ Republic Act 1425 also
known as Rizal Law
⚬ Philippine law that mandates all
educational institutions in the
Philippines to offer courses about
José Rizal.

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Why Study Rizal?

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Why Study Rizal?
⚬ According to the law, there
is a need for a re-
dedication to the ideals of
freedom and nationalism
for which our heroes lived
and died.
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Why Study Rizal?
⚬ To develop moral
character, personal
discipline, civic conscience
and to teach the duties of
citizenship

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Why Study Rizal?
⚬ To rekindle Filipino
identity

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Why Study Rizal?
In response, nationalist policy-
makers took action to redirect
the nation back to its roots by
emphasizing the importance of
history as a foundation for
national hope and pride.

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Who are the lawmakers
behind this law?
On April 3, 1956, Senator Claro M.
Recto proposed Senate Bill No.
438
and submitted it to the Senate
Committee on Education.

Hence, called Noli/Fili Bill or Rizal Bill

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Who are the lawmakers
behind this law?
On April 17, 1956,
Senator Jose P. Laurel, Sr.,
who was then the Chairman of
the
Committee on Education,
sponsored the Noli-Fili Bill in the
senate and presented it to the
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"Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo must be read by all Filipinos. They
must be taken to heart, for in their pages we see ourselves as a mirror,
our defects as well as our strength, our virtues as well as our vices.
Only then would we become conscious as a people, and so learn to
prepare ourselves for painful sacrifices that ultimately lead to
self-
reliance, self-respect and freedom."

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Noli/Fili Bill
or
Rizal Bill
Noli/Fili is
embarrassing
to church dogma
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A lot of debates happened and red
tagged the lawmakers

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Another bill was proposed, House Bill
5561 of Cong. Jacobo Gonzales.
Same
Same
context?!
bill?

Still, disagree!
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The content of the bill was revised,
focusing not only on Noli and El Fili
but in all Rizal’s life, works, and
writings.
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On June 12, 1956, the bill was signed
into law by President Ramon
Magsaysay, giving birth to Republic
Act 1425 or the Rizal Law.

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Salient Features of the
Law
By reading and studying Rizal's
life, teachings, and writings, the
youth will gain confidence,
direction, courage and
determination to contribute to
the progress of our nation.

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Makalipas ang 67 na taon na ito ay
naisabatas, bilang kabataan,
pakiramdam mo ba mayroon ng
nabago?

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Kung ganon, dapat ba natin aralin
nang masinsinan ang Rizal?

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