Introduction and

Significance
of Rizal
RIZAL LAW
also known as
R.A. 1425
 What is Rizal Law?
This is the law that made the study of the life,
works and writings of Jose Rizal compulsory in all
schools in the Philippines.
Claro M. Recto and Jose P.Laurel
Only the following courses remain required and
compulsory by law:
Land Reform and Taxation,
National Service (formerly the ROTC), now NSTP
Rizal course: Life and Works of Jose Rizal
 President Fidel V. Ramos
The last time the government took notice was in
1994.
He ordered the Department of Education, Culture
and Sports (DECS) and the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED)
“to immediately and fully implement the letter, intent
and spirit of Republic Act No. 1425 and to impose,
should it be necessary, appropriate disciplinary
action against the governing body and/or head of any
public or private school, college or university found
not complying with said law.”
Memorandum Order 247, issued by Ramos
because some schools were not complying with the
law.
It renewed and strengthened the preparation for the
centennial death of Rizal in 1996 and, of course,
the centennial of the Declaration of Philippine
Independence in 1998.
The main opposition to this bill is the Catholic
Church, which equals its current opposition to
artificial methods of birthcontrol
 The reason for RA 1425
legislation:
“Whereas, today, “Whereas, it is meet
more than other that in honoring
them, particularly
period of our the national hero
history, there is a and patriot, Jose
need for a re- Rizal, we remember
with special
dedication to the fondness and
ideals of freedom devotion their lives
and nationalism for and works that have
shaped the national
which our heroes character.”
lived and died.”
RA 1425 was meant to honor Rizal and other
heroes.

There is no law making Rizal our national hero. He

is such by tradition and acclamation.
Rizal was made “official” when the Department of
Education in the 1950s made a list of distinct
icons of national nature: the national tree is narra,
the national flower is sampaguita, the national
animal is the carabao, the national hero is Jose
Rizal, etc.
Biographical Sketch of
Rizal
Jose Rizal
National hero of the
Philippines
pride of the Malayan race,
June 19, 1861, Calamba,
Laguna.
Seventh child in a family of
11 children (2 boys and 9
girls).
Both his parents were
educated and belonged to
distinguished families
 Francisco Mercado Rizal
An industrious
farmer
"a model of
fathers,"
came from Biñan,
Laguna;
Teodora Alonzo y Quintos,
a highly cultured
and accomplished
woman
"loving and prudent
mother,"
born in Meisic, Sta.
Cruz, Manila
At the age 8, he wrote a Tagalog poem, "Sa Aking
Mga Kabata,"
the theme of which revolves on the love of one’s
language.

Traveled extensively in Europe, America and Asia,

he mastered 22 languages.
Wrote NOLI ME TANGERE, EL FILIBUSTERISMO
and annotated Morga’s SUCCESSOS DE LAS ISLAS
FILIPINAS
with his annotations to prove that the Filipinos had a
civilization worthy to be proud of even long before the
Spaniards set foot on Philippine soil.
A political exile in Dapitan

He wrote an untitled poem,

now known as "Ultimo
Adios" in Fort Santiago

which is considered a
masterpiece and a living
document expressing not
only the hero’s great love of
country but also that of all
Filipinos

December 30, 1896 he was

shot at Bagumbayan Field