Chapter 1 Flashcards
Amidst the destruction of building infrastructures, roads, and
bridges brought by World War II, the people saw the need to?
rebuild the Filipino identity
Education became the primary weapon of reorientation while.
prioritizing the youth as the bearers of country’s future.
- On April 3, 1956_____(AN ACT TO MAKE NOLI ME
TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO COMPULSORY READING
MATTER IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES) was submitted to the
Senate Committee on Education.
Senate Bill No. 438
He was the main proponent of the Rizal
Bill. He sought to sponsor the bill at Congress.
Senator Claro M. Recto
He argued that the novels belonged to the past and that teaching them would misrepresent current conditions.
Fr. Jesus Cavanna
He also said that Catholics
had the right to refuse to read them as it would “endanger
their salvation”
Jesus Paredes
Groups such as _____, the _____,_____, and the _____ organized opposition to the bill
Catholic Action of the Philippines, Congregation of the Mission,
Knights of Columbus,
Catholic Teachers Guild
The Archbishop of Manila, _____ , protested in a pastoral letter that Catholic students would be affected if compulsory reading of the unexpurgated version were pushed through.
Rufino Santos
_____, Manila’s mayor, who supported the
bill, walked out of Mass when the priest read a circular from the archbishop denouncing the bill.
Arsenio Lacson
The _____ threatened to close down if the
bill was passed; Recto countered that if that happened, the schools would be nationalized. Recto did not believe the threat, stating that the schools were too
profitable to be closed. The schools gave up the threat, but threatened to “punish” legislators in favor of the law in future elections.
Catholic schools
President Ramon Magsayasay
signed the bill to make it a law, thus giving birth to _____ also known as the Rizal Law.
Republic Act 1425
What aims the Rizal law?
The law aims to put Rizal closer to our hearts.
