Prelims Flashcards
a philippine law that requires all schools in the philippines, both publice and private, to offer courses on the life, works, and writings of the philippine national hero
Rizal law or RA 1425
why study rizal?
many filipinos observed that the sense of filipino identity was waning.
-to redirect the nation back to its roots
when was noli fili bill or senate bill no. 438 proposed and submitted and where?
april 3, 1956 to the senate committee on education
who proposed the nolifilibill?
sen. claro m. recto
what is senate bill no. 438?
an act to make noli me tangere and el filiusterismo a compulsory reading matter in all public and private colleges and universities and for other purposes
where and when was nolifilibill sponsored by Jose p laurel?
april 17, 1956
reasons the noli fili bill was criticized by the catholic church?
-according to them, the bill was attempt to discreditthe catholic religion,
-Father Jesus cavanna argued that rizals novels do not accurately depict current conditions and may give a false impression of the country.
-there are 333 pages of noli me tangere( 25 passages was nationalistic, 120 are passages that are anti-catholic. )
-170 lines from noli me tangere and 50 from el fili are offensive to the catholic doctrine.
-the bill might divide the nation.
-impairs freedom of speech and religious freedom.
catholic groups who opposed the bill
-catholic action of the philippines.
-congregation of the mission
-knights of the columbus
-catholic teachers guild
where and was house bill no. 5561 filed and who?
the house of representatives, april 19, 1956, cong. jacobo z. gonzales
senator laurels substitute bill tweaks
- instead of noli and el fili, it now includes a wider range of works and writings by jose rizal
- reading is now optional( a student can request for an exemption if they not want to read the two novels
3.implementation of unexpurgated versions of noli and el fili only for colleges or university students
when was senate bill. no 438 and house bill no. 5561 approved?
may 12 and 14, 1956
when was the bill signed into a law?and who?
june 12, 1956, president ramon magsaysay giving birth to ra 1425
purpose of enacting the rizal law?
to educate the young generation of the philippines about the ideas and principles for which rizl sacrificed his life.
sections of rizal law?
- courses on the life works and writings of rizal shall be included in the curricula of all schools, colleges and universities, public or public or private.
- require schools to have a sufficient number of copies of unexpurgated edition of the novels on their libraries.
- to make rizals writings more readily available to the general public b promoting their printing at an affordable cost or in some cases, providing them for free.
- clarifies to not change a specific section of the administrative code that prohibits public school teachers from discussing religious doctrines.
5.unallocated funds to be used to implement the act. - states that the act will immediately take effect
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