Early Education

Presented by:
Piedragosa, Mary Loren
Larga, Bea
 Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to;

• Evaluate the people that influences Early Education of

Jose Rizal.
• Have knowledge on where did Rizal took his first
formal schooling.
• Recognize who are the people involved in Jose Rizal’s
learning.
BAT A N G
R I Z A L
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso
Realonda

• Rizal had his early education in Calamaba

and Binan, Laguna.
• It was a typical schooling that a son of an
ilustrado family received during his time,
characterized by the four R's- reading,
writing, arithmetic, and religion.
 Teodora Alonzo
• The first teacher of rizal was his
mother. Who was the
remarkable woman of good
character and fine culture.
• Dona Teodora was patient,
cocientious and understanding.
• It was her who discovered that
Rizal had a talent for poetry.
• She encourage Rizal to
write poems.
• It was his mother, who
had taught him how to
read and pray and who
had encouraged him to
write poetry.
• At the age of three, he
learned alphabet.
• At the age of five, he
learned to read Spanish.
 Uncle Jose Uncle Manuel
• Was an accomplished • Jose Rizal was not a
artist who nurtured physically blessed or
Rizal an appreciation of strong.
nature’s beauty and • Uncle Manuel
taught him various art developed his physique
forms such as painting, until he had a body of
sketching, and silk and steel and no
sculptures. longer a skinny and
sickly boy.
Uncle Gregorio
• A learned scholar, instilled in Rizal a love for
education, emphasizing its importance and the
value of hard work.
• He encouraged Rizal to think critically, observe
his sorroundings attentively, and deepen his
curiousity and knowledge.
• As Jose As grew older, his parents employed
private tutors to give him lessons at home.
• The first was Maestro Celestino and the second,
Maestro Lucas Padua.
• Later, an old man named Leon Monroy, who
happened to be a former classmate of Rizal’s
father, became the boy’s tutor. This old teacher
lived at the Rizal home and instructed Jose in
Spanish and Latin. Unfortunately, he did not
lived long. He died five months later.
• After a Monroy’s death, Jopse parents decided
to send him to a private school in Biñan.
 Jose Goes to Biñan
• Sunday afternoon in June , 1869, Jose was brought by
Paciano to Biñan for his first formal schooling.
• The two brothers, Paciano and Jose rode in a
carromata, reaching their destination after one and
one-half hours’ drive. They proceeded to their aunt’s
house, where Jose was to lodge. It was almost night
when they arrived, and the moon was about to rise.
First Day in Biñan School
• Paciano brought his younger brother to the
school of Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz.
• The school was in the house of the teacher,
which was a small nipa hut about 30 meters
from the home of Jose’s aunt.
• Paciano knew the teacher quite well because he
had been a pupil under him before. He
introduced Jose to the teacher, after which he
departed to return to Calamba.
 • Immediately, Jose was assigned his seat in the class.
The teacher asked him:

"Do you know Spanish?"

"A little, sir," replied the Calamba lad.
"Do you know Latin?"
"A little, sir."

• The boys in the class, especially Pedro, the teacher’s

son laughed at Jose’s answers.
• In the afternoon, when the teacher was having a
siesta, he challenged Pedro to a fight. The two
boys wrestled furiously in the classroom, much
to the glee of their classmates. Jose, having
learned the art of wrestling from his athletic Tio
Manuel, defeated the bigger boy.
• Unexpectedly, despite of being smaller and
younger, he won.
• Because of this victory, he became popular
among his classmates.
• After the class in the afternoon, a classmate named
Andres Salandanan challenged him to an arm-
wrestling match. They went to a sidewalk of a house
and wrestled with their arms. Jose, having the weaker
arm, lost and nearly cracked his head on the sidewalk.
• In succeeding days he had other fights with the boys of
Biñan. He was not quarrelsome by nature, but he never
ran away from a fight.
• There was a studio-based near the school, owned by
old painter named Juancho, his teacher’s father in law.
• Jose spent his leisure time at Juancho’s studio and
gave him free lessons in drawing and painting. Old
Juancho was impressed by Jose’s artistic talent.
 Best Student in School
• In academic studies, Jose beat all Biñan boys. He
surpassed them all in Spanish, Latin, and other
subjects.
• Some of his older classmates were jealous of his
intellectual superiority. They wickedly squealed to the
teacher whenever Jose had a fight outside the school,
and even told lies to discredit him before the teacher’s
eyes. Consequently the teacher had to punish Jose.
• Rare was the day when he was not stretched on the
bench for a whipping or punished with five or six
blows on the open palm.
• After one and a half year of schoolling in Biñan,
December 17, 1870, he took a steamer Talim, brought
him back to Calamba, leaving Biñan a heavy heart
with a premonition that he would not return back in
this town to study again.
• Jose experienced his first sorrowful moment, when his
sister Concepcion died at the age of three because of
sickness, this was his first time to shed tears.
• After one and a half year of schooling in Biñan,
December 17, 1870, he took a steamer Talim, brought
him back to Calamba, leaving Biñan a heavy heart
with a premonition that he would not return back in
this town to study again.
• Jose experienced his first sorrowful moment, when his
sister Concepcion died at the age of three because of
sickness, this was his first time to shed tears.
 DETENTION OF
• While RizalTEODORA
was happy in th bossom of his family,
awaited the month of July to go to school in Manila,
something happened to darken the life in that home.
• Teodora Alonso was arrested and was accused of
poisoning the wife of her brother, Jose Alberto.
• The detention of Teodora was marked by extreme
cruelty and humiliation.
• It was 2 1/2 years before she was realesed.
 Summary
• Rizal’s first education was received from
his mother. At age three, he learned the
alphabet from his mother. She taught Rizal
how to read and write and pray.
• His three uncles, Jose, Manual Gregorio
taught him also. His father paid an old man
to give him lessons in Latin.
• Maestro Joaquin Aquino Cruz, also became
his teacher in Latin. He learned painting to
a painter named Juanito. Rizal was one of
the best pupils while in Biñan. He excelled
in all subjects, especially Latin and
 Summary
• He learned painting to a painter named
Juanito. Rizal was one of the best pupils
while in Biñan. He excelled in all subjects,
especially Latin and Spanish. His schooling
in Biñan came when he learned almost all
that his teacher Justiniano could teach him,
so his teacher wrote a letter to his parents
that it was time to send Rizal to College in
Manila.
• He left Biñan after staying there for
1 ½ years. He shared his memorable
experiences, most fascinating tales of his
 Summary
• He left Biñan after staying there for 1 ½
years. He shared his memorable
experiences, most fascinating tales of his
brawls with some quarrelsome classmates
and school triumphs with amusement and
delight to his brothers and sisters.
• At age 8, his God given talent in literary
by writing poems was shown in his poem
entitled “ Sa aking mga Kababata” an
appeal to his countrymen to love their
national language.
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