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AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON THE LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL, PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO, AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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WHEREAS, it is meet that in honoring them, particularly the national hero and patriot, Jose Rizal, we remember with special fondness and devotion their lives and works that have shaped the national character;

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WHEREAS, the life, works and writing of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and EL Filibusterismo, are a constant and inspiring source of patriotism with which the minds of the youth, especially during their formative and decisive years in school, should be suffused;

WHEREAS, all educational institution are under the supervision of, and subject to regulation by the State, and all schools are enjoined to develop moral character, personal discipline, civic conscience and to teach the duties of citizenship; Now, therefore.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY

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JOSE P. LAUREL

FIDEL V. RAMOS

1994 - ordered the Department of Education, Culture and Sports to fully implement the law as there had been reports that it has still not been fully implemented

June 12, 1956 - he signed the law as Republic Act 1425.

1955 - he proposed that all schools in the Philippines teach students about the life and works of Jose Rizal

- sponsored the bill in the Senate