Chapter 3
Rizal's
Education
JUNE 1872
Jose Rizal was sent to Manila to study at the
Ateneo Municipal under the supervision of
Jesuits priests.
Ateneo was the counter part of College of the
San Juan De Letran.
Don Fransisco changed his mind and decided
to send Rizal to Ateneo Municipal
• Fr. Jose Bech was the first professor of Rizal
in Ateneo
• Jose used the surname "Rizal" for the first
time.
• Jose was called an "externo" at a living out
student during his days in Ateneo Municipal
• Jesuits system of education encouraged
competition on among the student
• Rizal was placed at the bottom of the class
and assigned with the Carthaginias.
The class was divided in two groups:
a. Carthaginian (non-border of Ateneo)
b. Roman (border inside Ateneo)
Rizal took a private lessons in Sta. Isabel College during
break time to improve his knowledge of Spanish.
After a month Rizal become a emperor and he was
considered as the brightest student of the class.
In her second year and third year in Ateneo, nothing usual
happened to Rizal.
In his fourth year in Ateneo, Rizal was
inspired to study hard and to write a
poetry by one of his best professions,
Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez a
great educator and scholar.
He expressed his ideas on the
value of education in his poem
o Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First Inspiration)
o In memory of my Town
o A Farewell Dialogue of the Students
o Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Good
Education
Rizal's Studies at the University of Sto.Tomas (UST)
Rizal was still unsure of what
course to take, so he tried to seek
guidance from Fr. Pablo Ramon but
since he was in Mindanao. For his
first term , Rizal studied at the
philosophy program.
In the following term he decided to shift to medicine
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Cure his mother's
failing eyesight
Fr. Ramon wrote back
advising Jose to take up
medicine
Literary works of Rizal in UST
To the Filipino Youth ( Sa kabataang Pilipino/A La
Juventud Filipina)
The Council of Gods
THANK
YOU!