ROLE IN NATION

BUILDING
PRESENTED BY: GROUP 2
Rizals Mission
The Role in Nation-Building

EDUCATION AS THE INSTRUMENT FOR SOCIAL

PROGRESS
RIZAL ON EDUCATION
Major contribution in
building the Filipino nation
RIZAL ON EDUCATION
Foundation of the society
the school is the basis of society, the school is the book
in which is written the future of the nations. Show us the
schools of the people and we will show you what people
is
- Noli Me Tangere
RIZAL ON EDUCATION
Pleaded to the Spanish government
authorities to take steps to improve the
education of the Filipinos

the cause of our backwardness and ignorance is

the lack of means of education
- Dr. Jose P. Rizal
RIZAL ON EDUCATION
Advanced all possible arguments in favor of
the Filipinos need for education

Without education and liberty the soil and the sun of

mankind no reform is possible, no measure can give the
desired result
- Dr. Jose P. Rizal
RIZAL ON EDUCATION
His desire to share with the people the what he had learned
during his studies and observations abroad became his
supreme aspiration

We shall devote our strength to the education of the

people, which is my supreme aspiration
- Rizal to Blumentritt
The Peoples Welfare Is The Concern of
The Government
Rizal soul searching endeavors in
crystalizing the true functions of the
government and how these functions may
be carried out for the benefit of the people
The Peoples Welfare Is The Concern of
The Government
Governments are established for the
welfare of the peoples, and in order to
accomplish this purpose properly they have
to follow the suggestions of the citizens,
who are the ones best qualified to
understand their needs"
The Ultimate Means At Nation Building Is
National Unity
Rizals greatest contribution to building the
Filipino nation was his untiring efforts in
urging his countrymen to work together
for national unity.
The Ultimate Means At Nation Building Is
National Unity
Rizal viewed the refusal of any individual in
fighting injustice as a form of social evil
Rizals letter to Rev. Father Vicente Garcia
What shall you say to your God, you a priest of a religion that has
declared all man equal? What shall you say to God who hated
tyranny and has made human intellect free when He asks you:
What have you done for the unfortunate and the oppressed? In
what have you employed your extraordinary intelligence and your
enlightenment? Why have you not followed the impulses of your
heart which has shuddered at seeing everywhere injustice ,
ignorance, abjectness, and suffering? What shall you reply to the
God when he tells you: Ihave suffered harsh death for saving men.
What have you done for your brothers?
Elias in Noli Mi Tangere
Alone it is true, we are nothing , but take up the
cause of the people, unite yourself with the
people, be not heedless of their cries, set an
example to the rest spread the idea of what we
called the fatherland.
Speech at the end of the year banquet
(Dec 31, 1891)
Now the Filipino colony (in Madrid) understands the advantages of
unity.. What does it matter, gentlemen, if we sacrifice a portion of
our freedom, but we offer it in the altars of our country? What does
it matter if we are deprived of some particles, if these become grains
that are kept to be planted and later harvested abundantly?
We, therefore, profess, gentlemen, once again unity and solidarity
among us. The good and the welfare of our country is our motive. Let
us prove to the world that when a Filipino wills something, he can
always do it.