Rizal’s Idea or

Concept of Education
(Brief Summary)
1. The curriculum of a modern liberal education should include
either: religion, hygiene, mathematics, the physical, natural and
social sciences, literature, languages, physical culture and the
arts.
2. There should be a weekly accounting by teachers of student
progress and conduct, the well-behaved ones to be rewarded
with a posting of their names, and parents should be informed of
the progress, conduct and health of their children.
3. The school should insist on accuracy and punctuality.
4. Teachers were to be employed on passing an admission
examination on a competitive basis if there are several applicants
5. There is to be no racial discrimination in the
admission of students.
6. Gymnastics and swimming are obligatory.
7. Classes would be six hours a day including a total of
two hours of physical culture and the arts.
8. Human relations between teachers and pupils
should not be ignored. The teacher should work
with the students and be their leader and co-
workers as well as their mentor.
9. Instruction should be practical and should stimulate
thinking rather than be a parrot like reproduction of
book learning. Students should learn by participation in
a natural situation. Field work has its place in effective
instruction.
10. Education should received substantial aid to make
instruction effective. It is not sufficient that there are
students to be taught. There must be proper
accommodation and equipment conducive to learning.
11. The teacher should have prestige, reputation, moral
strength and some freedom of action
Andres Bonifacio’s
Philosophy in Education
“One does not necessarily need to achieve proper
education to be able to be considered an
intellectual.”
“To be educated means to have a critical mind, to
be able to logically reason out, to be highly informed
about important matters in life, and to be able to
stand up for his right, among other things.”
“So even though you have attained all the possible
degrees that schooling has to offer, that doesn’t
guarantee that you are more intelligent to does who
have not.”
Manuel L. Quezon’s
Philosophy in Education
It is a reflection of the need of colonial people to
upgrade themselves intellectually, morally and
economically through the process of education.
Stressed that the good of the state is paramount to
the good of the individual. The state has the duty to
mold the spirit of the youth in patriotism and self-
sacrifice which can be done through education.