R.A. 1425 is also known as the Rizal Law

At present, we now live in a postmodern world dominated by electronic gadgets, cyber technology and robotics. Our country Philippines, in spite its status, it manage to get by with the current trend of development especially in the field of technology. It is a fact that education plays a vital role in the growth of a country, for an educated and functional population maneuvers the fate of its country and its fate as a people.

 Many tertiary students, particularly those who taking up technical such as engineering and nursing courses ask about the relevance of Rizal Course to their courses and planned career paths. As like them, I also wonder about this Law R.A 1425 which is amended that a subject Rizal is to be part in the curriculum of tertiary students which in fact that if we think about, it is only a repetition of what we had during high school. As student who taking up this subject, we can think that Rizal Law can only be a requirements for graduation or it is just a waste of money and time. And if we focused on our technical subjects we can conclude that subject Rizal is not applicable to our profession.

Because of this Law most of us students tend to be antagonistic not only to the subject but to the teacher and, worst is to Jose Rizal himself which is not a better attitude. If we able to have a conversation with several students who taking up this subject, we can traced that in general they are already unaware of our historical past. Some of us already stopped caring about it, thus making us ignorant of the good lessons we should have learned for our own good. Some of us were jus so preoccupied that we had no time to be conscious and look back to learn from the deeds and principles of the people who started shaping the destiny of our nation. On the other hand, if we disregard it or not, it is our own choice to study, to remember the life, works and writings of Rizal and applied it on our everyday’s life.

The R.A. 1425 is also known as the Rizal Law, was definitely implemented. Today it is a part of the curriculum of the tertiary students. Meanwhile, schools, colleges and universities must act in accordance with R.A. 1425 and equip their libraries with materials about Rizal. And in fact, many Filipino and foreign writers works about Rizal. But we can’t hide the fact that some are still arguing that the Rizal Law is needs to be abolished or amended. But the law is still very simple, yet it caters to the Filipinos not to hero-worship but to remember a hero who chose death for the sake of his convictions and of his country.

With regard to the Rizal Law, as a student given a power to amend, add, remove or change it, I will made no provision with it because that’s only a simple law that students must learned for our own good.