QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 145)
To authorize the collection of voluntary contributions from pupils and students to finance the repair or reconstruction of Dr. Jose Rizal’s house in Calamba, Laguna, and Dapitan Park in Zamboanga.
The house occupied by Dr. Jose Rizal in Calamba, Laguna, and Dapitan Park in Zamboanga.
The corresponding Superintendents of Public Schools and the Presidents or Deans of state and private universities, and the Principals or Directors of private colleges and schools.
The President acted “by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws of the Philippines.”
Voluntary. The Executive Order expressly authorizes the collection of voluntary contributions.
Five centavos from every elementary school pupil, ten centavos from every secondary school student, and twenty centavos from every collegiate student.
It applies to both public and private elementary, secondary, and collegiate institutions, as it covers pupils/students “enrolled in public and private” schools.
From June 19 (Rizal’s birthday) to December 30 (Rizal’s death) in 1948.
For the repair or reconstruction of Rizal’s house in Calamba, Laguna, and Dapitan Park in Zamboanga.
To perpetuate patriotic ideals by giving school children an opportunity to help in preserving Rizal sites, thereby arousing reverence for Rizal and vitalizing the meaning of patriotism.
The policy that historically significant locations should be preserved by the state and made part of civic education and national remembrance.
Elementary pupils contribute five centavos, secondary students ten centavos, and collegiate students twenty centavos.
Public: Superintendents of Public Schools. State/private universities: Presidents or Deans. Private colleges and schools: Principals or Directors.
In 1948. The authorization is limited to the period during that year, from Rizal’s birthday to Rizal’s death.
It is signed by President Elpidio Quirino and attested by Executive Secretary Emilio Abello, with the date and place of execution: June 19, 1948, City of Manila.
It limits collection activities to that specific timeframe in 1948, defining the temporal scope of the authorized collection.
Superintendents, school officials of universities/colleges, and principals/directors are authorized to collect voluntary contributions—set amounts by education level—from enrolled students during June 19 to December 30, 1948, and to use proceeds for repairing or reconstructing Rizal-related national shrine sites.