place

Sentro Rizal

2009 establishments in the PhilippinesCultural promotion organizationsEducation in IntramurosGovernment agencies under the Office of the President of the PhilippinesMemorials to José Rizal
Organizations established in 2009
Sentro Rizal logo
Sentro Rizal logo

The Sentro Rizal is a Philippine government-sponsored organization whose main objective is the global promotion of Filipino art, culture, and language. Established by virtue of the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009, its headquarters is located at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) office in Intramuros, Manila. Sentro Rizal aims to promote Philippine arts, culture, and language throughout the world through the establishment of Philippine centers in various countries which initiate and organize cultural training programs and activities for overseas Filipinos. Sentro Rizal is named after José Rizal, the Philippines' acclaimed national hero, writer, and polymath. His works Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo are acknowledged to have sparked the country's quest for independence in 1898. He championed love of family and country, peace, freedom, human dignity, knowledge, use of local language, bravery, women's role in nation building, unity, compassion, productive involvement of the youth, among others.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Sentro Rizal (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Sentro Rizal
General Luna Street, Manila

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Website Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Sentro RizalContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 14.588447222222 ° E 120.97566666667 °
placeShow on map

Address

Pandiman Philippines

General Luna Street
1002 Manila (Fifth District)
Philippines
mapOpen on Google Maps

Website
pandiman.net

linkVisit website

Sentro Rizal logo
Sentro Rizal logo
Share experience

Nearby Places

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), also officially as the University of the City of Manila, is a municipal public university in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. It is funded by the city government of Manila. The university was established on June 19, 1965, and opened on July 17, 1967, to 556 scholars, all coming from the top ten percent of graduates of Manila's public high schools.PLM is the first tertiary-level institution in the country to offer tuition-free education, the first university funded solely by a city government, and the first institution of higher learning in the country to have its official name in Filipino.From its first enrollment record of 556 freshman scholars coming from the top ten percent of the graduating classes of Manila's twenty-nine public high schools, total semestral enrollment has grown to an average of 10,000. The college has expanded from a single college to twelve colleges, seven graduate, two professional schools, and a score of research and specialized centers, including a teaching hospital, an entrepreneurial center, and an integrated learning center for toddlers. It maintains a comprehensive distance-education and open university program for thousands of community health workers and public administrators in different regions nationwide, with affiliations and recognition from various national and international organizations and institutions.A study using cumulative data from 1999 to 2003 showed that PLM was among the top five schools nationwide in terms of board exam passing rate, and was one of three public universities in the top ten category.