Librada Avelino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Librada Avelino

teacher and founder of Centro Escolar University

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1873

Place of Birth: Quiapo, Luzon, Philippines

Date of Death: 09-Nov-1934

Profession: teacher, women's rights activist

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Librada Avelino

  • Librada Avelino (17 January 1873 – 9 November 1934) was a Filipina educator who co-founded the Centro Escolar University.
  • She was the first woman to earn a teaching certificate from the Spanish authorities when she passed her examination in 1889.
  • Continuing her education, Avelino was also certified as a secondary teacher in 1893.
  • After establishing her own girls' school in Pandacan, she was forced to flee to Manila when in 1896, the Philippine Revolution brought troops to Pandacan.
  • Reopening a school in the capital, she operated until the Spain ceded the country to the United States and the educational authorities changed the requirements, implementing English language curricula.
  • To learn English, she agreed to take a post as principal of the Pandacan Girls' School, believing that teaching the language would help her learn it faster.
  • She also took English classes and studied English briefly in Hong Kong in 1901. In 1907, Avelino joined her friend Carmen de Luna and lawyer/educator Fernando Salas to found the Centro Escolar de Señoritas, a school which organized courses from kindergarten through high school for girls.
  • The school was the first non-parochial institution in the country and based its curriculum on a modern, liberal model, attempting to equalize the education of girls with what was offered to boys.
  • As the school grew, additional buildings were acquired for lectures and dormitories and by 1921 Avelino expanded the offerings to include tertiary, first offering a bachelor's degree program in pharmacy.
  • She was awarded an honorary master's degree in pedagogy by the University of the Philippines in 1930.
  • From 1930, the Centro Escolar de Señoritas operated as an accredited university and was incorporated with a name change to Centro Escolar University in 1932. Avelino directed the school until shortly before her death from cancer in 1934.
  • There are multiple monuments in the Philippines which bear her name.
  • The Centro Escolar University bestows an award in her honor to Asian women who are recognized leaders.
  • The school which she founded has continued to offer education for over 100 years.

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