Exile in Dapitan

Exile in Dapitan

Bust of Padre Guerrico in clay, by Rizal

Rizal was implicated in the activities of the nascent rebellion and in July 1892, was deported to Dapitan in the province of Zamboanga, a peninsula of Mindanao.^[34] There he built a school, a hospital and a water supply system, and taught and engaged in farming and horticulture.^{[citation needed]} Abaca, then the vital raw material for cordage and which Rizal and his students planted in the thousands, was a memorial.^{[citation needed]}

The boys' school, in which they learned English, considered a prescient if unusual option then, was conceived by Rizal and antedated Gordonstoun with its aims of inculcating resourcefulness and self sufficiency in young men.^{[citation needed]} They would later enjoy successful lives as farmers and honest government officials.^[