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Librada Avelino

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Filipino teacher and founder of Centro Escolar University (1873-1934)

Lived 1873 to 1934 · aged 61
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Librada Avelino 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.

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(left) Avelino and (right) Carmen de Luna in 1911(left) Avelino and (right) Carmen de Luna in 1911Centro Escolar de Señoritas in 1920, in its original form (Bahay na bato structure) and address (Calle Azcarraga across the San Sebastian Church; currently occupied by the Laperal Apartments)Centro Escolar de Señoritas in 1920, in its original form (Bahay na bato structure) and address (Calle Azcarraga across the San Sebastian Church; currently occupied by the Laperal Apartments)Historical marker by the National Historical InstituteHistorical marker by the National Historical Institute

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Librada Avelino 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.

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Lived 1873 to 1934 · aged 61
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