Achievements of Jose Rizal

He received his bachelor's degree in Arts with highest honors

Taking the first year in agriculture in the Ateneo, he also completed this with
highest honors.

In a competition held by the "Liceo Artistico Litarario" with the poem "Al
Juventud Filipina" (To the Filipino Youth) he won the special prize
for "indians" and mestizos.

In the same contest, the first prize for prose was also awarded to Jos Rizal's
"Consejo de los dioses (Council of the Gods)" and the judges gave it another
special prize as the best critical appreciation of the author of "Don Quixote."

Jose Rizals greatest achievement, he was declared to be the National Hero of

the Philippines.