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At the height of his career, Aguilar sought to address issues like the high number of dropouts, low level of language proficiency, irrelevance of the school curriculum to daily realities, and the cultural gap between the elites and the ordinary citizens. For this, he created the
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He retired as superintendent of schools in Iloilo in 1954 to accept the position of full professor in the
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with the same position the following year. Also in 1927, he topped the
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Born on March 23, 1900, Jose
Vasquez Aguilar was the second of eight children of Martin Aguilar and Sofia Vasquez. As a child he won oratorical contests because of his deep and booming voice. He finished his elementary education at Cadiz Central School in 1915 and graduated from
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in 1921, supporting himself by peddling goods while still being active in oratorical matters. He received his
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in Ohio. Seeing the young man's intelligence and diligence, Valentine wanted to marry him off to his daughter but at that time, Aguilar was already in love with Ramona
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himself. Year later, the
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obtained significantly higher scores than those taught in
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model based on the cooperative efforts of teachers, parents, and community. With this framework, he was also able to help double the production of crops and rice in
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For his contributions to the Philippine educational system and community welfare, Aguilar received numerous awards, the most prominent being the
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