Sometime in 1902, former leaders of the Republica de Negros, Ex-minister of Justice Antonio Ledesma Jayme and Ex-provincial Governor Melecio Severino exerted efforts for the opening of a secondary school in Occidental Negros which they named Instituto Rizal, now Negros Occidental High School.
Sometime in 1902, the former heads of Republica de Negros, Antonio Ledesma Jayme and Melecio Severino, collaborated to initiate a secondary school in Occidental Negros, which they designated Instituto Rizal, now known as Negros Occidental High School.