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Justo Sierra and the National University
UNAM

An outgrowth of Mexico’s yearning and drive for progress and civilization, and as part of the Centennial Celebrations of Mexican Independence, the National University was officially created on September 22, 1919. With the intention of widening educational opportunities in the country, the effort to launch the National University, though often hampered by adversity, was initially spearheaded by Congressman Justo Sierra in 1881. His vision finally materialized in 1910 with the inauguration of the National University of Mexico at a ceremony held in the National Preparatory School Amphitheatre, where as Secretary of Public Instruction, Sierra told the audience that the thrust of the National University’s educational project was to concentrate, systematize and disseminate knowledge in order to prepare the Mexican people for the future.

One-hundred years after the creation of the University, Justo Sierra’s inaugural address still rings true: (…) we are telling the university community today that truth is unfolding: go seek it (…) you have been charged with the realization of a political and social ideal which can be summed up thus: democracy and liberty.


References

  • CESU, La Universidad Nacional de México 1910, México, UNAM, Segunda edición facsimilar, 1990, p. 125.
  • Javier Garcíadiego, “El proyecto universitario de Justo Sierra: circunstancias y limitaciones”, en Cultura y política en el México Posrevolucionario, México, INEHRM, 2006, pp. 23-40.
 
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