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Academic Opinion on the Law of Education (La Nación, 5/30/1980)
Por Eduardo R. Saguier - Sunday, Apr. 15, 2012 at 4:35 AM
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The academic opinion also indicates that “the general law of education should resign to the ideological and spiritual neutrality. Its education mission is intended for a certain type of human being – the Argentines, a certain idea of life and the world, a definite nationality inserted in the Christian western civilization and, regarding citizenship, it should strictly address the education of those in power and constituents of our republican, representative and federal country, in accordance with our National Constitution, which is “the Nation made law.”

Academic Opinion on the Law of Education (La Nación, 5/30/1980)

“We believe that history taught in public and private schools should be based on truth and justice and adhere to the great guidelines of our Nation. Throughout its history, our nation has strived for freedom for itself and for its neighboring countries, has defended its territory and has sought to ensure the benefits of freedom within the framework of the western world, we belong to based on our roots and evolution,” says the National Academy of History, in a statement disclosed in connection with the general Education bill and issued at a request of the Ministry of Culture and Education. It was drafted by academics Edmundo Correas, José M. Mariluz Urquijo, Carlos S. A Segreti and Andrés R. Allende, and approved, in a private meeting, by the Corporation.
In general terms, it is noted that said Law “should be an instrument of utmost importance for the country’s present and future.” Likewise, “it should be drafted based on our present human and social situation but with the vision of a desirable and possible State and Nation.”
National Continuity
Then, it is also stated that “present and future should be clearly related to the past, as the authenticity of Argentine people and the society they belong to come from there. Moreover it displays the characteristics of a unique and exclusive nationality with national lifestyle, ideas, feelings, character and awareness that will be further reinforced and debugged from any notorious deficiency.”
Based on said objectives “education, in all its cycles, should intend to provide each subject the capacity to “know how to be” in three aspects that make up the subject’s personality as a member of an organized community: a) “Know how to be human” by means of the best and most complete development of his/her personality, always perfectible; b) “know how to be social,” i.e., proper participation and coexistence in society, accepting the order in place, supported in the legal order, which does not exclude social mobility and any necessary changes by peaceful means; and c) “know how to be a citizen,” a member of the political world, as per the State’s constitutional system.”
Education Mission
The academic opinion also indicates that “the general law of education should resign to the ideological and spiritual neutrality. Its education mission is intended for a certain type of human being – the Argentines, a certain idea of life and the world, a definite nationality inserted in the Christian western civilization and, regarding citizenship, it should strictly address the education of those in power and constituents of our republican, representative and federal country, in accordance with our National Constitution, which is “the Nation made law.”
This education “should prioritize spiritual values building defenses against dehumanizing factors derived from scientific-technical progress that, apart from its undeniable civilizing contributions, tends to impose materialism where things rather than helping men turn them into slaves.”
In turn, the law must “ensure a systematized educational system, as a means to know and create culture,” which are supplementary aids to the “information on current domestic and international facts” in the syllabuses. Finally, on the issue of teaching history, it is stated that “it is not acceptable to use the course to teach or disclose whimsical versions that deform our past, putting history to the service of political doctrines contrary to our national essence.”
Source: La Nación, 5-30-1980
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