Instituto Nacional Mejía

Instituto Nacional Mejía is a public secondary educational institution in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. It was founded on June 1, 1897. Depends Ecuador Government through the Ministry of Education.MisionIt is a secular and experimental High School that educates, prepares and graduates its students with a critical - reflexive mind, and provides them with a scientific humanist instruction which is compromised with social change and national development.MottoThe school motto is the Latin phrase Per áspera ad astra literally translated as "On the rough path to the stars", but more commonly translated as "Per Aspera Ad Astra" (through adversity to the stars).Fiestas del MejiaEach year, the celebrations for the anniversary of its creation are a huge spectacle