On the basis of Lithuanian public initiative and partly, financial support, higher courses were established in Kaunas on January 27, 1920. Higher courses were the very the very first step in the process of establishment of higher school in Lithuania.
From the beginning of autumn of 1920 the Lithuanian society was actively agitation in mass media for the establishment of university. The most active in this campaign were the lecturers and students of higher courses, teachers, soldiers-students, students and clericals. The ministry for education proposed for the lecturers of higher courses to prepare the project of Lithuanian university statute. This project was considered in the ministry for education only at the beginning of 1921.
A massive agitation took place in the press both-for a secular as well as for a catholic university. Politicians began to participate in the agitation for the university in February of 1921. This question was raised in Steigiamasis seimas too. Beginning with the autumn of 1921, when it became clear that only one university could be established people, public organizations in the press and during meetings were discussing the projects of statute and submitting resolutions for the government and seimas. Teachers trade union, which called a number city, was the most active.
The university of Lithuania was established on February 16 1922 and it began its function according to Vilnius university statute accepted by the soviet of Lithuania on December 5, 1918.
The discussions of the statute of Lithuanian university continued up to the end of martin 1922.
People and public organizations supported academic Youth financially. Until the year of 1921 students were financially supported by clerical organizations. Communities under the titles of “Saulė” and “Rytas” Functioned very actively. At the beginning of 1921 a secular community “Žiburėlis” was re-established, the aim of which was to give material help, grants loans and dormitories to students. | 
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