• On November 11, the country observes National Education Day

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    On November 11, the country observes National Education Day




     Digital Desk: India celebrates National Education Day on November 11
    every year. National Education Day is observed in India on November 11 each
    year to commemorate Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, who served as the country's first
    education minister following independence.



     In 1992, he received the posthumous Bharat Ratna, India's highest
    civilian honour.



     The purpose of the day is to
    honour Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's contributions to the field of education while
    serving as the country's minister of education. He was chosen to serve on the
    foundation committee in 1920 to create Jamia Millia Islamia in Aligarh, Uttar
    Pradesh. In 1934, he also helped move the university's campus from Aligarh to
    New Delhi. Today, the campus's main entrance bears his name.


    2022's National Education Day Theme:

    To recognise and honour Maulana Azad's contribution to the nation's
    educational system, this day is observed. "Changing Course, Transforming
    Education" will be the topic for National Education Day in 2022.


    2022 National Education Day:
    Importance


    The purpose of National
    Education Day is to improve and advance the country's educational system for
    students. The day also honours Azad's role in creating the framework for a free
    Indian educational system. Azad was a fervent supporter of free compulsory education
    for all children under the age of 14, universal primary education, girls'
    education, vocational training, and technical education.



     

    Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a Saudi
    Arabian immigrant who was born in Mecca in 1888. Azad's father, Maulana
    Khairuddin, was a Bengali Muslim with Afghan ancestry who arrived in Arab
    during the Sepoy Mutiny and afterwards travelled to Mecca and stayed there. His
    mother was an Arab and the daughter of Sheikh Mohammad Zaher Watri. When Abul
    Kalam was two years old in 1890, he returned to Calcutta with his family.



     

    The contributions
    made by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to education, nation-building, and
    institution-building are unparalleled.



     



     Kalam Ghulam
    Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad was a prominent member of the
    Indian National Congress and a proponent of Indian independence. He was also a
    writer.



     He was appointed as the first Minister of Education in the Indian
    government following the country's independence. He was minister of education
    from August 15, 1947, to February 2, 1958, when he passed away in Delhi.



     



     As the country's first education minister, Azad prioritised the
    education of girls and the disadvantaged in rural areas. He also placed a
    strong emphasis on adult literacy, universal primary education, which is free
    and required for all children up to the age of 14, as well as the
    diversification of secondary education and vocational training. Additionally,
    he was in charge of setting up the University of Delhi's Department of
    Education, the first Indian Institute of Technology in 1951, and the University
    Grants Commission in 1953.