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.
