Maulana Abul Kalam Azads birthday to now be National Education Day
Posted on: 05/Nov/2016 12:15:53 PM
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has approached educational institutions and asked them to celebrate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter and the first education minister of India as the National Education Day.
University Grants Commission, UGC, and Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE, have asked the institutions to organise seminars, symposium, essay writing, elocution competitions, workshops and rallies with banners, cards and slogans of the importance of education and nation’s commitment to all aspects of education.
The CBSE sent a circular to its schools that asked them to introspect their ongoing programme such as Community Outreach, Entrepreneurial Projects, Vocational Skills, Life Skills, and Inclusive Education on the National Education Day.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad served as the India’s first Minister of Education from 1947 to 1958. He emphasised on free and compulsory education for all under 14 and stressed on adult illiteracy.
