National Education Day 2022: Know why National Education Day is celebrated and its significance

National Education Day (National Education Day 2021) is celebrated on November 11 every year in the country. It is celebrated on the birth anniversary of India’s First Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

National Education Day (National Education Day 2021) is celebrated on November 11 every year in the country. It is celebrated on the birth anniversary of India’s First Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad served as the country’s Education Minister from 15 August 1947 to 2 February 1958. In the year 2008, his birthday was recognized as Education Day by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Since then Education Day is celebrated on November 11 every year.

Significance of National Education Day

Azad, the first Union Education Minister of India, has contributed a lot to improve the education level of the country. During his tenure, the country’s first Indian Institute of Technology was established in 1951 and the University Grant Commission was established in 1953.

Emphasis on students’ creativity

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born in 1888 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He always emphasized that students should be creative and their way of thinking should be completely different. He said that academicians should inculcate moral leadership along with questioning, creativity and entrepreneurship in students and should themselves be role models for them.

A strong supporter of female education

Kalam was a strong supporter of women’s education. He always emphasized that women empowerment is a necessary and important condition for the development of the nation. He believed that society can be stabilized only by empowering women. In 1949, he raised the issue of women’s education in the Constituent Assembly. He also did many other works in the field of education, his work is remembered even today.

Special programs are organized on this day

National Education Day commemorates the contributions of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. On Maulana Azad’s birth anniversary, special programs are organized in schools and colleges across the country and competitions are held among children.

Awarded Bharat Ratna

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was honored with the country’s highest honor, the Bharat Ratna, by the Government of India in the year 1992. This honor was given to him posthumously. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad died on 22 February 1958 in Delhi.