{"id":403,"date":"2023-11-11T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T14:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shashankrsingh.com\/blog\/?p=403"},"modified":"2023-11-11T14:44:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T14:44:15","slug":"national-education-day-2023-know-why-it-is-celebrated-on-november-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shashankrsingh.com\/blog\/national-education-day-2023-know-why-it-is-celebrated-on-november-11\/","title":{"rendered":"National Education Day 2023: Know why it is celebrated on November 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>National Education Day:<\/strong>&nbsp;National Education Day is celebrated every year on November 11 across India to mark the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad who was the first education minister of independent India. He served as the education minister from August 15, 1947 to February 2, 1958 and passed away in Delhi on February 22, 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad was born on November 18, 1888. He was a freedom fighter, educationist, scholar and senior leader of the\u00a0Indian National Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also called Maulana Azad, he was a key architect of Independent India. He was responsible for setting up the top education bodies including the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC). Maulana Abul Kalam Azad also established the first Indian Institute of Technology \u2013 IIT Kharagpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Sahitya Academy, Lalit Kala Academy, Sangeet Natak Academy and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) were also set up under his guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Education Day is observed to celebrate the work done by Abul Kalam Azad in the education sector during his lifetime.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/subscribe\/all-access\/?ref=diwali_story\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In post-independent India, Azad focused on areas including educating the rural poor and girls, adult literacy, free and compulsory for all children up to the age of 14, universal primary education, and diversification of secondary education and vocational training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate National Education Day, schools and colleges organise programmes, seminars and workshops. 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