NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY

National Education Day is observed on November 11 every year since 2008. It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of independent India’s first education minister Abul Kalam Azad Abul Kalam Azad.

India marks National Education Day on November 11 to memorialize the birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Minister for Education in India. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s exemplary contributions to the field of education and institution-building paved the way for the country’s modern system. Reputed as the main architect of education, he served as India’s first Vice President as well as the first education Minister from 1947 to 1958. On National Education Day, India remembers the contributions of Maulana Azad toward nation-building. A freedom fighter, scholar, and educationist, Maulana Azad was a key architect of Independent India. He was responsible for setting up top education bodies like the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC).

The first Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kharagpur, was established by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.