National Education Day: Occasion for Review and Course Correction for education System
National Education Day: Occasion for Review and Course Correction for education System India celebrates National Education Day on November 11 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, independent India’s first Education Minister (1947–1958). Established in 2008 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the day honors Azad’s foundational work in shaping the nation's academic and scientific infrastructure with education education as a means of social transformation and democratic citizenship. Maulana Azad viewed education as the fundamental pillar of a strong democracy, social justice, and national progress. He firmly believed that a democratic nation cannot survive without educating its masses, advocating strongly for free and compulsory primary education for all children up to the age of fourteen. Azad placed special emphasis on the education of girls, asserting that true societal advancement is impossible without empowering women. Furthermo...