Tuesday, November 12, 2019

National Education Day 2019: On 11 November every year, India remembers Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a pioneer in nation's academic leap

  • his day is annually celebrated as National Education Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India.

  • Azad considered schools as laboratories which produce future citizens of the country and, therefore, emphasised on quality education.

  • From 1947 to 1958, he served as the first education minister of the independent India. At 35, Azad rose to prominence as a Congress leader

  • Apex bodies such as the first IIT, IISc, School of Planning and Architecture and the University

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