{"id":1588,"date":"2021-11-11T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2022-11-18T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T14:04:22","slug":"india-marks-national-education-day-2021-on-november-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/india-marks-national-education-day-2021-on-november-11\/","title":{"rendered":"India Marks National Education Day 2021 on November 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1588\" class=\"elementor elementor-1588\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65319352 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65319352\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77857c10\" data-id=\"77857c10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9102ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f9102ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India marks National Education Day on November 11 each year. Azad was a celebrated educationist and writer. He served as the first Minister of Education of independent India along with being the Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Educational institutions across the country mark the day with various activities. Seminars, essay-writing competitions, workshops, and rallies on the importance of literacy and India\u2019s commitment to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/education\/\"   title=\"Education\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1765\">education<\/a> are part of the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Why is Azad\u2019s birthday marked as National Education Day?<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maulana Abul Kalam Azad made exemplary contributions to the field of education and institution building. It was he who paved the way for modern education in India. He has made many contributions to the field of education. Due to this, Azad is deemed to be the main architect of education in India.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Human Resource Development declared the birthday of \u2018the great son of India\u2019 as National Education Day in 2008. Since then, this date celebrates Maulana Abul Kalam Azad\u2019s contributions every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>His significant contributions<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maulana Abul Kalam Azad played a key role in driving the effort to eradicate illiteracy. He emphasized on elementary education and stressed on the importance of secondary education as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He played a significant role in the establishment of various educational institutions. Some of these are Indian Institute of Science and Jamia Milia Islamia. His most significant contribution was the establishment of the first Indian Institute of Technology in 1951. Over the past few decades, a number of IITs have come up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Maulana Azad\u2019s philosophy and our work<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Azad had a pure philosophy for India\u2019s education. And Smile Foundation firmly believes in this.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">We must not for a moment forget, it is a birthright of every individual to receive at least the basic education without which he cannot fully discharge his duties as a citizen.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our Mission Education programme and related campaigns all focus on the right of each child to receive an education. Keeping in mind the role of children as citizens of tomorrow, we focus on an all-round lifecycle approach to intervene at various stages of a child\u2019s development and <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/health\/\"   title=\"Health\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"917\">health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/https\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate now<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India marks National Education Day on November 11 each year. Azad was a celebrated educationist and writer. 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