Children's Day
Children's Day is celebrated across India to increase awareness about the rights, education, and welfare of children. It is celebrated on 14 November every year on the birthday the First Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. Known as 'Chacha Nehru'.
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NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY
National Education Day is celebrated
to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s first education minister
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. He was a key educationist who played an important role
in developing the education system in independent India.
Ministry of Human Resource
Development on September 11, 2008, decided to mark the birth anniversary of
Maulana Azad by celebrating National Education Day on November 11, every year. Azad
during his tenure in the Education Ministry promoted research in eastern
learning and literature and set up the three academies to develop the fine
arts. He also started the work on the compilation of technical terms in Hindi
on a large scale.
Some of the important
boards/commissions set up by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad during his tenure are:
1. University Grants commission
2. All India Council for Technical education
3. Kharagpur Institute of higher
education
4. The University education commission
5. The Secondary education commission
The first education minister of
Independent India, Maulana Abul Kalam also contributed to the establishment of
educational institutes like Jamia Millia Islamia and IIT Kharagpur. He strongly
advocated education for women and free and compulsory primary education for
children up to the age of 14. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away on February
22, 1958.
Source: Hindustan Times
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