National Education Day 2020
National Education Day National Education Day 2020: History And Significance Of The Day Every year, India celebrates National Education Day on November 11 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad -- the first Union Education Minister of India. A freedom fighter, scholar and eminent educationist, Maulana Azad was a key architect of Independent India who was responsible for setting up apex education bodies like AICTE and UGC. On National Education Day, India remembers Maulana Azad’s contributions to nation-building. The Central Government, with a resolution on September 11, 2008, declared November 11 as National Education Day. The first National Education Day celebrations were inaugurated by then President of India Pratibha Patil on November 11, 2008 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. According to historians, Maulana Azad "laid the base for higher education and for technological and scientific research and education that ...