Moulana Abul Kalam Azad - National

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 

National Education Day 

National Education Day is celebrated on November 11 nationwide in schools, colleges, institutions, and universities in the memory of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

He was a prominent freedom fighter, leader of the Khilafat Movement, and was the youngest person to perform his duties as the president of the Indian National Congress.

Maulana’s belief in education was such that he regarded schools as the laboratories that can produce the brilliant minds of the future. 

He even put great emphasis on girls’ education and why every woman of our nation needs to be educated for all the civil rights. He even introduced vocational training and technical education to the students.

Born in Saudi Arabia in 1888, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad grew up to be one of the leaders of the Indian Independence movement in the late 20th century fighting against British Rule. 

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was an avid reader and hence, he began to run his own library along with a debating society. He grew to be extensively interested in journalism and started his journey at a very early age. He published his first poetic journal in 1899 with a poem named Nairang-e-Aalam.

The spirit of attaining education could be easily detected in Azad’s voice and his words. Let me take you through his most popular quotes evoking the importance of education:- 

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.”

“No program of national education can be appropriate if it does not give full consideration to the education and advancement of one-half of the society that is the women.”

“Education imparted by heart can bring revolution in the society.”