Which day is observed as “National Education Day”?

Concept

The Government of India observes several ‘National Days’ each year, usually fixed to the birth or death anniversary of a person whose work shaped that field, to build public awareness of the person’s contribution and the related policy theme.

Application

National Education Day is observed every year on November 11, the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (born 11 November 1888), who served as independent India’s first Union Minister of Education from 1947 to 1958. He championed free, universal, and compulsory education and helped establish institutions such as the University Grants Commission, the Indian Institutes of Technology, and the Sahitya Akademi. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (now the Ministry of Education) designated 11 November as National Education Day in 2008 in his honour.

Cross-check

Government sources — Press Information Bureau releases and Rashtrapati Bhavan speeches delivered on the occasion — consistently confirm 11 November as National Education Day, so the saved date is well supported by primary sources.

Why the other dates differ

• November 13 marks World Kindness Day, an internationally observed day promoting acts of kindness.

• November 14 marks Children’s Day in India, observed on the birth anniversary of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

• November 10 marks World Science Day for Peace and Development, a UNESCO-designated observance.

• November 11 is the date fixed for National Education Day, matching the saved answer.