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National Education Day is celebrated across the country, every year on November 11, to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s First Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad served the country from 1947 to 1958 as the first minister of Education in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.
A reformer and the freedom fighter, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was not merely a scholar but committed to building of the nation through education.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the man behind the IITs and many key institutes in the country.
Here are 8 inspiring quotes from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
1.” 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.
2. “Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.”
3. “Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.”
4. “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.”
5. “Art is the education of emotions and is thus an essential element in any scheme of truly national education. Education, whether at the secondary or at the university stage, cannot be regarded as complete if it does not train our faculties to the perception of beauty.”
6. “Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.”
7. “You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”
8. “To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.”
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