♦ National Education Day is celebrated every year on November 11 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India’s first education minister. 

♦ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the first Education Minister of independent India and served in the position from 1947 to 1958.

♦ Since 2008, National Education Day has been celebrated on November 11 every year.

♦ 2023 theme: ‘Embracing Innovation.’