November 11, the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is popularly celebrated throughout the country as the National Literacy Day. A small function was organized on the Vidyalaya campus to pay homage to Abul Kalam, the first Education Minister of Independent India. In their speeches the students threw light upon the life and achievements of Abul Kalam and the teachers enlightened about the importance of Literacy in man’s life, the place of India in the world literacy standings and the role of youth in making India an educational superpower. Abul Kalam, who was a renowned scholar, poet, freedom fighter, and a staunch Gandhian, always felt that the condition of the Indian society can not be uplifted without education. He was a strong propagator of Indian nationalism and Hindu-Muslim unity. He was a strong opponent of partition and supported a confederation of autonomous provinces with their own constitutions but common defence and economy. Partition hurt him greatly and shattered his dream of a unified nation where Hindus and Muslims can co-exist and prosper together. For his invaluable contribution to the nation, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna in 1992.
Let us tread the noble path shown by Abul Kalam and spread the message of literacy everywhere.
[Vikram & Prashanth. Ch. IX – B]
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