CBSE Celebration on National Education Day

Updated on: Saturday, October 24, 2015

The Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) is to celebrate the birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter and first education minister of independent India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on November 11 by remembering his contribution to the cause of education. This National Education Day  will be celebrated as National Education Day (NED) of India.

In tune with the need of the hour, this year's theme of National Education Day celebration will be 'Skill-awareness and empowerment', The CBSE celebration aims to ensure that students are exposed to a number of projects that strengthen their sustainability in existing environment, enhance thinking, social and emotional skills, become self-motivated learners, get equipped with vocational skills, become part of new generation learners who focus on sustainable life skills, and to make a positive impact on the society.

Sub-themes for the CBSE celebration on National Education Day projects include sanitation in and around school, Inclusive education, entrepreneurship, promoting health and well being, empowering girl child, adopting a school, gender sensitization, environmental issues, and 21st century skills.

As part of the CBSE National Education Day celebration the schools can organize long term programmes to promote skill building among students. "Community outreach, entrepreneurial projects, vocational skills, life Skills and Industry based projects are also being integrated into the school curriculum. There is a distinct paradigm shift emerging in the education sector of new India," stated Sugandh Sharma, additional director (research and innovation), CBSE, in a recent notification.

As part of the CBSE National Education Day celebration the schools can also organize seminars, symposium, essay writing, elocution competitions, workshops and rallies on the importance of literacy and nation's commitment to all aspects of education.

The schools can register through the CBSE website www.cbseacademic.in on or before November 6 to participate in the programme.

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