Hyderabad, November 12: Chief minister Mr. N Kiran Kumar Reddy inaugurated Rashtra Vidya Chaitanya Utsav 2011 at Necklace Road on the occasion of 123rd birth anniversary of country’s first Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
This Utsav was organised to promote educational spirit among youth. Maulana Azad’s birth anniversary is observed as National Education Day.
Addressing a large gathering of teachers, students and parents, chief minister said ‘in the present scenario, knowledge is power and it is our responsibility to see that each child goes to school and becomes literate.
Paying tributes to Maulana Azad, chief minister said that as the first education minister Maulana Azad undertook several measures for the promotion of education. He wanted that each child of the country should become literate and makes his future better on his own. Today we should strive to achieve the ideals and fulfill the dreams of Maulana Azad.
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