Maulana Abul Kalam remembered as Andhra Pradesh marks National Education Day
KURNOOL: Deputy Chief Minister K.E. Krishna Murthy hailed Dr Abul Kalam Azad as a visionary educationist, asking everyone, especially thel Muslims to take him as an inspiration. This will help in attaining 100 per cent literacy which would be a great tribute to the national leader who played a significant role in the country’s freedom struggle, the minister concluded.
Participating in a state-level event on the occasion of Kalam’s 129th birthday anniversary organised by the Andhra Pradesh government at the Osmania College in Kurnool on Saturday, he said that the National Education Day is celebrated in India on November 11 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the national leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
He said that National Education Day is observed to raise the quality of education given to students across the country. The day also recalls the contributions of Azad in laying the foundations of the education system in an independent India. Tourism minister Bhuma Akhila Priya said that Muslims have been given high priority by the Naidu government. As a gesture, the Dulhan scheme raissed the marriage gift amount from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000, she added. She asked Muslim women to make use of the different schemes initiated by the Naidu government for the welfare of the community.
She said that Rs 1.45 crore has been distributed to 291 women in Kurnool under Dulhan scheme on Saturday. District-in-charge minister Kaluva Srinivasulu, MLA S.V. Mohan Reddy, Urdu Academy Chairman Dr Nauman and Kurnool MP Butta Renuka participated in the programme.
