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1. Mid Day Meal – 15 August, 1995

2. Education For All – 1990

3. Operation Black Board – 1987-88

4. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – 2000-01

5. National Literacy Mission – 5 May, 1988

6. National Council of Education Research and Training – 1 September, 1961

7. First Open University in India – Andhra Pradesh Open University in 1982 (now renamed as Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar Open University).

8. Number of Open Universities in India – 14 (1 National and 13 State Open Universities)

9. First Open University in World – United Kingdom (U. K) in 1969

10. International Education Commission – 1996

11. Indra Gandhi National Open University – 15 September, 1985

12. All India Council for Technical Education – Established in November, 1945 first as an advisory body
and later on in 1987 given statutory status by an Act of Parliament.

13. National Education Day – It is celebrated on 11 November every year in the memory of India’s First
Union Minister of Education, Dr. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

14. Central Advisory Board of Education – Established in 1920 as an advisory body of the Government
but it was abolished in 1923. In 1935, it was again revived.

15. Kothari Commission (1964-66) –The commission started its work on October, 1964 and submitted its
report

on 29 June, 1966. The commission setup follows 12 task forces and 7 working groups.

16. Central Institute of Educational Technology – 1984

17. District Primary Education Programme –1994

18. Educational Media Research Centre – 1983

19. Educational Research and Innovation Committee – 1974

20. National Assessment and Accreditation – 1992

21. National Adult Education Programme – 2 October, 1978

22. National Council of Teacher Education – 1973, autonomous status 1993

23. Rehabilitation Council of India Act – 1992, amended on 2000

24. Regional college of Education – 1984

25. Wechsler Adult Education Scale – 1955

26. Wechsler Children Education Scale – 1949

27. Right To Information – October, 2005.

28. International Literacy Day proclaimed by UNESCO – 8th September

29. Indian coastal areas experienced Tsunami disaster –2004

30. Programme of Action – 1992 by Ministry of Human Resource Development

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