Unleashing the Boundless Horizons of Knowledge on National Education Day 2025

By M R Yuvatha, Senior Correspondent, siliconindia | Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 15:33 Hrs

GST reforms make learning tools cheaper and tax-free, removing financial barriers
Education empowers creativity, critical thinking, empathy, and global awareness
National Education Day promotes lifelong, inclusive learning and future-ready leaders

On November 11, 2025, India awakens to National Education Day, a resonant tribute to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's timeless vision. Education emerges as the invincible force that shatters chains of ignorance, forges unity in diversity, and propels humanity toward infinite possibilities. This year, the day transcends commemoration it ignites a revolutionary flame, fueled by GST 2.0 reforms from September 2025, which dismantle financial barriers and declare knowledge a universal right, not a luxury.

Azad dreamed of education as the soul's liberation, a bridge across divides, and the architect of enlightened citizenship. In 2025, this dream manifests vividly through bold policy shifts that make learning tools accessible to every hand, mind, and heart. The GST Council's transformative decisions slash taxes on essential instruments of discovery, turning classrooms into arenas of unrestricted exploration and ensuring no aspiration dims for lack of resources.

10 GST Cuts Making Learning Affordable and Limitless

These ten pivotal GST reductions stand as beacons of empowerment, each a gateway to uncharted intellectual realms:

Notebooks, exercise books, graph books, and laboratory notebooks, from 12% to 0%, unleashing endless pages for ideas to flow without restraint.
Pencils, including propelling or sliding variants, from 12% to 0%, etching thoughts with precision that costs nothing extra.
Erasers, from 5% to 0%, granting permission to err, evolve, and erase limitations freely.
Pencil sharpeners, from 12% to 0%, keeping the edge of inquiry perpetually sharp.
Crayons, pastels, drawing charcoals, and tailor’s chalk from 12% to 0%, painting visions in vibrant hues accessible to all.
Mathematical boxes and geometry boxes from 12% to 5%, aligning logic and creativity within reach.
Colour boxes from 12% to 5%, blending spectrums of imagination without fiscal shadows.
Printed maps, atlases, wall maps, and topographical plans from 12% to 0%, navigating worlds beyond physical boundaries.
Globes from 12% to 0%, holding the entire planet in young palms, fostering global consciousness.
Educational charts from 12% to 0%, visualizing knowledge that inspires awe and understanding.

Harini Nambi, Founder & Director of SWRL Academy, emphasizes, “Our learning environment is designed to be emotionally safe and intellectually stimulating, encouraging children to take risks, ask questions, and embrace failures as essential steps in their growth journey”.

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Education Encompasses Everything

Education

The thrill of discovery, the discipline of critical thinking, the empathy of shared wisdom, the resilience forged in challenges, and the ethical compass guiding progress. It transforms individuals into architects of tomorrow, societies into harmonious powerhouses, and nations into beacons of progress. In this holistic realm, GST reforms amplify access while preserving exemptions for core schooling, ensuring the journey from preschool to higher pursuits remains unburdened.

Yet, true education demands more it calls for lifelong pursuit, integration of ancient wisdom with cutting-edge insight, and nurturing of emotional intelligence alongside intellectual prowess. On this day, we envision education as the ultimate equalizer, healing societal rifts, sparking sustainable innovation, and cultivating leaders who prioritize collective ascension.

Raveen Pande, Principal, Bharat Ram Global School, says, "Parents and educators are prioritizing student well-being, leading to an increased focus on mental health, life skills training, and emotional intelligence. Infrastructure upgrades like smart classrooms and experiential learning spaces are becoming essential".

National Education Day 2025 inspires a sacred vow, to champion policies that liberate minds, to view every child as a universe waiting to unfold, and to recognize that investing in education yields eternal dividends a prosperous, harmonious, enlightened India.

Karthik M K, Founder & Director, Bitsy Buds Pre School, highlights, For children with additional needs, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) are co-created with therapists and parents, featuring clearly defined, measurable goals.

As Azad's spirit soars, let these reforms echo eternally, knowledge is boundless, and every barrier removed lights a million stars in the firmament of human achievement.