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Topic 334 · Awards, Honours, Persons & Appointments

Educate Girls Wins Ramon Magsaysay Award 2025

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  1. Core Trigger: In 2025 Educate Girls became the first Indian organisation to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
  2. Focus: The group uses community volunteers to bring out-of-school girls in rural India back to classrooms.
  3. Founder: Safeena Husain founded Educate Girls in 2007, building a network of local volunteers across rural districts.
  4. Nickname: The Magsaysay Award is often called Asia's Nobel Prize.
  5. Precedent: Vinoba Bhave became the first Indian individual honoured with the award, in 1958.
  6. Stakeholders: The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation confers the prize; Educate Girls works through volunteers and local communities.
  7. India Link: The work supports the Right to Education Act, 2009, and the national goal of universal elementary schooling for every child.
  8. Headquarters: The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation is located in Manila, Philippines.
  9. Founded: The award was established in 1957 and named after Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay.
  10. Landmark: Unni Krishnan v State of Andhra Pradesh (1993) held education up to age 14 is a fundamental right under Article 21.
  11. Articles: Article 21A, inserted by the 86th Amendment (2002), guarantees free and compulsory education to children aged six to fourteen.
  12. Definition: Under the RTE Act, 2009, a 'child' means a person aged six to fourteen years.
Question 1 of 10

In 2025 Educate Girls became the first Indian organisation to win which award?

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Answer: (C) Ramon Magsaysay Award

Core Trigger: In 2025 Educate Girls became the first Indian organisation to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 1

Question 2 of 10

Educate Girls uses community volunteers to bring which group back to classrooms?

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Answer: (A) Out-of-school girls in rural India

Focus: The group uses community volunteers to bring out-of-school girls in rural India back to classrooms.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 2

Question 3 of 10

Who founded Educate Girls in 2007?

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Answer: (B) Safeena Husain

Founder: Safeena Husain founded Educate Girls in 2007, building a network of local volunteers across rural districts.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 3

Question 4 of 10

The Magsaysay Award is often called what?

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Answer: (A) Asia's Nobel Prize

Nickname: The Magsaysay Award is often called Asia's Nobel Prize.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 4

Question 5 of 10

Who became the first Indian individual honoured with the award, in 1958?

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Answer: (C) Vinoba Bhave

Precedent: Vinoba Bhave became the first Indian individual honoured with the award, in 1958.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 5

Question 6 of 10

Statements: 1. Educate Girls works only through paid government staff. 2. The prize is conferred by the UN General Assembly. Which is/are correct?

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Answer: (D) Neither

Stakeholders: The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation confers the prize; Educate Girls works through volunteers and local communities.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 6

Question 7 of 10

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation is located in which city?

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Answer: (D) Manila

Headquarters: The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation is located in Manila, Philippines.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 8

Question 8 of 10

In which year was the Ramon Magsaysay Award established?

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Answer: (C) 1957

Founded: The award was established in 1957 and named after Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 9

Question 9 of 10

Unni Krishnan v State of Andhra Pradesh (1993) held education up to age 14 a fundamental right under which Article?

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Answer: (A) Article 21

Landmark: Unni Krishnan v State of Andhra Pradesh (1993) held education up to age 14 is a fundamental right under Article 21.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 10

Question 10 of 10

Statements: 1. The RTE Act, 2009 defines a child as a person aged six to eighteen. 2. Article 21A was inserted by the 86th Amendment (2002). Which is/are correct?

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Answer: (B) Only 2

Articles: Article 21A, inserted by the 86th Amendment (2002), guarantees free and compulsory education to children aged six to fourteen.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 334, point 11

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