CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
International Students Day: 17th November
- International Students’ Day, is celebrated on November 17th to remember the courage of student activists during the 1939 Nazi attack at the University of Prague.
- The first observance took place in 1941 at the International Students’ Council in London.
- It was there that students decided to introduce International Students’ Day, to be observed every November 17.
- The day commemorates the anniversary of the 1939 death of Czech student Jan Opletal, who was killed by the Nazis during a student protest.
- On International Students Day 2022, Students will organize many events in their Universities insisting on the right to education and supporting multiculturalism.
