International Student’s Day to be observed on 17th

ISLAMABAD—The International student’s day would be observed on Friday November 17 across the globe to mark the student’s activism.
The Day has become a symbol for the struggle of students allover the world, held annually on November 17,Wikipedia.com reported.
Taking the day differently than its original meaning, anumber of universities mark it, sometimes on a day other than November 17, for a nonpolitical celebration of the multi- culturalism of their international students.
The day was first marked in 1941 in London by theInternational Students’ Council in accord with the Allies, and the tradition has been kept up by the successor International Union of Students, which has been pressing with National Unions of Students in Europe and other groups to make the day an official United Nations observance.
The 1989 Prague demonstrations for International StudentsDay helped spark the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day is today marked among both the official holidays in the Czech Republic (since 2000, thanks to theefforts of the Czech Students’ Chamber of The Council of Universities) and the holidays in Slovakia.
The International Union of Students throughout its history has consistently fought against all forms of discriminations, oppression and intolerance. Education has been placed at the centre of the struggle for democracy, the eradication of poverty, human as well as women’s rights, sustainable development and peaceful coexistence.
As we celebrate 17th November in 1997 on the eve of the 21stcentury racism and xenophobia are still prevalent while religious intolerance and ethnic conflicts are costing lives of many people. Still poverty is a daily reality. —APP