World Students’ Day was celebrated on October 15 s in honour of former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam, who was born on the same day in 1931.
- World Student’s Day is celebrated to acknowledge the efforts of Kalam towards education and students.
- This year, the theme for World Students’ day was “Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace”, which aims to reaffirm the role of education as a fundamental right of every person across the world.
- The United Nations declared October 15 as World Students’ Day in 201. The United Nations declared October 15 as World Students’ Day in 2010. Every year the world body decides a theme to mark the observance of the day.
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