PRESS RELEASE: European School Students Mark International Students’ Day
BRUSSELS – On 17th November 2013, European school students will once again mark International Students’ Day. School student organisations and school student unions across Europe will take action to mark past school student struggles and reiterate their demands for a fairer school system.
The date of International Students’ Day was chosen by the 2004 World Social Forum. The date commemorates the storming of the University of Prague in 1939 and the brutal repression of student activists that followed. Information about the history of the International Students’ Day can be found at: www.obessu.org/17now
On International Students’ Day, OBESSU calls for the universal recognition of school student rights. OBESSU demands that: all fees and hidden costs of school are abolished; equal status is given to vocational education; and schools across Europe are run democratically. In times of austerity, OBESSU demands investment and the prioritisation of education as a means to overcome the crisis.
The Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU) is the platform for cooperation between the national school student unions active in general secondary and secondary vocational education in Europe. It was founded in April 1975 in Dublin, Ireland and brings together member and observer organisations from more than 20 European countries. All member-organisations are independent, national, representative and democratic school student organisations. www.obessu.org
Press contact: Luke Shore, OBESSU Board Member, luke(a)obessu.org
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