International Day of Education 2025: Date, history, significance, theme

On December 3, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as the International Day of Education to raise awareness of education's accessibility and significance for everyone.

The right to education is a part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which calls for free and compulsory elementary education. Further, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, stipulates that countries should make higher education accessible to all.

When the United Nations adopted the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, education was recognised as an essential part for the success of the 17 goals.