Ivan Shishmanov
Bulgarian University Students Celebrate the “Student Day” on December 8
Bulgarian university students celebrate their holiday today. In 1897 the Minister of Education Prof.
Today is the Student's Holiday, Celebrated in Bulgaria since 1903
Today is the holiday of Bulgarian students.
In 1897, Professor Ivan Shishmanov, the Minister of Enlightenment, asked the first Higher School in Bulgaria to have "a special, own holiday". At its meeting on November 2, 1902, the Academic Council of the Higher School set the day of the enlightener St. Kliment Ohridski - November 25 (December 8 - a new style), for this holiday.