Short answers, pulled from the story.
International Students' Day falls on the 17th of November to mark the anniversary of the 1939 Nazi storming of the University of Prague following student demonstrations against the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. The German authorities responded by closing all Czech universities and colleges, sending over 1,200 students to Nazi concentration camps and executing nine student leaders on that date.
In the United Kingdom, the word student is traditionally reserved for those studying at university level. Children in primary and secondary schools are called pupils, a distinction that marks the threshold between school-age instruction and higher education.
At the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university, first-year students are called bejants, from the French "bec-jaune" meaning yellow beak or fledgling. Second years are semi-bejants, third years are tertians, and fourth years or others in their final year are called magistrands.
Nigeria's 6-3-3-4 system structures schooling as six years of primary school, three years of junior secondary school, three years of senior secondary school, and four years of university. The number of years spent at university can vary depending on the course of study.
Sophomore is a term used in the United States for a second-year student in high school or college. Folk etymology links it to the Greek words sophos, meaning wise, and moros, meaning foolish, giving rise to the idea of a "wise fool". The Oxford English Dictionary traces "sophomoric" as meaning pretentious, immature, or inflated in style.
Members of the Bahai Faith are officially forbidden from attending university in Iran. The restriction is designed to prevent members of the faith from becoming doctors, lawyers, or other professionals. Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian students are permitted university entry.