The electrons have negative charge and hence, they flow from the negatively\xa0charged electrode through a conducting wire to the positively charged electrode of the cell. This is known\xa0as the electron current.Conventionally,\xa0the direction of electric current is taken as opposite\xa0to the direction of the flow of electrons i.e.\xa0from the positive terminal\xa0to the negative terminal. This is a convention.Please note that the direction of the conventional current (movement of positive charges)\xa0was not changed after the discovery of the electrons.