World Teachers' Day
World Teachers' Day is celebrated once a year on October 5 since 1994. Its endeavour is to garner support in favour of teachers and to make sure that the needs of future generations will be met by teachers.
As far as UNESCO is concerned, World Teachers' Day represents a noteworthy token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the crucial contribution that teachers make to education as well as development.
Education International (EI) (the global union federation that represents education professionals worldwide) sturdily believes that World Teachers' Day should be internationally recognized and celebrated around the world. EI in addition believes that the principles of the 1966 and 1997 Recommendations should be considered for execution in all nations.
More than 100 countries observe World Teachers' Day. The efforts of Education International and its 401 member organisations have contributed to this recognition. Each year, EI launches a public awareness campaign to bring to light the contributions of the teaching profession.
It is difficult, during these tricky times, to seek out mechanisms that care for the teaching profession. It is also essential, despite the emergency, to make sure that investment in teachers is adequate and fair to the demands made upon them. It is the teaching force with its experience, skill, knowledge and prudence which can fetch new insights to universal solutions.
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