WORLD TEACHER’S DAY!
October 5
World Teachers’ Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994, commemorates teachers’ organizations worldwide. Its aim is to mobilize support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.
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According to UNESCO, World Teachers’ Day represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contribution that teachers make to education and development.
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Education International (EI) (the global union federation that represents education professionals worldwide) strongly believes that World Teachers’ Day should be internationally recognized and celebrated around the world. EI also believes that the principles of the 1966 and 1997 Recommendations should be considered for implementation in all nations.
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Over 100 countries observe World Teachers’ Day.
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The efforts of Education International and its 401 member organisations have contributed to this widely spread recognition. Every year, EI launches a public awareness campaign to highlight the contributions of the teaching profession.
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World Teachers' Day is an international day held annually on 5 October to celebrate the work of teachers.
Established in 1994, it commemorates the signing of recommendation by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The 1966 "ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers" is a standard-setting instrument that addresses the status and situations of teachers around the world.
This recommendation outlines standards relating to education personnel
policy, recruitment, and initial training as well as the continuing
education of teachers, their employment, and working conditions.
World Teachers' Day aims to focus on "appreciating, assessing and
improving the educators of the world" and to provide an opportunity to
consider issues related to teachers and teaching.
Celebration
To celebrate World Teachers' Day, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Education International
(EI) mount a campaign each year to help give the world better
understanding of teachers and the role they play in the development of
students and society.
They partner with the private sector such as media organizations to
achieve this purpose. The campaign focuses on different themes for every
year. For instance, "Empowering Teachers" was the theme for 2017, the
year World Teachers' Day commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 1997
UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching
Personnel,
bringing the sometimes-neglected area of teaching personnel at higher
education institutions into the conversation about the status of
teachers.
The following year, 2018, UNESCO adopted the theme "The Right to Education Means the Right to a Qualified Teacher," commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and serving as a reminder that the right to education cannot be realized without trained and qualified teachers. UNESCO declares that everyone can help by celebrating the profession, by generating awareness about teacher issues and by ensuring that teacher respect is part of the natural order of things. Schools and students, for instance, prepare a special occasion for teachers on this day.
More than 100 countries commemorate World Teachers' Day and each holds its own celebrations such as the case of India, which has been commemorating National Teachers' Day every 5 September.In Australia, as the day usually falls during school holidays,
Australian states and territories celebrate on the last Friday of
October each year instead.
Teacher Appreciation Month
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Educator Appreciation Month
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Educator Appreciation Month
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