World Teachers' Day
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Short description|Annual international day}}
{{See also|List of Teachers' Days}}
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World Teachers' Day is an international day held annually on 5 October to celebrate the work of teachers.{{Cite web|date=5 October 2021|title=World Teachers' Day 2021: Theme, History, Quotes, Facts {{!}} SA News|url=https://news.jagatgururampalji.org/world-teachers-day/|access-date=5 October 2021|website=SA News Channel|language=en-US}} 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"{{cite web |author1=International Labour Organization |author1-link=International Labour Organization |title=The ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers (1966) and The UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-education Teaching Personnel (1997) with a user's guide |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000160495 |website=unesdoc.unesco.org |access-date=5 October 2022 |location=UNESDOC Digital Library |date=2008}}{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/themes/teachers/world-teachers-day|title=World Teachers' Day – 5 October 2017|website=UNESCO|language=en|access-date=6 October 2017|date=13 September 2017}} is a standard-setting instrument that addresses the status and situations of teachers around the world.{{Cite book|title=The Power of Education!: Education for All, Development, Globalisation and UNESCO|last=Power|first=Colin|publisher=Springer|year=2014|isbn=9789812872210|location=New York|pages=191}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/education-building-blocks/teacher-education/frequently-asked-and-questions/|title=Frequently Asked and Questions {{!}} Education {{!}} United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=6 October 2017}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/news/teaching-freedom-empowering-teachers|title=Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers|website=UNESCO|language=en|access-date=6 October 2017|date=5 October 2017}}
The following year, 2018, UNESCO adopted the theme "The Right to Education Means the Right to a Qualified Teacher,"{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/events/world-teachers-day-2018-right-education-means-right-qualified-teacher|title=World Teachers' Day 2018 International Conference|website=UNESCO|language=en|access-date=11 September 2018|date=14 December 2017}} 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.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}
More than 100 countries commemorate World Teachers' Day{{Cite news|url=https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/world-teachers-day-2018/|title=World Teachers Day 2018 – National Awareness Days Events Calendar 2018 & 2019|work=National Awareness Days Events Calendar 2018 & 2019|access-date=11 September 2018|language=en-US}} and each holds its own celebrations such as the case of India, which has been commemorating National Teachers' Day every 5 September uh.{{Cite book|title=Inspire a Teacher Within|last=Patel|first=Ashok|publisher=Partridge Publishing|year=2015|isbn=9781482844153|pages=105}} In Australia, as the day usually falls
, during school holidays, Australian states and territories celebrate on the last Friday of October each year instead.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldteachersday.com.au/campaign|title = World Teachers' Day Queensland | About}}
The theme of World Teachers' Day 2023 is "The teachers we need for the education we want". Teachers are the heart of education and in many countries are leaving the profession they love, and fewer young people aspire to become one. UNESCO estimates that the world needs over 69 million new teachers by 2030, and the shortage only continues to grow.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/27950:dia-mundial-de-las-y-los-docentes-2023-el-profesorado-que-necesitamos-para-la-educacion-que-queremos|title = World Teachers' Day|language=en|website=ei-ie.org| date=13 September 2023 |accessdate=2023-09-30}}
The 2024 celebrations will focus on "Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education". The theme underscores the urgency of engaging with teachers to address the challenges they face but, most importantly, to acknowledge and benefit from the expert knowledge and input they bring to education.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/29012:world-teachers-day-valuing-teacher-voices|title = World Teachers' Day|language=en|website=ei-ie.org| date=20 September 2024 |accessdate=2024-10-04}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.worldteachersday.edu.au World Teachers' Day in Australia]
- [http://education.qld.gov.au/community/events/world-teachers-day.html Queensland (Australia) World Teachers' Day web site]