World teachers day

World Teachers' Day also known as International Teachers' Day is celebrated annually on 5th October to celebrate all the teachers across the globe.

World Teachers’ Day is celebrated every year on October 5 to recognize the rights and responsibilities of teachers and educators across the globe. Undoubtedly, teachers are great friends and philosophers who guide us through the thick and thin in life. This day is to honor, support, recognize and celebrate the country's educators.

The theme for the year 2024 is: “Recognising and appreciating teachers' voices and working towards a new social contract for education”.

Background:
World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe. It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers, and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions. The Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel was adopted in 1997 to complement the 1966 Recommendation by covering teaching personnel in higher education. World Teachers’ Day has been celebrated since 1994.

World Teachers’ Day is co-convened in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF, and Education International (EI).

No matter how many of us are students or teachers, the inspiration to be a good student and a good teacher should not go away from us, let this culture of respect remain for centuries.

-Suyog Dhakal