World Teachers Day: celebration of educators’ commitment and leadership

UNESCO New Delhi and Education International are jointly celebrating World Teachers’ Day with a 24-hour long global broadcast today for the Asia Pacific Region. Celebrated globally every year on 5 October, World Teachers’ Day is celebrated by UNESCO, in partnership with UNICEF, the International Labour Organization and Education International, to bring attention to the importance of teachers at the global level. The regional celebration began with a virtual broadcast where Eric Falt, UNESCO New Delhi Director, delivered the opening remarks.    

Every year, the World Teachers’ Day serves as a reminder to pay tribute to all the teachers who have made valuable contributions in building generations of youth over the past decades. The World Teachers’ Day is an occasion to mark progress and reflect on ways to counter the existing challenges for the promotion of the teaching profession.

-- Eric Falt, UNESCO New Delhi Director

The opening remarks were followed by a panel discussion on Teaching through the Pandemic in South Asia keeping in line with the theme for this year, Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future.  
 
Target 4.c of the Sustainable Development Goal 4 highlights teachers as key to the achievement of the Education 2030 agenda and in our collective goal of providing equitable quality education for all. 
 
To join the global broadcast click here. 
 
Read more about the critical role of teachers shaping the future of education systems in a joint opinion education piece published in The Print by Eric Falt, Director, UNESCO New Delhi and Prof Hrushikesh Senapaty, Director of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi.