World Teachers’ Day · 5 October

Happy Teachers’ Day

One hundred and four million people teach the world — seventeen million more of them than ten years ago.

Why 5 Oct

on this day in 1966 a special UNESCO/ILO conference adopted the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers · source

2026 theme

“Standing with teachers: 60 years of protecting the profession, advancing its status and shaping our futures” · UNESCO

Marked by

UNESCO with the ILO, UNICEF and Education International, in some 100 countries