World Teachers' Day

The recent UNESCO GEM Report on leadership in education found that only about half of countries emphasize teacher collaboration in their leadership standards . And barely one third of leadership programmes reviewed focused on developing school leaders’ preparedness to share responsibilities through openness, collaboration and partnerships. Only a few countries highlight the value of teacher collaboration in teacher evaluations as well, acting as an incentive for teachers to embrace leadership roles. The Report called for policies on shared school leadership to be developed and implemented.

A new fact sheet by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) & Teacher Task Force, estimates that only 14% of low-income countries have policies mandating continuing professional development for primary school teachers. The trend is declining, with the share of trained primary teachers in sub-Saharan Africa dropping from 85% to 69%, and trained secondary teachers from 79% to 59%, between 2000 and 2024. This lack of support for teachers undermines educational quality and equity, contributing to more teachers leaving the profession. The global shortage highlights the urgency: 44 million additional teachers are needed by 2030 to achieve universal primary and secondary education. " On this World Teachers’ Day, UNESCO, ILO, UNICEF and Education International call on governments, partners and the international community to make a collective commitment to ensuring that collaboration is recognized as a norm within the teaching profession – because it is only through effective cooperat...

  The theme chosen to observe the  World Teachers’ Day 2025  is '' Recasting teaching as a collaborative profession" . On October 5th,we will celebrate teaching as a collaborative profession, one that draws its strength from strong human connections, shared responsibilities and sustainable professional identities; The event will reaffirm the irreplaceable role of teachers and the need to reposition trust, solidarity and professional agency at the heart of education. World Teachers’ Day serves as a global moment to celebrate the teaching profession and to urge the international community to take concrete action to recast teaching as a collaborative profession.

  Всемирный день учителя 2025 года отмечает профессию учителя как профессию, основанную на сотрудничестве, черпающую свою силу в прочных человеческих связях, общей ответственности и устойчивой профессиональной идентичности; Это мероприятие вновь подтвердит незаменимую роль учителей и необходимость вернуть доверие, солидарность и профессиональную активность в центр образования. Всемирный день учителя служит всемирным событием, чтобы отметить профессию учителя и призвать международное сообщество к конкретным действиям по преобразованию профессии учителя в профессию, основанную на сотрудничестве.

 2025年世界教師日 旨在慶祝教學作為一種協作性職業，其力量源自於牢固的人際關係、共同的責任和可持續的職業認同。 這項活動將重申教師不可取代的作用，以及將信任、團結和專業能力重新定位為教育核心的必要性。 世界教師日是全球慶祝教師職業的時刻，並敦促國際社會採取具體行動，將教學重塑為協作性職業。

  El Día Mundial de los Docentes 2025 celebra la docencia como una profesión colaborativa, que se fortalece gracias a fuertes vínculos humanos, responsabilidades compartidas e identidades profesionales sostenibles. El evento reafirmará el papel insustituible del profesorado y la necesidad de reposicionar la confianza, la solidaridad y la autonomía profesional en el centro de la educación. El Día Mundial de los Docentes sirve como un momento global para celebrar la profesión docente e instar a la comunidad internacional a tomar medidas concretas para redefinir la docencia como una profesión colaborativa.