Recasting teaching as a collaborative profession.

 

Recasting teaching as a collaborative profession

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.

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