World Teachers' Day

 Last year, the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession published a set of Recommendations that seek to strengthen the role of teachers in the transformation of education and to advance SDG 4 . A core message from the Recommendations - echoing UNESCO’s seminal report onthe Futures of Education - is the need to promote teaching as a collaborative profession , supported by coherent systems throughout teachers’ careers . In parallel, global education frameworks have emphasized the collective and relational nature of teaching , underlining that quality education is shaped by cooperation, shared responsibility and professional solidarity. The 2025 World Teachers’ Daycelebration therefore focuses on collaboration as a key lever for teacher professional learning and broader educational transformation.  World Teachers’ Day is co-convened by UNESCO in collaboration with the ILO, UNICEF and Education International. This year, for the first time, the i...

  World Teachers’ Day 2025 therefore celebrates teaching as a collaborative profession — one that draws its strength from strong human connections, shared responsibilities and sustainable professional identities. Organized alongside the Pan-African Conference on Teacher Education , this year’s celebration highlights the global relevance of collaboration and the transformative potential of collective effort . Through global dialogue, country experiences and teacher voices, 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 .  World Teachers’ Day 2025 will be celebrated on 3 October during the Pan-African Conference onTeacher Education (PACTED) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the H...