World Teachers' Day 2024 will be marked on October 5. This annual observance is focused on celebrating teachers across the world, appreciating them for all that they do and it commemorates the signing of recommendations by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Every year, the World Teachers’ Day celebration allows people the chance to show the teachers in their lives how much they appreciate them and also focuses on giving teachers the much-needed platform to address their issues and help amplify their voices. As we celebrate World Teachers' Day 2024, here is everything you need to know about this day: World Teachers' Day 2024 theme, how to celebrate World Teachers' Day and more. Happy World Teachers’ Day 2024 Wishes and Thank You Messages: Send HD Images, Wallpapers, Quotes and Greetings To Express Gratitude to Your Teachers.

World Teachers' Day History

World Teachers' Day 2024 will be marked on October 5. This annual celebration of World Teachers' Day was proclaimed by UNESCO in 1994. The date for this commemoration was marked on October 5 as it is the anniversary of the 1966 special intergovernmental conference convened by UNESCO in Paris, which adopted the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers in cooperation with the ILO.

World Teachers' Day 2024 Theme

Every year, the celebration of World Teachers' Day on October 5 is focused on a dedicated theme. This helps people to make poignant and targeted conversations around key issues that need to be addressed. World Teachers' Day 2024 theme is Empowering Educators: Strengthening Resilience, Building Sustainability. This theme aims to help people understand the power of resources and encourage them to build a system where teachers can easily access these resources.

In addition to this, UNESCO also highlighted that the celebration of World Teachers' Day 2024 will focus on "Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education". World Teachers' Day celebrations are often marked with special events and conferences that are focused on identifying the key issues that teachers face and how to help them navigate through it.

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