“Teachers at the heart of education recovery”

World Teacher's Day

UNESCO proclaimed 5 October to be World Teachers' Day in 1994, celebrating the great step made for teachers on 5 October 1966, when a special intergovernmental conference convened by UNESCO in Paris adopted the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, in cooperation with the ILO.

World Teachers' Day is celebrated every year on 5 October. This day is observed to recognize the rights and responsibilities of teachers and to focus on appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world.

In 2021, the celebrations of World Teacher's Day will focus on the theme " Teachers at the heart of education recovery." All the events will be held online. During crucial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the determined efforts of the teachers are given due respect by this theme.3 hours ago.

Regarded as India's first feminist icon, Savitribai Phule was a key figure in the social reform movement, particularly in Maharashtra. Savitribai, widely regarded as the first woman teacher in India, along with her husband Jyoti Rao founded India's first girls.