Theme: “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”
World Teachers’ Day is a UNESCO day which acknowledges the importance of education and the work of teachers and to honour educators’ associations around the world.
At its peak, the COVID-19 pandemic and associated school closures directly affected 1.6 billion students at all levels and 63 million primary and secondary teachers.
Education International is hosting the biggest online meeting of teachers in history. This 24-hour live event will give teachers everywhere the opportunity to come together, celebrate their achievements and mobilise to ensure the world addresses the issues the pandemic made painfully clear.
The Education International World Teachers' Day event will feature segments highlighting the specific priorities of teachers and their unions in Asia Pacific, Africa, the Arab countries, Europe, Latin America, North America and the Caribbean. The broadcast will also include global dialogues and interventions from key actors shaping the education sector, including United Nations officials, Ministers of Education and Presidents.
The event will start in the morning of October 5th in Asia Pacific and will wrap up 24 hours later in North America and the Caribbean.
Registrations are open at www.5oct.org
For more information on World Teachers’ Day 2020 click here www.ei-ie.org
