5th World Teachers Day 2025

Key Facts for 2025

• Date of Observance: October 5, 2025
• Focus: Thematizing Teaching as a Collaborative Profession.
• Alternative Names: International Teachers Day.

Purpose and Significance

• This day is devoted to the celebration of teachers all over the world and recognition of their vital role in the development of the future and life of a student.
• Its essence is to value, assess, and enhance the condition of educators across the world, as well as recruit support of them.

History and Origin

• UNESCO set up World Teachers day in 1994.
• The project date of the 5 th of October was decided to commemorate the signing of the landmark UNESCO/ILO Recommendation covering the Status of Teachers in 1966.
• This recommendation established significant guidelines related to the rights and the responsibilities of teachers and their terms of employment.
• Schools and teachers associations all over the world celebrate the day.