New York, 5 October 2022 (TDI): United Nations Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) wishes a happy World Teachers Day to the world. It elucidates that for children teachers are a lifeline while there is a humanitarian crisis.

UNOCHA further thanks all the teachers around the world for their unwavering dedication toward children in emergency situations.

World Teachers Day

United Nations Education Science Culture Organization (UNESCO) designated October 5th as World Teachers Day in 1994.

This was a section of the international summit that the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNESCO jointly organized in Paris to recognize the status of teachers (ILO).

Moving ahead, the theme for this Day in 2022 is mainly about the transformation of education beginning with teachers.

This day is dedicated wholly to recognizing the pivotal and transforming role that educators and pedagogues play in helping students reach their full potential.

Additionally, the purpose of the Day is to recognize and honor the impact that teachers have on their charges.

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Also, the main objective is to recognize teachers for their contributions to society and to the lives of their pupils.

Apart from this, Conferences and seminars are organized by policymakers and professionals to identify the difficulties teachers encounter and to try to come up with solutions.

Cultural programs for teachers are organized by many schools all around the world. Moreover, the world honors the crucial role that teachers play in transforming students’ potential.

This is done by making sure they have the resources they need to assume responsibility for their own actions as well as those of others and the environment.

Besides this, the nations must make sure that teachers are respected and acknowledged for their role as knowledge creators, self-reflective professionals, and policy partners.