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The teachers we need for the education we want

Date:2023/10/06 

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EDUCATION, UNESCO

2023 celebrations

Being a teacher provides the unique opportunity to make a transformative and lasting impact on the lives of others, contributing to shaping sustainable futures and offering personal fulfilment. However, the world faces an unprecedented global teacher shortage exacerbated by a decline in their working conditions and status.

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With the theme "The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage", the 2023 celebrations will aim to put the importance of stopping the decline in the number of teachers and then starting to increase that number at the top of the global agenda. Through various activities, they will advocate for a dignified and valued teaching profession, analyse their challenges, and showcase inspiring practices to attract, retain and motivate teachers and educators. It will also examine the ways in which education systems, societies, communities, and families recognise, appreciate, and actively support teachers.

The teachers we need for the education we want

Being a teacher provides a unique opportunity to make a transformative and lasting impact on the lives of others, contribute to shaping sustainable futures and achieve personal fulfillment. World Teachers’ Day (5 October) this year is observed under the theme "The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage". The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) highlights the importance of putting at the top of the global agenda stopping the decline in the number of teachers and starting to increase that figure

UNESCO calls for taking steps to end the teachers’ shortage.

"We call upon countries to ensure that teaching is transformed everywhere into a more attractive and valorised profession where teachers are valued, trusted, and adequately supported to meet the needs of every learner. Bold actions must be taken, if we are to reverse the current decline and successfully increase teacher numbers."

Joint Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General, International Labour Organization, Ms Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF, Mr David Edwards, General Secretary, Education International for World Teachers’ Day, 5 October 2022