World
Teachers’ Day 2018 will mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (1948) that recognizes education as a key
fundamental right and establishes an entitlement to free compulsory
education, ensuring inclusive and equitable access for all children.
This year’s theme, “The right to education means the right to a
qualified teacher,” has been chosen to remind the global community that
the right to education cannot be achieved without the right to trained
and qualified teachers. Even today, a continuing challenge worldwide is
the shortage of teachers. There are an estimated 264 million children
and youth still out of school globally. To reach the 2030 Education
Goals of universal primary and secondary education, the world needs to
recruit almost 69 million new teachers. This ‘teacher gap’ is more
pronounced among vulnerable populations, such as girls, children with
disabilities, refugee and migrant children, or poor children living in
rural or remote areas.
Held annually on 5 October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day
commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO
Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. It is co-convened in
partnership with UNICEF, UNDP, the International Labour Organization,
and Education International.
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