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World Teachers’ Day: Valuing teacher voices

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published 20 September 2024 updated 4 October 2024

This World Teachers’ Day, join the global mobilisation calling on governments everywhere to value the voice of teachers, invest in the profession, and in quality public education.

Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education

Overworked, undervalued, and underpaid, more and more teachers are leaving the profession they love and that the world needs. At the same time, few young people aspire to become teachers. The result is a global shortage of over 44 million teachers, a crisis that puts the right to education at risk. This has prompted a global call to strengthen the profession.

This World Teachers’ Day highlights the need to establish a more robust social dialogue with teachers everywhere. The 2024 celebrations will focus on "Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education". The theme underscores the urgency of engaging with teachers to address the challenges they face but, most importantly, to acknowledge and benefit from the expert knowledge and input they bring to education.

The official event marking World Teachers' Day will be livestreamed on the UNESCO website on October 4th from 9:30 am (CEST). Education International President Mugwena Maluleke will represent the teaching profession in the event. Tune in!

Join the global mobilisation calling on governments to engage in meaningful social dialogue with the profession. Here’s how you can add your voice.

Share Education International messages

Spread the word by sharing the post below on Twitter.

Speak up on social media

Raise your voice in support of teachers on social networks. Use the suggested posts and images below and don’t forget to tag Education International so we can amplify your message:

Make sure to use #WorldTeachersDay in every post.

Teachers are at the ❤️ of education.

They must also be at the 💙 of decision-making in education.

This #WorldTeachersDay, we call on all governments to

📢 Listen to teachers, strengthen social dialogue with the profession!

📢 #GoPublic, #FundEducation and invest in teachers!

Click here to download this image and use it for your post on social media!

The voices that guide students everywhere need to be heard when education policy is made.

This #WorldTeachersDay call on your government to

📢 Listen to teachers and boost social dialogue with the profession

📢 #GoPublic, #FundEducation and invest in teachers

Click here to download this image and use it for your post on social media!

Print and display the poster in your school, union, and community

The poster is available in the following languages. Click on the language to download:

If you would like the poster translated to your language, get in touch at communications@ei-ie.org. We're happy to help!