Teachers in Ghana join other countries across the globe to mark this year’s World Teachers’ Day which falls on Tuesday, October 5.
The World Teachers Day celebration in Ghana will be held in Sunyani in the Bono Region.
The event will be on the theme: “Teachers wanted: Reclaiming teaching and learning for human-centered recovery”.
Held annually on 5 October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers.
This Recommendation sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions.
The Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel was adopted in 1997 to complement the 1966 Recommendation by covering teaching and research personnel in higher education.
With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goal 4 on education, and the dedicated target (SDG 4.c) recognizing teachers as key to the achievement of the Education 2030 agenda, WTD has become the occasion to mark progress and reflect on ways to counter the remaining challenges for the promotion of the teaching profession.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
