5 reasons to celebrate Teachers’ Day

1. There are more than 80 million teachers in the world

Instructors, teachers, professors, tutors, learning coordinators are among the many people that have chosen the teaching profession to help others learn. Their daily work in kindergartens, primary schools, high schools and tertiary institutions all over the world is founded on great rigour, hard work, patience and dedication to ensure that their students can become the best they can be.

Teachers’ Day can have a positive effect on the growth of quality education and acknowledges, both those who have chosen to teach as well as those who will decide to take on this crucial task.

2. Teachers need more platform

Cliché as it may sound, we can learn a lot from each other through exchange. Teachers need more platforms to openly discuss their ideas with each other and to make sure that other educational stakeholders such as school boards, parents and government, are aware of the issues they are struggling with.

Teachers’ Day is a good day to assess on a global scale what has been done thus far in creating such platforms, and what other steps should be taken to ensure all educators can become the best they can be.

3. Teachers help us see things through

Many among us have encountered teachers during the most formative periods in our lives and, as a result, they have had a significant impact on our career and life choices.

Whether you wanted to prove the teacher you disliked ‘wrong’ or show the fruits of your hard labour to the one that always encouraged you, teachers have made us see things through.

4. Teaching (and learning) never stops

Teaching and learning takes place in many forms. The rapid growth of the Internet and technology has given us a lot of digital instruments to ensure that teaching and learning continues long after we have left the traditional school building.

Teachers’ Day is a day to stop and look at how we can continue such a quest. The high availability of learning content is one, but how can we use such content so that it optimally serves the learner? How can we ensure technology can optimally assist educators all over the world to ensure that teaching (and learning) never stops?

It is a good question to ask ourselves when celebrating teachers from all over the world.

5. Teachers’ Day should be a reminder that more needs to be done

Teachers’ Day is a moment to look back and celebrate the many things we have achieved thus far, but also a moment to look to the future. We should continue our fight to ensure that all can truly learn more and teach better.