This year’s World Teachers’ Day comes at an important moment for education policy and advocacy. Around the world, governments, unions, and civil society are responding to a renewed call to invest in teachers and rebuild the public systems that make learning possible.
In late August, ministers and education leaders adopted the Santiago Consensus at the World Summit on Teachers in Chile, committing to concrete measures to address the global teacher shortage and to finance the profession sustainably. Earlier this week, the African Union hosted the official World Teachers’ Day celebration during the Pan-African Conference on Teacher Education (PACTED) in Addis Ababa, where it launched the African Decade of Education and new continental frameworks for teaching and learning.
These developments reflect a broader recognition that quality education depends on decent working conditions, stable investment, and meaningful participation of educators and learners in policy processes. They also echo the spirit of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession (2024), whose recommendations continue to guide implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4.
We encourage all members and partners to mark World Teachers’ Day by sharing Education International’s key messages — #GoPublic, #FundEducation, #InvestInTeachers
