World Teachers Day 2021

World Teachers' Day is commemorated annually on October 5th. The theme for 2021 is “Teachers at the heart of education recovery”.

Today is World Teachers' Day, and one and a half years into the COVID-19 crisis, #WorldTeachersDay 2021 will focus on the support teachers need to fully contribute to the recovery process under the theme “Teachers at the heart of education recovery”. See UNESCO’s World Teachers’ Day activities

Teachers deserve to be recognised for the important role they play in building societies. Through our several teacher development projects, from research to developing teaching standards and materials, to supporting teacher training activities, JET is committed to contributing to the building of a well-trained, professional teaching force at all levels of the education system. 

Our work in teacher development includes: