05/10/2011 11:43
World Teachers' Day
World Teachers' Day, held annually on October 5th since 1994, commemorates teachers’ organizations worldwide. Its aim is to mobilise support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers. It also commemorates the anniversary of the 1966 signature of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers.
At present the World Teachers' Day is included in the list of the UN’s international days, more than 100s of states celebrate it.
In Armenia the Day of Teachers is celebrated on the first Sunday in October. However since 2010 September 16 the Teachers’ Day in Armenia in the official calendar was registered on October 5.
Aysor.am staff congratulates all the teachers and the workers in the educational sphere wishing good health, success and wellbeing.