World Teachers’ Day 2025 to be celebrated in Addis Ababa alongside Pan African Conference on Teachers’ Education

The Teacher Task Force is pleased to announce that World Teachers’ Day 2025 will take place on 3 October 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in conjunction with the Pan African Conference on Teachers’ Education (PACTED 2025).

Further details about the World Teachers’ Day 2025 celebrations, including the official theme and programme, will be shared here in due course.

Celebrated annually since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers—the international standard setting out teachers’ rights, responsibilities, and working conditions—as well as the 1997 Recommendation on Higher-Education Teaching Personnel. The day honours the transformative role of teachers in shaping education and reflects on the support they need to fully realise their potential. World Teachers’ Day is convened in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF, and Education International (EI).

• Register to attend online
• Joint message
• This year's poster in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian
• Consult the official UNESCO World Teachers' Day webpage to access the updated agenda and learn more on UNESCO's work on teachers.