World Teachers’ Day is observed every year on October 5 to honour teachers and to reflect on the support and conditions they need to do their work well. UNESCO officially designated the first World Teachers’ Day in 1994, and the date has been used each year since then to mark the anniversary of the 1966 Recommendation. Story continues below this adIndian Teachers’ Day in SeptemberIndia’s national Teachers’ Day is observed every year on September 5, and its origin is distinct from the UN-observed World Teachers’ Day. Teachers’ Day 2025: Why India celebrates September 5When colleagues and students asked him how they might celebrate his birthday, he suggested that the day would be better observed as a day to honour teachers and the teaching profession; his birthday was thereafter adopted as Teachers’ Day in India. Whereas World Teachers’ Day is an instrument for global policy dialogue and standards, India’s Teachers’ Day is primarily a cultural and national observance that centres on gratitude and the public recognition of educators; both observances, however, reinforce the public’s awareness of the profession’s central role.