Events

SEAMEO-UNESCO-TTF-IITE Experts Forum and SEAMEO WTD e-Festival: Celebrating World Teachers’ Day 2021

Event Date:

Tue, 2021/10/05

Venue:

Online

World Teachers' Day is celebrated around the world on the 5th of October. It is also known by some as International Teachers' Day. The event was established in 1994, and it commemorates the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the status of teachers.

One and a half years into the COVID-19 crisis, World Teachers’ Day 2021 will focus on the support teachers need to fully contribute to the recovery process. This year, the theme of the World Teachers’ Day is ‘Teachers at the Heart of Education Recovery’.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges for teachers and led to enormous pressure on teachers. Teachers have to adapt and adopt to new alternative ways of teaching strategies/methods, while ensuring the decent learning outcomes of their students. The educational disruptions and school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have confirmed the crucial role of teachers in maintaining learning continuity, but also in sustaining the very dynamics of households, families and communities.

To celebrate the values of teachers on the World Teachers’ Day during this pandemic, the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) in collaboration with UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok), International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF) of France, and UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) of Russia will organise a SEAMEO-UNESCO-TTF-IITE Experts Forum and SEAMEO WTD e-Festival: Celebrating World Teachers’ Day 2021 under the theme of the 2021 World Teachers’ Day: ‘Teachers at the Heart of Education Recovery’, on Tuesday 5 October 2021 at 10.00 – 12.00 hrs (GMT+7, BKK Time).

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Good practices on teacher-related policies on COVID-19 recovery
Current issues of teachers, and institutional strategies for resilience-building in the post-COVID world
Zero-investment innovative and practical ideas for successful recovery, resilience-building, and reimagining education in the post-pandemic world from the outstanding video clips shared by teachers from Southeast Asia.

CO-ORGANISERS

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok)
International Teacher Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF), France
UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education, Russia (UNESCO IITE), Russia

SCHEDULE

Date: World Teacher’s Day, Tuesday 5 October 2021
Time: 10.00 -12.00 hrs (GMT+7, BKK Time)

PARTICIPANTS

The SEAMEO-UNESCO-TTF-IITE Experts Forum & SEAMEO WTD e-Festival: Celebrating World Teachers’ Day 2021 is offered for free via the SEAMEO Secretariat YouTube Live Channel.

We would like to welcome:

Presidents, Directors, Principals
Teacher Heads, Managers
Teachers/ Lecturers from schools, TVET institutions, and universities.
Educators, Researchers and Practitioners
Students: TVET and University Students, Pre-Service Teacher Students

The e-Certificate of Participation will be provided to the participants who fill-up the “Certificate Validation Form” of which details will appear at the end of the event.

PRE-REGISTRATION

To participate in the session, the pre-registration is required using the following link or QR Code. The deadline of registration is on Sunday 3 October 2021.

https://link.seameo.org/WTDReg/20211005