Celebrated on October 5, World Teachers' Day is an initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, United Nations Children’s Fund, International Labour Organisation and Education International to mark the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO recommendation concerning the status of teachers, regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, …
New Delhi: India celebrates National Teacher's Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first vice president and second president of India, who was born on September 5, 1888. The first Teacher's Day was celebrated in 1962, on Dr Radhakrishnan's 77th birthday. Every year on September 5, the President of India awards National Teacher Awards’ to encourage …
