Current Affairs - Important Days - Discussion

World Teachers Day is celebrated across the world on October 5th since 1994 to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. The theme of 2017 World Teachers' Day is "Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers". In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 1997 Recommendation, an international conference will take place at UNESCO's Headquarters in Paris.