Saluting the heart of education: Our teachers

It is often said that teaching is the profession that makes all other professions possible.

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Doctors, engineers, writers, leaders—all once sat before a teacher who believed in them. Yet too often, teachers carry this immense responsibility with too little recognition and support.

Today, Oct. 5, the world pauses to honor a profession that quietly but powerfully shapes the future – teaching.

World Teachers' Day, celebrated since 1994, marks the anniversary of the 1966 International Labour Organization (ILO)/United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO) recommendation on the status of teachers, a landmark document that defined teachers' rights, responsibilities, and professional standards. Today, nearly six decades later, its message rings with urgency: teachers remain the backbone of education, and their role is more critical than ever.

Teachers do more than deliver lessons. They shape minds, inspire curiosity, instill discipline, and nurture compassion. In their classrooms, values are modeled as much as knowledge is taught. Every lesson becomes a seed planted—not just for careers, but for citizenship, character, and community. In this way, teachers are both builders of intellect and guardians of society's moral compass.