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The Teachers’ Day Posted by on Oct 14, 2011 in Culture, Current News

Teachers form a very important part of almost all the societies. Their contribution towards the education and development of children, a country’s coming generation, is simply invaluable. Teachers have always been the vital contributor of learning in the society. They serve as the foundation of the cultural and sustainable development of the nation as a whole. Teacher’s Day seeks to honor teacher for this very reason. It is celebrated in almost all countries of the world, though on different dates. Each of the countries pays tribute to the teachers in its own way. In the following lines, we have listed the date on which the Teacher’s Day is celebrated in the major countries of the world.
The Teachers’ Day (Dzień Nauczyciela), officially called the National Education Day (Dzień Edukacji Narodowej), is celebrated on October 14 in Poland. The schools organize the formal assemblies to honour the teachers.
National Education Day was introduced 28 years ago. It is the anniversary of creation the Commission of National Education, created in 1773 from the initiative of King Stanisław August Poniatowski.

On this day the teachers are rewarded by their principals, and students give them flowers and gifts.

Working conditions of teachers in Poland improved recently. Schools are better equipped, and there are less students in classes. Classes are smaller, on average in primary schools there are around 20 children in the classroom.

However, the demographic problem may be the biggest challenge of the coming years. In Poland there is still over half a million teachers, while the number of students in schools has decreased by more than one million.

Take a look at different dates this holiday is celebrated in different countries:

Country Date
Afghanistan May24
Albania March 7
Algeria February 28
Argentina September 11
Australia Last Friday in October
Azerbaijan October 5
Bahrain February 28
Bhutan May 2
Bolivia June 6
Brazil October 15
Canada October 5
Chile October 16
China September 10
Colombia May 15
Croatia October 5
Czech Republic March 28
Ecuador April 13
Egypt February 28
El Salvador June 22
Hong Kong September 10
Hungary First Sunday of June
India September5
Indonesia November 25
Iran May 2
Jamaica May 6
Jordan February 28
Lithuania October 5
Lebanon March 3
Libya February 28
Malaysia May 16
Mexico May 15
Mongolia First weekend of February
Morocco February 28
Oman February 28
Qatar February 28
Pakistan October 5
Panama December 1
Paraguay April 30
Peru July 6
Philippines October 5
Poland October 14
Russia October 5
Saudi Arabia February 28
Singapore September 1
Slovakia March 28
Syria February 28
Thailand January 16
Turkey November 24
Tunisia February 28
United Arab Emirates February 28
United States Tuesday in the first full week of May
Yemen February 28

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

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My name is Kasia Scontsas. I grew near Lublin, Poland and moved to Warsaw to study International Business. I have passion for languages: any languages! Currently I live in New Hampshire. I enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking and paddle boarding. My husband speaks a little Polish, but our daughters are fluent in it! I wanted to make sure that they can communicate with their Polish relatives in our native language. Teaching them Polish since they were born was the best thing I could have given them! I have been writing about learning Polish language and culture for Transparent Language’s Polish Blog since 2010.


Comments:

  1. Bob @ HealthyMeansYou:

    Maybe the standards improved, but not the students.

    In the modern society, kids are do have as much respect towards teachers as they had back in my days. They play their smartphones instead of paying attention to the class.

  2. Rashmi Sharma:

    very nice article…Love your site…looking forward TO more post like this…
    you might also like this Teachers day 2017