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9.10 Teachers' Day

10th September, today is Chinese Teachers' Day. President Xi Jinping, has sent greetings to teachers and workers in education circles across the country ahead of China's Teachers' Day that falls on Sept 10.

In Chinese history，there were many different date to celebrate Teachers' Day. Until the year of 1985, government claimed that 10th Semtember was the certain date as Teachers' day.

On the other hand, September is also the month of new academic year. In the first week of new semester, students can express their thanks to respected teacher.

In addition, in different countries, the date and ways to celebrate Teachers' day are different. Now, let us to see how other countries celebrate this special day.

World Teachers' Day

World Teachers' Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is an international day held annually on October 5.

Established in 1994, it commemorates the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which is a standard-setting instrument that addresses the status and situations of teachers around the world.

This recommendation outlines standards relating to education personnel policy, recruitment, and initial training as well as the continuing education of teachers, their employment, and working conditions. World Teachers' Day aims to focus on "appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world" and to provide an opportunity to consider issues related to teachers and teaching.

Teachers' Day

in different countries

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Canada

Date: 5th October

On 5th October, along with over 100 countries around the world, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation and its member organisations across the country celebrate World Teachers’ Day through a public awareness campaign that highlights the contributions of the teaching profession.

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United States

Date: National Teachers' Day is on Tuesday during Teacher Appreciation Week, which takes place in the first full week of May.

The National Education Association (NEA) describes National Teacher Day as "a day for honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our lives".

The NEA gives a history of National Teachers' Day: The origins of Teachers' Day are murky. Around 1944, a Wisconsin teacher named Ryan Krug began corresponding with political and education leaders about the need for a national day to honor teachers. Mattie Whyte Woodridge (1909-1999), an educator from Helena, Arkansas wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt, who in 1953 persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teachers' Day.

NEA along with its Kansas and Indiana state affiliates and the Dodge City, Kansas local NEA branch lobbied Congress to create a national day celebrating teachers. Congress declared 7 March 1980 as National Teachers' Day for that year only.

The NEA and its affiliates continued to observe Teachers' Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985, when the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week in the first full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teachers' Day.

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South Korea

Date: 15th May

Originally Teachers' day in South Korea was started by a group of Red Cross youth team members who visited their sick ex-teachers in hospitals. Originally its date was 26 May. But since 1965, its date has been 15 May, Sejong the Great's birthday.

The national celebration ceremony was stopped between 1973 and 1982, but it resumed after that.In 1982, it was revived again to create a climate that honors its mentor. On the day, teachers are usually presented with carnations by their students and ex-students. It is illegal to present carnations to public school teachers under the anti-graft law.

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Singapore

Date：First Friday of September

This is an official school holiday. Celebrations are normally conducted the day before, where students usually get half a day off. In some schools, students will put on performances to entertain and honour their teachers. Before 2011, Teacher's day was originally the First day for September.

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Thailand

Date: 16th January

Adopted as Teachers' Day, in spoken Thai language "Wan Kru", by a resolution of the government on 21 November 1956. The first Teachers' Day was held in 1957. 16th January marks the enactment of the Teachers Act, Buddhist Era 2488 (1945), which was published in the Government Gazette on 16 January 1945, and came into force 60 days later. Most Thai schools close for the day to give their teachers a break during the long second term.

Many international schools do not, although they may hold celebrations to honour their teaching staff. The celebrations usually include giving small jasmine floral wreaths to their teachers and doing performances for teachers. This is an important holiday for Thais as teachers are held in high regard in Thailand. Most celebrations are at the schools and there are very few public or official commemorations.

来源：中国日报英文版、维基百科，图片来源于网络，如侵删

记者：戴晨

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李璨

责任编辑：刘薇禛平

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