Teachers' Day
How the world celebratesIn 2027, the dates on this page are India on 5 September, mainland China on 10 September, Taiwan on 28 September, Brazil on 15 October, Indonesia on 25 November, Singapore on 3 September (estimated from the school calendar), and the United States' Teacher Appreciation Week on 3–7 May, with local district dates varying.
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| Place | When is it? | How the date is set |
|---|---|---|
| China | September 10, 2027 | — |
| Taiwan | September 28, 2026 | — |
| Brazil | October 15, 2026 | — |
| Indonesia | November 25, 2026 | — |
| United States · Teacher Appreciation Week | May 3, 2027 – May 7, 2027Local dates may differ | The first full week of May; local school district dates may vary |
| Singapore | September 3, 2027Estimated date | The last day of Term 3; the Singapore school calendar can move it, usually in early September |
| India | September 5, 2027 | — |
| Japan | Not observed here | Not on the official list |
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- September 28, 2026Local date
How does Taiwan mark Teachers' Day?教師節（孔子誕辰紀念日）
Taiwan's Teachers' Day is 28 September, the birthday of Confucius. Article 6 of the Act on Commemorative Days and Holidays lists Children's Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Labour Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, Teachers' Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival as each being a one-day holiday — among these seven places, only Taiwan's Teachers' Day is a public holiday for everyone. On the same morning the Confucius temples in Tainan and Taipei hold the sacrificial rite, an old-form ceremony running alongside the thank-your-teacher events inside schools.
- October 15, 2026Local date
How does Brazil mark Teachers' Day?Dia dos Professores
Brazil's Teachers' Day is 15 October, established by Decree 52,682 of 1963. The date comes from the schooling decree of 15 October 1827, which required elementary schools to be set up in towns across the country and is one of the starting points of Brazilian public education. So what Brazil's Teachers' Day commemorates is the day the state began providing schooling, not a particular teacher. It is not a day off, though schools usually adjust the day's timetable.
- November 25, 2026Local date
How does Indonesia mark Teachers' Day?Hari Guru Nasional
Indonesia's National Teachers' Day is 25 November, established by Presidential Decree No. 78 of 1994. The date comes from 25 November 1945, when teachers' organisations across the newly independent country merged to found the Indonesian Teachers' Association. The decree also states plainly that the day is not a public holiday. Schools usually mark it with a flag ceremony, awards, and appreciation events organised by the students themselves.
- May 3, 2027– May 7, 2027Local dateLocal dates may differ
How does United States mark Teachers' Day? · Teacher Appreciation Week
The United States has no national Teachers' Day; it has Teacher Appreciation Week in the first full week of May, with the actual dates arranged by each school district. Its form sits at the level of the school community: parent associations, students and staff each prepare something, rather than a national commemoration. UNESCO separately marks World Teachers' Day on 5 October, but that is a different thing from the week in the American school calendar.
- September 3, 2027Local dateEstimated date
How does Singapore mark Teachers' Day?Teachers' Day
Singapore's Teachers' Day is a school-calendar observance rather than a national public holiday. The 2026 school calendar used by MOE schools places it on Friday 4 September, the last day of Term 3. Future dates follow the annual school calendar, and schools use the day for student-led appreciation activities.
- September 5, 2027Local date
How does India mark Teachers' Day?शिक्षक दिवस (Teachers' Day)
India's Teachers' Day is 5 September, the birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, its second president, who came from a career as a professor of philosophy. The story told is that when students wanted to celebrate his birthday, he suggested honouring the country's teachers instead. The origin of this holiday is therefore neither religious nor calendrical but a refusal — it turns one person's birthday into a profession's day. Senior students commonly take over classes for the day, with roles deliberately reversed. The fifth of September is that date because it is the birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a professor of philosophy who later became president. The story told is that students wished to celebrate his birthday and he asked them to mark the country's teachers instead. That origin ties India's Teachers' Day to a particular person rather than to a statute or an international observance. In schools the day is often given over to senior students taking the classes, playing the exchange of roles through once.
- September 10, 2027Local date
How does China mark Teachers' Day?教师节
Mainland China's Teachers' Day is 10 September, and its origin is precise: on 11 January 1985 the State Council put a proposal to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and on 21 January the ninth session of the Sixth Standing Committee resolved to make 10 September Teachers' Day each year; 10 September that same year was the first one. It is not a day off, and its form is mainly commendations and school events honouring teachers. The tenth of September was fixed only in 1985, placed in the opening days of the school year so that the first act of the new term would be a salute to teachers. It is a commemorative day rather than a holiday, and classes run as usual — so Teachers' Day in China takes the form of commendations and assemblies inside the school rather than a day off. Unlike India's, which is tied to one person's birthday, this one is tied to the rhythm of the term.
- Not observed hereLocal date
Does Japan have Teachers' Day?
Japan has no Teachers' Day. The closest thing at national level is Education and Culture Week — 1 to 7 November each year, concentrating education and culture events under a 1959 cabinet understanding; what it commemorates is education, not teachers. The name Education Day belongs instead to the prefectures: Tokushima, Niigata, Saitama, Shiga, Tokyo, Shimane, Hokkaido and others have each fixed 1 November as their own by ordinance. So the unit here is the prefecture rather than the country, and the subject is education rather than the teacher — elsewhere on this page the comparison is of dates; in Japan's cell the comparison is of who is being honoured.
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