Teachers' Day 2011, Assumption Iloilo -- February 14, 2011

Around the world, the 'World Teachers' Day' is celebrated every 5th of October. This started in 1994 after the proclamation made by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ).  It was in celebration of the great step made for teachers in 1966 when a special intergovernmental conference convened by UNESCO in Paris, France in cooperation with the International Labor Organization ( ILO ) adopted the ILO-UNESCO recommendation concerning the status of teachers in all corners of the globe.

In Assumption Iloilo, however, we have a different date for our 'Teachers' Day' - February 14. On this very special day, students let their teachers know how important they are to them. Most Assumption students have high regard for their teachers. 

Teachers' Day 2011 was extra special to me because it's my first in Assumption Iloilo. I received lots of letters from my students both in Grade School and in High School. In some of my classes, they serenaded me with songs of appreciation and gratitude. But one class did something different, which in a way awed me.