India, Sept. 5 -- September 5 of each year is observed as Teachers' Day in India to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the former President of India and a prominent philosopher. This day is meant to honour the contributions of teachers or educators in shaping young minds and helping them acquire valuable knowledge and life skills.

The teaching profession's size is instrumental in understanding the significance of the occasion. According to the data of UDISE+ for the year 2024-25 shows that there are 10,122,420 teachers in India who serve around 246.93 million students in almost 1.47 million schools. UNESCO predicts that there will be 44 million teachers needed in all parts of the world by the year 2030 in order to ...