El Salvador Teacher's Day - June 22nd

The El Salvador Teacher’s Day is among the vibrant teacher appreciation day in Central America. It is celebrated every 22nd day of June. In fact, when this day comes every year the national government is declaring it a national holiday. The declaration is an example how the government recognizes the excellent contribution of educators in the country. They are the sector that helps make a strong nation and the government of El Salvador saw this importance.

When the teacher’s day is coming in a week colleges and universities and even small private schools would start their respective preparation to make the day a very significant day for teachers.

The following are the usual events during teacher appreciation day in El Salvador. These are the major events that they’ve been doing every year.

Award of Excellence

Since the education sector gets the respect from all sectors of society many private universities and organizations are giving special achievement awards to professors and teachers who have made great contributions from their respective field. Among the noticeable institutions that regularly give recognition to educators is the Fordham University. The institution has always valued the excellence performance of the best professors. Those who were awarded already by the institution include: Prof. Anne Hoffman, humanities awards; Prof Clara Rodriguez, social science; Prof James Ciaccio, science; and Prof. Maryann Kowaleski for graduate teaching award.

Party for Teachers

Big colleges and universities in El Salvador also give special parties during teacher’s day. As usual, the best cuisine and delicacies in the country are being prepared to make the party for educators more fitting. It is also usually held in classy restaurants and hotels.

Love Cards

Among the most noticeable activities across the country during teacher appreciation day is the flooding of love and greetings cards personally made by students. This is usually the scenario especially in public schools. Students would make special cards and give them to their favourite teachers. Lots of educators also find this more interesting because the messages really make them more important now than ever before.