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DATE: October 2, 2025

Message from the President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association - World Teachers’ Day 2025

Today, as we join the global community in celebrating UNESCO’s World Teachers’ Day 2025, we do so with pride and purpose under the theme “Recasting Teaching as a Collaborative Profession.” This theme resonates deeply with us in Jamaica, where the teaching profession has long been a cornerstone of nation-building. It reminds us that education is not simply about instruction but about creating spaces of shared growth, mutual respect, and collective progress.

Our classrooms, schools, and communities thrive not through the isolated effort of any one individual, but through the synergy that emerges when teachers, parents, students, administrators, and policymakers work hand in hand. In an era when education systems face immense challenges—ranging from rapid technological change to social inequities—the call for collaboration is both urgent and necessary. Together, we can reimagine schools not merely as institutions of learning, but as communities of practice that nurture the minds, spirits, and characters of every child.

The Jamaica Teachers’ Association reaffirms its commitment to fostering a culture where teachers are empowered to learn from one another, innovate together, and stand united in shaping a more inclusive and equitable education system. When teachers collaborate, knowledge is enriched, creativity flourishes, and students benefit from the collective wisdom of many. This spirit of solidarity is also what strengthens our profession, giving teachers the confidence and resilience to meet the demands of a changing world.

Collaboration, however, must extend beyond the school walls. It requires governments to partner meaningfully with educators, providing the resources, policies, and respect that teachers need to thrive. It calls upon society to view teachers not as solitary figures, but as leaders whose collective voice and shared expertise are indispensable to national development. As we recast teaching as a collaborative profession, we are also recasting education itself as a public good—sustained by cooperation, shared responsibility, and vision.

As we celebrate World Teachers’ Day 2025, let us recommit to the work of building not only strong schools, but strong communities of practice—where every teacher, every student, and every partner in education walks together. For, as Paulo Freire reminds us, “Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.” In this truth lies the essence of collaboration: that teaching is not a solitary endeavour but a shared journey of growth, transformation, and hope for a brighter tomorrow.

Mark Malabver

President, 2025 -2026

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