October 5, is World Teachers' Day, so here's a look at how the world values teachers. "If you look at South Korea, Singapore, Finland, teaching has been given status, teachers are treated well, paid well and so much professional development has gone behind them," said Vikas Pota, CEO of the Varkey Foundation. But more importantly, in Singapore teachers have more than 100 hours of professional development every year, said Schleicher. In Luxembourg, for example, starting teachers' salaries are greater than what many teachers will see in their lifetime. Between 2005-2015, teachers salaries have decreased in real-terms in one-third of the countries with available data.

Source: CNN October 05, 2017 01:41 UTC