Teacher’s Day in Ecuador has been celebrated every 13th of April since 1990, and is one of the biggest annual events in the country. This date is very significant since this is also the birth of Juan Montalvo Fiallos who is remembered in Ecuadorian history as a great teacher and thinker. Fiallos is given credit for initiating great changes in his country–especially in encouraging the Ecuadorians to remember how important education is to the people.
Like many other countries of the world, the celebration of this Teacher’s Day in Ecuador includes participation by thousands of schools where students demonstrate their appreciation of their teachers in the form of dances, comical skits, song renditions, dramatizations, monologues and other forms of entertainment. Many schools in Cuenca have even canceled classes today. At CEDEI this morning the administration brought a cake to share with all of the teachers.
