The teacher is mentioned in cuneiform sources. In the Sumerian language, the term ummia corresponds to the Akkadian ummānu. It refers to a person who possesses knowledge and expertise and transmits them to learners. The teacher held an important position in Mesopotamian society because of his role in transmitting writing skills and knowledge to subsequent generations. Cuneiform texts, particularly Sumerian and Babylonian school tablets, reveal the existence of an organized educational system associated with the school known as the “House of the Tablets” (é-dub-ba-a). The teacher was responsible for training students to read and write cuneiform signs. Education relied on copying, repetition, memorization, and correction. The student repeatedly wrote signs, words, and texts until mastering them. School texts, including the text “Schooldays,” provide a picture of the relationship between the teacher and the student, which was characterized by discipline and obedience. Some texts also indicate the use of punishment when students failed to perform their duties properly. For example: na-ab-za₁-e-e … um-mi-a-ĝu₁₀ mu-un-tud-e (When I am lazy, my teacher beats me.) The teacher’s role was not limited to teaching writing. He also contributed to the training of scribes who performed important functions in temples, palaces, and administrative and economic institutions. Therefore, the teacher played a fundamental role in preserving knowledge and transmitting the language, literature, intellectual traditions, and religious traditions of Mesopotamia. Cuneiform school tablets are among the most important sources for studying the history of education, as they provide direct evidence of curricula, teaching methods, and the relationship between teachers and students. They demonstrate that scribal education was a fundamental institution in the continuity of Mesopotamian civilization. The principal teaching methods used in Mesopotamia were primarily copying, repetition, and memorization. The student began by learning simple cuneiform signs, then progressed to forming words and phrases, and subsequently to copying lexical lists and literary and administrative texts. Among the most important subjects attested in school tablets were: Lists of cuneiform signs. Sumerian and Akkadian lexical lists. Lists of personal names, place names, animals, and plants. Arithmetic and mathematical exercises. Administrative and economic texts. Literary texts, myths, and wisdom literature. Legal and religious texts at the more advanced stages of education. The teacher corrected what the student wrote and guided him toward the correct method of forming signs and constructing words. This can be observed in some tablets that preserve students’ attempts alongside corrections made by their teachers. #Al-Mustaqbal University – The first private university in Iraq