Message from President

It is a great honor to serve as President of the Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA). I am deeply grateful for the trust and confidence placed in me by the members through the election held in November 2025. I am truly honored to succeed Professor Edward Vickers and the distinguished Presidents who have devoted themselves to building and strengthening CESA. I am also deeply conscious of the significant responsibility that comes with following in their footsteps.

Since its establishment, CESA has played a vital role in advancing comparative education scholarship across Asia. It has provided a unique platform where scholars from diverse cultural, linguistic, and historical backgrounds engage in meaningful dialogue, exchange ideas, and develop collaborative research. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all former presidents, executive members, and colleagues whose dedication has shaped CESA into the vibrant academic community it is today.

As we face increasingly complex educational challenges, comparative education has an important role to play in generating new knowledge and perspectives. While learning from scholarship developed around the world, I believe CESA should continue to strengthen perspectives rooted in Asia and the broader Global South. Rather than viewing educational theories and practices primarily through Western frameworks, we should actively cultivate diverse epistemologies and methodological approaches that emerge from our own historical experiences, social realities, and intellectual traditions.

During my presidency, I hope to promote comparative education that values multiple ways of knowing and contributes to a more inclusive and pluralistic global academic community. CESA is well positioned to become a leading forum for generating innovative scholarships from non-Western perspectives and for fostering dialogues that transcend conventional geographical and epistemological boundaries.

This vision can only be realized through collaboration. I look forward to working closely with our members, our national and regional comparative education societies, and our partners across Asia and beyond. Together, we can strengthen our scholarly networks, support the next generation of researchers, and create opportunities for meaningful academic exchange.

I warmly invite all members to participate actively in the life of CESA. I am confident that, through our collective efforts, we will continue to expand the horizons of comparative education and make lasting contributions to educational research and practice in Asia and the wider world.

I look forward to working with all of you in the years ahead.