MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE EDUCATION (CRICE)

Welcome to the first edition of Journal of International and Comparative Education. This new journal, I hope and believe, will become a seminal site for published work that will have profound implications in the International and Comparative Education field. This journal commemorates the launching of the Centre for Research in International and Comparative Education. A heartfelt thanks to the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ghauth Jasmon, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Professor Hamzah Abdul Rahman and everyone at University of Malaya for their rigorous support and assistance for the centre, and the journal. The papers in this journal are peer-reviewed and assured to be the quality readers expect. For that, I sincerely thank my Editorial Board and International Advisory Board who have worked hard to ensure standards of papers published in this journal are not compromised in any way.