Akwaba
An Ivorian word of Welcome
About the Congress
The XIX WCCES World Congress convenes scholars, educators, policymakers, and knowledge-holders from every region to reimagine education in the spirit of uBuntu and Sankofa — honoring the wisdom of the past to build an interconnected, flourishing future. Together we place engaged comparative and international education at the center of a global project of educational transformation.
Featured Sub-Themes
A glimpse of the intellectual terrain
History, Memory, and Educational Transformation
How historical consciousness informs educational renewal across cultures and regions.
uBuntu, Interconnectedness, and Global Solidarity
Relational pedagogy, cooperative learning, and analogous philosophies of interdependence worldwide.
Comparative Visions through Sankofa Lenses
Forward-looking proposals grounded in the full depth of human wisdom.
"Se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki"
"It is not taboo to return and fetch what you forgot."
From the wisdom of the Akan people of West Africa, Sankofa teaches that the past is a compass and a clock — a strategic resource for shaping equitable, purposefully designed futures.
"uMuntu nguMuntu ngaBantu"
"A person is a person through persons."
Ubuntu names our deep interconnectedness — the indivisibility of humanity within a world understood as an interdependent ecosystem of people, nature, and planet.