This event is more than a conference

The Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) is a traditional, scholarly, interdisciplinary, high-grade event. Specialists from all over the world every year come to the Conference as to present their studies. The Conference purposefully keeps a small size aiming at organizing the best quality selection of papers and providing excellent opportunities for presentations and discussions.

The BCES Annual International Conference is more than a conference. It is friendship, understanding, and openness. It is tolerance, respect, and appreciation. It is quality, knowledge, and erudition.

This Conference is our way of being an integral part of the international education community, our way of making friends globally, our way of showing the world what we do.

People who the BCES Conference is for

This Conference is for (without claiming a full listing):

• Policy makers;
• Academic staff;
• Researchers;
• PhD students;
• Master’s students;
• Experts at educational administrations;
• Experts at international organizations;
• Education consultants;
• School principals;
• Teachers;
• School counsellors;
• Psychologists;
• Media experts;
• Social workers;
• Special needs therapists;
• Journalists;
• IT specialists.

Benefits to BCES Conference participants

The Conference offers the following benefits:

• Respecting all participants regardless of their race, nationality, personality, origin, sex, religion, occupation, education.
• Keeping friendly atmosphere, polite communication, and cosy environment.
• Establishing contacts between people from different parts of the world, making friends, creating collegial networks.
• Providing excellent opportunities for oral presentations and discussions by giving a 30-minute time slot to each presentation.
• Guaranteeing high quality of full papers published in the BCES Conference Book.
• Publishing full papers in the BCES Conference Book before the Conference beginning.
• Including abstracts in the Conference Program.
• Awarding Certificates of Participation to all participants.
  

Local Organizing Committee

Conference Chair

Prof. Dr.habil. Nikolay Popov, Sofia University, Bulgaria

npopov@bces-conference.org

Members

Prof. Dr. Marinela Mihova, Veliko Turnovo University, Bulgaria

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marina Pironkova, Sofia University, Bulgaria

Coordination

Kalina Popova, 12th Secondary School, Sofia, Bulgaria

Technical support

Mirella Dimitrova

Nadia Kiriakova

Company for International Congresses, Bulgaria

bces2021@cic.bg

International Program Committee

Prof. Dr. Charl Wolhuter, North-West University, South Africa

Dr. Louw de Beer, North-West University, South Africa

Dr. Gillian Hilton, Middlesex University, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. James Ogunleye, Academy of Innovation & Management, United Kingdom

Dr Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Ulster University, United Kingdom & Ireland

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ewelina K. Niemczyk, North-West University, South Africa

Dr. Anna Czyż, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oksana Chigisheva, Southern Federal University, Russia

Prof. Dr.habil. Nikolay Popov, Sofia University, Bulgaria

Prof. Dr. Hennie Steyn, North-West University, South Africa

Prof. Dr. Nicholas Sun-keung Pang, East China Normal University, China

Prof. Dr. Steve Azaiki, Institute of Science and Technology, Nigeria

About BCES

BCES Conferences

XX BCES Conference

Towards the Next Epoch of Education

Dates to be decided, Sofia, Bulgaria

XIX BCES Conference

New Challenges to Education: Lessons from Around the World

Virtual Conference, 22 - 25 June 2021

XVIII BCES Conference

Educational Reforms Worldwide

Virtual Conference, 23 - 26 June 2020

XVII BCES Conference

Glocal Education in Practice: Teaching, Researching, and Citizenship

Pomorie, Bulgaria, 11 - 14 June 2019

XVI BCES Conference

Education in Modern Society

Golden Sands, Varna, Bulgaria, 11 - 15 June 2018

XV BCES Conference

Current Business and Economics Driven Discourse and Education: Perspectives from Around the World

Borovets, Bulgaria, 20 - 23 June 2017

XIV BCES Conference

Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from Around the World

Sofia, Bulgaria, 14 - 17 June 2016

XIII BCES Conference

Quality, Social Justice and Accountability in Education Worldwide

Sofia, Bulgaria, 10 - 13 June 2015

XII BCES Conference

Education’s Role in Preparing Globally Competent Citizens

Nessebar, Bulgaria, 15 - 20 June 2014

XI BCES Conference

Education in One World: Perspectives from Different Nations

Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14 - 17 May 2013

X BCES Conference

International Perspectives on Education

Kyustendil, Bulgaria, 12 - 15 June 2012

IX BCES Conference

Comparative Education and Teacher Training

Sofia, Bulgaria, 5 - 9 July 2011

VIII BCES Conference

Comparative Education and Teacher Training

Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 9 - 12 June 2010

VII BCES Conference

Comparative Education and Teacher Training

Tryavna, Bulgaria, 29 June - 3 July 2009

VI BCES Conference

Comparative Education and Teacher Training

Sofia, Bulgaria, 1 - 4 July 2008

V BCES Conference

Comparative Education, Teacher Training and New Education Agenda

Sofia, Bulgaria, 28 - 31 August 2007

IV BCES Conference

Comparative Education and Teacher Training

Sofia, Bulgaria, 1 - 4 May 2006

III BCES Conference

Comparative Education in Teacher Training

Sofia, Bulgaria, 18 - 22 April 2005

II BCES Conference

Comparative Education in Teacher Training

Sofia, Bulgaria, 8 - 12 October 2003

I BCES Conference

Comparative Education in Teacher Training

Sofia, Bulgaria, 20 - 24 November 2002