iran laying the capstone brick for a brics grouping of countries: new horizons for comparative and international education

The scholarly field of comparative and international education is facing one central challenge, namely that of the affirmation of the global south to its rightful place. the thesis of this paper is that the comparative and international education scholarly community in the brics countries is ideally placed to lead this quest, and iran joining the brics grouping, can strengthen this scholarly community in this endeavour. the paper discusses northern hegemony in the world, and places against this northern hegemony the rise of the global south in the world. the range of challenges facing the scholarly field of comparative and international education is enumerated. it is argued in this article that the comparative and international education scholarly community in the brics countries, more so in an enlarged brics grouping including iran, has a critical mass to negotiate these challenges, and especially so in securing the global south coming to its right in comparative and international education.