As another successful IIER year comes to a close, we are pleased to publish the last issue of volume 22. This issue marks a positive change indicative of the recent extent of journal activity in bringing our readers eight articles from four continents of the world. In reviewing the year of IIER, I am delighted to draw attention to the added international interest and consequential increase in high quality submissions of manuscripts to IIER, and advise all new members of the Institutes for Educational Research and intending authors to continue supporting the journal by recommending it to your colleagues. Our new international exposure has had a welcome effect on the distribution statistics of our journal.