Authors’ Guidelines

The title page should be concise and informative with the name(s) of the author(s);the affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s); the e-mail address and telephone of the corresponding author, followed by an abstract of not more than 150 words written in italics and should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references, clearly followed by a list of 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft Word strictly under the following guidelines: use normal and plain; use numbered headings for dividing manuscript into sections and sub-sections; use the table function, not spread sheets, to make tables; use the equation editor or math-type for equations; save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher); al tables to be numbered using Arabic numerals; tables should be cited in tex in consecutive numerical order; supply each table with caption (title) explaining the components of the table; identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of reference at the end of the table caption; footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisk for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.

It is highly recommended that all of your photographs, figures and illustrations, etc, that you all submit as a part of your manuscript and all figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals; figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order; figure parts be noted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.); each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts, and these include the caption in the text file

of the manuscript, not in the figure file; identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.

Manuscript Length

Each well research article should not exceed twenty (20) pages of A4 size paper format. However, authors should note that publication of lengthy papers, often significantly delayed, as lengthy paper acts as a disincentive to the reviewer to undertake the review process.

References

Each article must conform to American Psychological Association (APA) style of referencing, 7th Edition manual provision. Only authorities’ cited in the text of article should be listed in a correct alphabetical order in the section for references.

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Manuscript content on this site is licensed under Creative Commons Licenses. Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Submission of a manuscript implies that the work has not been published; that is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities at the institute where the work has been carried out publication has approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities at the institute where the work has been carried out; that if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to automatic transfer to the copyright to the publisher and that the manuscript will not be published elsewhere in any language without the consents of the copyright holders.

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