Information For Authors

Title and Authors

The title and author(s) name should be in a separate document to allow for blind peer review.

 

Abstract

The abstract of BAMIDELE OLUMILUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-JHUMSC should not be more than 250 words which must be in block form without paragraph. It should not be italized. It should contain the objective, methodology, findings and conclusion.

 

Keywords

The keywords shall be maximum of 7 but not less than 5 to allow the Google and other search engines make the article accessible to international researchers and to improve the paper citation. The body should contain five sections. The sections should include:

  1. Introduction
  2. Literature Review
  3. Methodology
  4. Results (Note: findings must be discussed in this section)
  5. (note: Do not add the word Recommendation to the Conclusion section)

 

Peer Review

The article submitted shall be subjected to a blind peer review. The author and the reviewers should not have prior knowledge of each other. Otherwise the article will be retracted.

 

Article Formatting

All articles submitted to the Journal should be in MS word document. It should not be more than 12 pages in single line spacing and 12 fonts.

 

Processing Fee

The Journal shall carry no publishing cost to the authors.

 

Plagiarism

Since plagiarism is an academic fraud, the article shall be subject to plagiarism test to sustain the integrity and reputation of the journal.

 

Acknowledgements

In case the author has a sponsor of the article, the institution should be acknowledged in the manuscript. The acknowledgment should be put in a separate document (Ms Word).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

All cited authors in the body of the article must be on the reference list. When three or more authors are contained in the material used, all surnames of the authors should be cited at first citation. The second citation should be cited with first author and followed by et al. and date e.g. Olalekan et al. (2020). Potential Authors must adhere strictly to the Use of APA style of Referencing. For easy citation and to avoid plagiarism, the authors should employ Endnote software and related referencing tools.

 

Examples of Reference List

Book Publication

Beeker. G. (1964). Human Capital, 2nd edn. New York: Columbia Press Byrne, D. (2005). Social exclusion. UK: McGraw-Hill Education Koutsoyiannis. A. (1973). Theory of Econometrics New York: Harper & Row.

 

Journal Articles

Achumba, I.C. Ighomereho, O.S. & Akpor-Robaro, M.O.M. (2013). Security Challenges in

Nigeria and the implications for business activities and sustainable development. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development. 4(2). 79-99.

 

Adeoti, A.I. (2014). Trend and determinants of multidimensional poverty in rural Nigeria.

 Journal   of Development and Agricultural Economics, 6(5). 220-231.

 

Newspaper/Magazine

Adewale, M. (2017 The Guardian, July 25). Nigeria has highest number of out-of-school

children.Retrieved from http://guardian .ng/news/Nigeria-has-has-highest-number-out-of-school-children/?F

 

Chapter in Book

Ahmed, A.U. Hill, R.V., Smith, L.C. & Frankenberger, T. (2009). The poorest and hungry:

characteristics and causes. In J.V. Braun, R.V. Hill, & R, Pandya-Lorch (Eds.), The poorest and hungry assessments, Washington, DC (pp.107-128). Washington DC, USA: Taylor & Francis.

 

Online Materials

Anderson, A, Engvall, A., & Koko, A. (2006). Determinants of poverty in LAO, PDR: SIDA,

            Department for policy and Methodology. Retrieved from

http://www.sida.se/contentassets/94fo6ef43b464894adf6557762cfbfed4/200510-determinants-of-poverty-in-lao-pdr_1372.pdf

 

Working Paper

Handley, G. Higgins, K, Sharma, B., Bird, K, & Cammark, D. (2009) Poverty and poverty

reduction in Sub-saharan Africa: An overview of the issues (working Paper 299). Oversees development institute retrieved from http:www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/860.pdf.

 

Material without Date

USAID (n.d). Kenya: Country Profile. Retrieved from

http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1860/14.%20Kenya%20Country%20Profile.pdf

 

 

Tables and Figures

The tables and figures should be prepared according to APA format. The tables should be self-

explanatory. It should contain the Arabic numerals having title at the Top for Tables and below case of Figure. The figure should be abbreviated to Fig. 1 in the order of the Figures. If colour of Figure is necessary for printing, the author shall pay additional for colour printing.

 

Consent and Ethical Clearance

In case an article has two or more authors, the journal demands that consent statement should be made while submitting the article. If the author(s) carried out a research involving human animal, keeping to international research ethics, an ethical clearance should be obtained.