Editorial policy

The International Journal of Educational Development in Africa (IJEDA) publishes original contributions in English. The following categories of contributions focusing on education will be published:
Research articles reporting on research that fulfils the criteria of a generally accepted research paradigm; review articles, intended for the professional educationalists which critically evaluate the research done in a specific field in education; book reviews, i.e. concise evaluations of books that have recently appeared; and letters in which comment is given on articles that have appeared in the Journal. All articles submitted will be sent to referees (national and/or international) for comment. All referees will have documented expertise in the area the article addresses. When reviews are received, an editorial decision will be reached to accept the article, reject the article, or request a revision (in some cases for further peer review).

Authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy and decency of the factual content of their contributions. A signed declaration in respect of originality must accompany each manuscript. On submission of the manuscript, the author(s) must present a written undertaking that the article has not been published or is not being presented for publication elsewhere. Author(s) must ensure that the language in the manuscript is properly edited and the name and address of the language practitioner must be supplied.

Ethical considerations: A brief narrative account/description of ethical issues/aspects should be included in articles that report on empirical findings. Copyright of all published material is vested in the International Journal of Educational Development in Africa. Total number of pages should preferably not exceed 15 pages (± 5 500 words).

Preparation of manuscripts The manuscript, including abstract, figures, tables, and references should be submitted in MS Word or WordPerfect format with all pages numbered consecutively. The title should be brief (maximum15 words) but specific, followed by the author(s)’ name(s) and e-mail address (es). An abstract in English (approximately 150 words) must be provided and up to five keywords that characterise the article may follow the abstract. The text of the article should be divided into unnumbered sections (e.g. Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Appendix, in that order). If necessary secondary headings may be used for further subdivision. Do not use footnotes.
Authors must observe publishing conventions and should not use terminology that can be construed as sexist or racist. Figures should be clear, black/white originals, on separate pages — not embedded in the text. Grey or coloured shading must not be used. Tables or figures should be numbered consecutively, with a brief descriptive heading or caption. Information should not be duplicated in the text and the tables. Each table/figure must be referred to in the text by number — not ‘above’ or ‘below’. These will be placed at a suitable position after the first reference.