AKOKA JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
The Akoka Journal of Vocational Education (ISSN 1595-9260) is the official journal of the School of Vocational Education of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka. It is a peer-reviewed publication and is published annually. The primary objective of AJOVED is to publish original articles emanating from any area of Agricultural Education, Fine and Applied Arts Education, Home Science Education, Technical Education, Educational technology and related fields.
Application for manuscript submission
The manuscript to be submitted by the author should be accompanied by a short letter, addressed to the Editor-in-chief of AJOVED. The letter should unequivocally express or confirm that the article has not been submitted elsewhere for a possible journal publication. In the case of multiple authors, the lead author or corresponding author should write on behalf of others by mentioning their names. All papers must be presented in English, the Journal’s official language; with British English being the most preferred. Full-length papers, short communication, brief report and review are acceptable. All correspondences shall be sent to AJOVED@ajoved.org.ng or sve.fcetakoka@gmail.com.
Style of manuscript presentation
Articles for AJOVED shall be prepared in standard A4 (8.27″ X 11.69″) page size with a single column, font size of 12, double-spacing with margins of 3cm. The theme font should be Times New Roman. The authors should subject their articles to a plagiarism test and the similarity should not be more than 25%. AJOVED acceptable standard manuscript structure should have a title, name(s) and address (es), abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion and references.
Title
The title is often on the first page of an article, which distinguishes one's paper from others. Therefore, the Author should endeavour to use a research title that is catchy, concise and specific, sparking interest in reading. The title should be between 15 and 22 words. The title should be in Title Case. The title should carry the full names of the author(s), affiliation(s) and email of the author for correspondence.
Abstract
The abstract should not be more than 250 words. The abstract should show clearly, the justification (Problem statement, belief and knowledge gap), the objective of the study, methodology, results, conclusion and keywords (4-6 words). The abstract for AJOVED shall be presented in English and French.
Introduction
An introduction is attempting to inform the reader about the rationale behind the study. It is justifying and showcases the work as an essential component of research in the field or area. It must express the purpose of the study ensuring that sufficient background information is unambiguously provided. A few works of literature should be used to support the ideology for the study. A good introduction explains how to solve the research problem and should assume that the paper is aimed at someone with a good working knowledge of the particular field.
Methodology
Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. It should include explicit, concise descriptions of all new methods or procedures employed. Commonly used methods require only a citation of the source. The description should be such that the reader can judge the accuracy, reproducibility, reliability, etc. of the work. The statistical tool used to analyse the data should be mentioned. In the case of Experimental animals or humans, subjects must accompany a statement on necessary ethical approval from the appropriate ethical committee.
Experimental design and statistical analysis should be well stated. Data must be analysed with an appropriate procedure. The findings obtained should be presented with suitable indicators of measurement error and confidence intervals. When analysed data are presented as outcomes for results, the statistical methods used to analyse them must be succinctly itemised.
Results
Results are the presentation of statistically analysed data and should be expressed without interpreting their meaning. It is important to carefully plan the tables and figures to ensure that their sequencing tells a story. Tables and figures are allowed but should not be interchangeably repeated.
Discussion
Discussion is the interpretation of the results in which inferences are drawn. Possible reasons are to be adduced from the analysed data. There is no hard and fast rule about combining results and discussion, which the author can choose. However, results should not be repeated in the discussion if the author decides to separate them. Assertions and observations are to be supported with references. Unnecessary explanations must be avoided to reduce the length of the discussion. The contribution of authors from the past work should be paraphrased to be inculpable of plagiarism.
Conclusion
It is not a summary of the whole study. Rather, it is the implications of the results. Results should not be repeated or copied. A recommendation is not necessarily required. However, a conclusion should be as short as possible
Acknowledgements
Credit should be given to those that assisted the author(s) in the course of design, experimentation, report collation, data analysis and write-up. Technical and financial support by an individual or a group of people or a funding agent should duly be acknowledged. Acknowledgement should be as short as possible. Unnecessary praise should be avoided.
References
The rule is that all references cited must be listed and vice versa. In the case of a single author, the name and the publication year must be separated with a comma e,g. Azeez (2022) or (Azeez, 2022). For two authors, names and the publication year should be joined with ‘and’ e,g. Olowa and Olaoye (2021) and be separated from the year of publication by comma e.g. (Olowa and Olaoye, 2021). However, if the authors are three or more, ‘et al’ should be used (in italics) after the name of the first author and year of publication should be separated by a comma e.g. Ojelade et al. (2020) or (Ojelade et al., 2020). In the reference section where all references are listed, it should be arranged alphabetically. For journal articles; indicate the name(s) of the author(s), put the year of publication in parentheses, write the name of the journal in full and italicize. For book referencing; write the name(s) of the author(s) and put the year of publication in parentheses, the title of the book, the place of publication and the publisher.
Tables and figures
Tables and Figures should be numbered serially with Roman numerals. Tables should be created by inserting them and not drawn.
Pay charges
The authors shall be charged 25,000 naira on papers not more than 12 pages at submission. Subsequently, each extra page shall attract 2,000 naira. However, authors shall pay a handling charge of 5,000 naira upon submission of the manuscript.
