HOW TO DRAFT EXCELLENT PRELIMINARY PAGES IN RESEARCH WRITING
For a research to be termed acceptable to your research coordinator or project supervisor, the preliminary pages of the work must be all encompassing and concise enough to make great meaning. Preliminary pages are those write ups that come before the chapter one of every project or research work.
Standard preliminary pages has the following features in these chronological order
Cover page
Declaration
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Table of contents
Abstract
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Cover page of the research work
The cover page of a research page is the first page of the work which contains:
- The full topic of the project work.
- The case study of the project/research work.
- The researchers/student’s name, starting with the surname and registration number.
- The institution of study.
- The year and month the project work was completed.
- The above specifications must be done with block letters.
Below is an example of a cover page of a project work:
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ALLOCATION SYSTEM (CASE STUDY OF HNAUB)
BY
IKUEJAWA ABIOLA OLADEJI, 0907IT01849
EKPENYONG VICTOR EDEM, 0907IT01565
Being A Research Project Submitted To The School Of Computer Science, Mathematics And Information Technology In Partial Fulfillment For The Requirement Of The Award Of Bachelor Degree In Computer Engineering Technology.
HOUDEGBE NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, BENIN REPUBLIC
APRIL, 2016
Declaration of the research work
Every research work must be deemed original and void of plagiarism. To this effect the declaration is more of an affidavit stating in clear terms that the work is an original work and was not copied from any source. In declaring that your work as a researcher is original, it has to be done with your full name and the full name of the researcher observer or project supervisor who guided you through the research work and the date the research was concluded.
Below is an example of a declaration of a research work:
DECLARATION
We declare that the work in the project report entitled Design And Implementation Of Student Project Management And Allocation Systemhas been performed by IkuejawaAbiolaOladeji and Ekpenyong victor edemin the School ofComputer Science, mathematics and information technology under the supervision of Mr. Muyiwa.
The information derived from the literature has been duly acknowledged in thetext and a list of references provided. No part of this project report was previously presented for another degree or diploma at any university.
__________________ __________________ ______________
Name Of Student Signature Date
Certification of the research work
As the name depicts, certification of a research work is just a confirmation that the work or research was actually embarked upon by you. In drafting your certification of the research work, it has to come with your full name beginning with your surname followed by your other names, your registration number, space for the name date and signature of your project supervisor and finally a space for the name, signature and date of the external supervisor.
Below is an example of a certification of a project work:
CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that this project was written by Ikuejawa Abiola Oladeji with matriculation number 0907IT01849 and Ekpenyong victor edem with matriculation number 0907IT01565 and that the project has been read and approved having met the requirements for the award of Bachelor degree, BSC in COMPUTER ENGINEERING, Houdegbe North American University, Benin Republic.
The copy right of this project belongs to the institution where the project was carried out, under the supervision of;
____________________ _______________________
Mr MUYIWA (QUALIFICATIONS) Date
(Project Supervisor)
____________________ ___________________________
Mr. GBAGUIDI BERNARD Date
(Dean of the School)
Dedication of the research work
Dedication is one of the preliminary pages of a research work. It has to do with dedicating the complete work to loved ones or people your hold in high regard. Below is an example of a dedication of a research work:
DEDICATION
This work is dedicated to the Almighty God who sustained our life during the study. It is also dedicated to our lovely parents Mr and Mrs Ikuejawa and Mr and Mrs Ekpenypng
To my siblings; ayodele obadiah, oyindamola ikuejawa for their love and supports.
Also to our friends AmusaAzeezSewubo, Akpan Jeremiah, KushehinOlakunle and Godknows Isaac.
Acknowledgement of the research work
This is where the researcher appreciates people who contributed directly or indirectly in the actualization of the project work. Acknowledgement in a research work takes into cognizance, your project or research supervisor for availing his time to making your work a success, your parents or loved ones for morally and financially supporting you through this work and other people you may have in mind for what they did towards their direct or indirect contribution to the success of your work.Below is an example
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
With a joyful heart and gratitude to God we lack words and space to appreciate all the contributors to the success of not just this research work but our academic carrier, however we wish to mention but a few. Our humble appreciation goes to our family who even in the stormy weather of our life’s have relentlessly provided for us in every way they could until this day, We wish to say a big thank you to them and hope God in his infinite mercy guide them all through. We appreciate the efforts of all ourclose friends who have pushed us and stayed beside us in our trial times, I also wish to identify in person the likes of Pastor Layo Awojobi and Pastor Bright Okpocha for their spiritual support.
To my Supervisors, Mr MUYIWA, I lack the right words to use for your competency, your joint effort in monitoring my research work have been of great help to me as I now derive joy performing research work despite my previous hatred for research. I say keep the flag flying, and to all those who I could not mention but have however contributed to my academic pursuit, may God bless you all. I also cannot hide my sincere appreciation to all the pastors of God Fold Church. At this point, I acknowledge my team of programmers Mr. Rober tEbafua for his effort which made this project a success.
ABSTRACT
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