Shiksha Magazine
Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Education
Theme: Education
Medium: English, Sinhala & Tamil
Structure of the article
Title: Author’s name and affiliation; E-mail
Introduction
Body
Summary
References
Length of the Manuscript: 3-5 pages (maximum) – inclusive of abstract, keywords, main text and references.
Document type: Article is needed in WORD FORMAT (docx).
Format of the Articles
Title: Font 16, bold, centered, Times New Roman (English); Sinhala (FM Abaya);Tami (Bamini)
Author name, affiliation, and email: Font 12, bold, centered, Times New Roman
Main Headings: Font 14, bold, Left aligned, Times New Roman
Subheadings: Font 12, bold, Left aligned, Times New Roman
Main Text: Should be consistent throughout the manuscript.
Font size: 12
Font type: Times New Roman
Spacing: 1 space (Before & After: 0 pt)
Margins: 1 inch right, top and bottom. 2 inches to the left
Paragraphs are not to be indented; a line is to be left between paragraphs.
References
Reference and Citation: American Psychological Association (APA) – https://owl.english.purdue.edu/
owl/resource/560/01/
Footnotes (instead of endnotes) are allowed only if necessary.
Figure (s) & Table (s)
Tables and figures are to be completed with titles, sources and notes, and to be explicitly mentioned in
the text (e.g., Table 3.3 indicates…)
Table/Figure colour: Black and white & Table/Figure format: Modifiable format
Abbreviation:
Abbreviations and acronyms are to be used sparingly, only if it will be use more than 3 times. First usage of the term: Term to be written in full with the abbreviation/acronym in parenthesis; subsequent usage of the term can be used as abbreviated version.
Note:
Articles will be internally peer-reviewed.
All articles will be professionally proof-rea