Copyright and License Statement

Education Development (Eddev) is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.

Copyright

• Authors who publish with Education Development (Eddev) retain the copyright to their work, licensing it under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
• Under the CC BY license, authors allow others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon their work, even commercially, as long as they credit the author for the original creation.

License

• Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY): This license allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work, even commercially, as long as they credit the author for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered by Creative Commons in terms of what others can do with the work licensed under CC BY.

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• Authors retain the following rights:
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  • Archiving: Authors can deposit the published version of their article in any repository or archive, provided it is only made publicly available 12 months after official publication or later.

Journal's Rights

• First Publication: The journal has the right to publish accepted manuscripts for the first time.
• Distribution: The journal may distribute the work under the terms of the CC BY license, ensuring proper attribution to the authors.

Acknowledgment of Source

• Proper acknowledgment of the original publication in Education Development (Eddev) must always be given. This includes a full citation to the article's title, authors, journal name, volume, issue, page numbers, and DOI (if applicable).

Policy Review and Updates

• Education Development (Eddev) regularly reviews its copyright and licensing policies to align with best practices in open access publishing and comply with legal and ethical standards.

By submitting their manuscripts to Education Development (Eddev), authors agree to comply with the terms of this copyright and license statement. This policy helps ensure that scholarly work is widely accessible while respecting the intellectual property rights of the authors.