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This document provides guidelines for students to follow when writing their field attachment reports for Kenyatta University's School of Agriculture and Enterprise Development. The report should be between 15-35 pages and include a cover page, preliminary pages consisting of an abstract and table of contents, and 5 chapters covering introduction, programs, activities, skills gained, and conclusions/recommendations. The body will summarize the objectives, host organization details, activities undertaken, skills learned, and give an overall assessment of whether attachment objectives were achieved.

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ASTFieldAttachmentReportWritingGuidelines2019 PDF

This document provides guidelines for students to follow when writing their field attachment reports for Kenyatta University's School of Agriculture and Enterprise Development. The report should be between 15-35 pages and include a cover page, preliminary pages consisting of an abstract and table of contents, and 5 chapters covering introduction, programs, activities, skills gained, and conclusions/recommendations. The body will summarize the objectives, host organization details, activities undertaken, skills learned, and give an overall assessment of whether attachment objectives were achieved.

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KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

DEPATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

GUIDELINES FOR FIELD ATTACHMENT REPORT


The Field Attachment Report
The Field attachment report should be derived from the work undertaken by the student in the
organization/institution of attachment (Host Organization)

Format
1. The report should by typed; times new Roman; font size 12 and spacing of 1.5
2. Size of report: It should not be less than 15 pages and not more than 35 pages including the
appendices

Structure of the report


It will comprise of three main parts
1. Cover page
2. Preliminary pages
3. Body of the report

1. COVER PAGE
Cover page should have the following
 University Name
 Student full name and registration
 Degree Programme
 Organization where attachment was undertaken
 Attachment Period

2. PRELIMINARY PAGES

Page 2: Student: Declaration


With the following writings:
“I declare that this field attachment report is a product of activities I carried out in
……………………….(Indicate name of the host organization) during my attachment from ……
to ……..(Indicate the dates of attachment) and has not been submitted by any other student to
any other university for Award of academic certificate
Signature Date
___________________________________ ________________________
Name:__________________________________________
Reg No: _________________________________________
Page 3: The declaration page is followed by the Abstract
Abstract
Should consist of precise summary of the entire report including the The abstract should NOT
EXCEED 300 WORDS
Page 4: Table of contents (TOC)
The preliminary pages should have roman numerals i.e., i, ii, iii iv e.t.c.,

3. BODY
The body shall comprise of five (5) chapters as follows;
1. Chapter 1: Introduction
2. Chapter 2: Main programmes in the Organization
3. Chapter 3: Main activities carried out during the attachment
4. Chapter 4: Skills and Experience
5. Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Objectives of the field attachment
1.2: Description of Location of the Host Organization (County, climate, main crops, population
etc)
1.3: History of the organization
 Mission,
 Vision,
 Objectives of the organization (Main programmes, products etc)
1.4: Organizational structure (Diagrammatical presentation)
1.5: Main functions of the personnel in 1.3

Chapter 2: Main programmes in the Organisation


This include the main sections in the organization: both the technical and administration sections

Chapter 3: Main activities carried out during the attachment


Get most information from the log book and summarise the main activities you carried out in the
various sections

Chapter 4: Skills and Experience


4.1: Summary of skills gained
4.2; Challenges encountered by the students
4.3: How the challenges were overcome

Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations


 In about 500 to 1000 words, Give your overall overview of the field attachment
indicating if you think the objectives of the attachment were achieved and why
 In addition give recommendation for improving the attachment exercise and also
recommendation to improve the organisation. Consider the strengths and weaknesses of
the institution based on your personal evaluation

 You may use bullet points

References

APPENDICES
1. Scan and attach field attachment programme
2. Attach any relevant photos

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