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Student-teacher’s Assessment Of Siwes Programme In Agege Local Government Area Of Lagos State
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Training
is a key factor in enhancing the efficiency and expertise of the
workforce. The Students’ Industrial Work Experience (SIWES) program
prepares students for labour markets. It has become an innovative
phenomenon in human resources development and training in Nigeria.
According to (ITF, 2004a), The Students’ Industrial Work Experience
Scheme (SIWES) is a planned and supervised training intervention based
on stated and specific learning and career objectives. It is geared
towards developing the occupational competencies of the participants. It
is a programme required to be undertaken by the students of tertiary
institutions in Nigeria pursuing courses in “Specialized Engineering,
Technical, Business, Applied Sciences and Applied Artsâ€.
Mafe (2010)
opined that: “SIWES is generic cutting across over 60 programmes in the
Universities, over 40 programmes in the Polytechnics and about 10
programmes in the Colleges of Education. Thus, SIWES is not specific to
any one course of study or disciplineâ€. He added that the effectiveness
of SIWES cannot be looked at in isolation with respect to a single
discipline; it is better explored in a holistic manner since many of the
attributes, positive outcomes and challenges associated with effective
implementation of SIWES are common to all disciplines participating in
the scheme for students and teachers respectively.
The Students’
Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) was founded in 1973 by the
Industrial Training Fund (ITF). The aim of the scheme was to expose
students to the industrial environment and enable them develop
occupational competencies so that they can readily contribute their
quota to the development of national economic and technological growth
after graduation.
The participation in SIWES has become a necessary
pre-condition for the award of Diploma and Degree Certificates in
specific disciplines in most institutions of higher learning in the
country, in accordance with the education policy of government.
The
Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) can be rightly
described as Nigeria’s practical training support for classroom lectures
and tutorials. In other words, it’s an accepted skill training
programme initiated by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF). SIWES bridges
the perceived gap between theory and practice in Accounting,
Engineering, Technology, Science, Agriculture, Medical Sciences,
Management and other professional educational programmes in Nigerian
tertiary institutions.
The main focus of the scheme is to involve
employers in the educational process of preparing students for work
outside the four walls of their institutions with a view to developing a
well-skilled and articulated knowledge, to benefit the students and
create a self-reliant economy.
1.2 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND (ITF)
According
to ITF training Policy, The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) was set up
under Act No. 47 of 1971 (as amended up to date) to promote and to
encourage the "acquisition of skills in industry and commerce with a
view to generating a pool of indigenous trained manpower sufficient to
meet the needs of the economy". To finance the scheme, the Act provides
for contributions on the part of employers and for subventions on the
part of the Federal Government. The Federal Government made available
the sum of N1,000,000.00 (£500,000) during the Plan Period 1970-74 as
takeoff grant.
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), the manpower
development agency of the federal government was established to impart
technical skills to those employed in the manufacturing sector and other
sectors of the economy.
The Mission Statement of the ITF, the
provision of decree 47 of 8th October, 1971 empowers the ITF to “promote
and encourage the acquisition of skills in the industry and commerce
with a view to generating a pool of indigenous trained manpower
sufficient to meet the needs of the Nigerian economyâ€.
In pursuant to
its statutory responsibility, the ITF has expanded its structures,
developed training programmes, reviewed its strategies, operations and
services in order to meet the expanding, and changing demands for
skilled manpower in the economy. Beginning as a parastatal “B†in 1971,
headed by a Director, the ITF became a parastatal “A†in 1981 with the
Director-General†as the Chief Executive under the aegis of the Ministry
of Industry.
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