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Student-teacher’s Assessment Of Siwes Programme In Agege Local Government Area Of Lagos State
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The fund has a 13 Member Governing Council and
operates 9 departments at the headquarters, 25 Area Offices, 2 Skills
Training Centres, and a Centre for Industrial Training Excellence.
As
part of its responsibilities, the ITF provides direct training,
vocational and apprentice training, research and consultancy service,
reimbursement of up to 60% levy paid by employers of labour registered
with it, and administers the Students’ Industrial Work Experience
(SIWES). It also provides human resource development information and
training technology service to industry & commerce to enhance their
manpower capacity and in-house training delivery effort.
The main
thrust of ITF programmes and services is to stimulate human performance,
improve productivity, and induce value-added production in industry and
commerce. Through its SIWES, vocational and apprentice training
programmes, the fund also builds capacity for graduates and youth
self-employment, in the context of small scale industrialization, in the
economy.
1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
SIWES is a mandatory
training programme for students in tertiary institutions. It geared
towards helping them to achieve industrial skills, yet it is faced with
some problems which could impact negatively on what the programme is set
to achieve. One of such problems is poor funding of the scheme which
has posed a big challenge in terms of paying the students. According to
the Minister of State, for Trade and Investment, Dr. Samuel Ioraer
Ortom, the payment of Students Industrial Work- Experience Scheme
(SIWES) allowance is a big problem facing the Federal Government (Daily
Trust, Oct., 31, 2011).
Inadequate supervision by Industrial Training
Fund is equally a major challenge which has hindered the scheme from
performing optimally. Students on SIWES are not well-supervised; this
has made some of them to devise all forms of ways in filling the log
books. In fact, some students undergo the programme just to pass the
course and never to get the needed industrial practical experience.
Rejection
of SIWES students by some organizations has also frustrated the scheme
as well as the students. In fact, it is not uncommon to see SIWES
students roaming about looking for organizations that can absolved them
in the first three weeks of the time allotted for the programme.
Though
school managers perceive the problems and students grumble, yet no
meaningful research has been conducted into the study. It is against
this backdrop that this study is set to investigate problems that could
jeopardize the programme.
1.4 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This study is to accomplish the following.
To find out from students how important they perceive SIWES program to be.
To find out ways in which the programme can be improved.
To find out problems that students encounter while on SIWES.
To proffer tangible solutions to the problems identified.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]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€. It is an accepted skill training ... Continue reading---
