The Students Industrial Work
Experience Scheme (SIWES) is the accepted skills training programme, which
forms part of the approved minimum academic standards in the various degree
programmes for all the Nigerian universities. It is an effort to bridge the gap
existing between theory and practice of engineering and technology, science,
agriculture, medial, management and other professional educational programmes
in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. It is aimed at exposing students to
machines and equipment, professional work methods and ways of safe-guarding the
work area s and workers in industries and other organization.
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The scheme is a tripartite programme, involving the students, the universities and the industry (employers of labour). It is funded by the Federal government of Nigeria and jointly coordinated by the industrial Training Fund (ITF) and the National Universities commission (NUC)
1.2 OBJECTIVES OF SIWES
Specifically,
the objectives of the students industrial work experience scheme are to:
i. Prepare students for the work situation they
are likely to meet after graduation
ii. Provide an avenue for students in the
Nigerian Universities to acquire industrial skills and experience in
their course of study
iii.
Make the transition from the university
to the world of
work easier, and thus enhance students contacts for later job placements;
iv.
Enlist and strengthen employers’
involvement in the entire educational process of preparing university graduates
for employment in industry.
v.
Provide students with an opportunity to
apply their theoretical knowledge in real work situation, thereby bridging the gap between university work and
actual practices; and
vi.
Expose students to work methods and
techniques in handling equipment and machinery that may not be available in the
universities.
1.3 IMPORTANCE OF SIWES
i. It provides students with an opportunity
to apply their theoretical knowledge in real life situations.
ii.
It exposes students to more practical work
methods and techniques.
iii. It strengthens links between
the employers, universities and industrial training fund (ITF)
iv. It also
prepares the students for the labour market after
graduation
1.4 THE ROLE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
i.
Make it mandatory for all ministries, companies and government
parastatals, to offer attachment places
to students;
ii.
Make it a policy to include a
clause in every major contract lasting
over six to nine months being awarded
for contractors to take student on
attachment
iii.
Make adequate funds available to
the federal ministry of industry to fund the Scheme.
1.5 ROLE OF THE CO-ORDINATING
AGENCY (NUC)
i.
In
collaboration with ITF, compile lists of employers for institution’s
placement lists;
ii.
Establish SIWES coordinating units
iii.
Evolve a minimum national guide programme for supervised industrial
training activities for approved
SIWES courses:
iv.
Appoint full –time industrial co-coordinators to operate the
scheme at agency level;
v.
Vet and approve SIWES master and placement
lists and forward to ITF.
1.6
ROLE OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND (ITF)
i.
Organize bi-ennial conference and
seminars on SIWES
ii.
Provide logistic material needed to administer the scheme;
iii. Compile lists of employers and available
training places for industrial attachment and forward such lists to the
co-ordinating agencies (i.e NUC, NBTE, NCCE).
1.7 ROLE OF EMPLOYERS
i.
Control and discipline students like
permanent staff.
ii.
Accept
students and assign them to the relevant on–the-job training
iii. Provide medical care for students within
the limits of the employers conditions
of service during attachment
iv. Attach experienced staff to students for
effective training and supervision. Supervisors should not handle more than ten students at a time;
v.
Pay
students monthly allowance as and
when due
1.8
ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES
i.
Prepare and submit master and placement
lists to the respective coordinating agency and IT .
ii.
place students on attachment with
employers
iii. Establish SIWES coordinating units and appoint department/faculty
SIWES coordinators within the institutions;
iv.
Organize orientation programmes for
students to prepare them for industrial training. ITF representative may be
invited to give a talk to the students
during the orientation programme
v.
Appoint full-time industrial coordinators
to operate the scheme at
industrial level
1.9 ROLE OF STUDENTS
i.
Comply with the employers rules and
regulations
ii.
Arrange their own living accommodation
during the period of attachment
iii.
Be regular and punctual at respective place of
attachment
iv.
Arrange their
own living accommodation during the
period of attachment
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