Student
industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) was introduced by federal government
and the aim is to boost students both theoretical and practical aspects of
their profession, especially in humanitarian courses aspect like pure science and also social
science especially mass communication in particular where the journalists are
dealing with people from different classes of life. Medial industrial
attachment help the student to actually harness their potentials for national
development, because the profession demands that student must go out to
different personalities
male and female in their different offices despite
their caliber and for the student to do that effectively he or she must
undergone the training which is been giving at the SIWES program.
Any student that really want to
achieve must not take it for granted other wise he or she has nothing to give
to his or her generation especially now that the world is gradually
becoming global village through modern
communication gadgets.
IMPORTANCE
OF INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT
The importance or indispensability
of industrial attachment in communication parlence can never be over emphasized
because that is the bedrock of the profession, infact without media industrial
attachment mass communication is nothing but a mess, as I earlier said during
the media industrial attachment I was opportuned to come in contact with other
students from other higher institutions and we shared our experiences we were
like blood brother and sisters had it been I was not there doing the programmer
I would not have be privilege to come in contact with potential future
journalists I met there.
More also, if mass industrial
attachment is very paramous because it harmonized the society, it increase
national unity, it enhances productivity in the students, it exposes students
to the enhances productivity in the students, it exposes student to the real
thing in the profession, it create good human relationship and mutual understanding
especially among the undergraduates in the Nigeria environment or society.
SUGGESTION OR RECOMMENDATIONS
Student’s
industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) was established by federal government but it is good that both states,
local government agencies, governmental and non-governmental organization
should finance it, because the major challenges tha students face was finance,
from research carried out in Ebonyi State, almost all the media organization
does not pay any thing to the student.
Also there is high level of
corruption in the system, federal government through industrial training fund
(ITF) funds the SIWES but the research shows that the money is not been paid
properly as expected, also mass communication students of Ebonyi as expected,
also mass communication student of ebonyi state university abakaliki have not
been paid because of some trivial excuses that does not worth it.
Menwhile,
the SIWES programmers should be a collective
efforts of all and sundry in the society, the welfares of the students should be played with, all the
students should be apid whether mass commutation or other department, once
the students presented their letter of acceptance
and also completion then he or she
should be schools or whosever incharge
should not deprive student of their money because it is theris and by proper payment of such money
the student will be eager to serve.
For
the power failure that occurs from
time to time in the stations, I believe
the new
development projects, that is the
combination of the radio /TV project that will be complete will
take cate of that
Conclusion
Conclusively,
I want to say that media industrial
attachement or training should be
treaded be treaded with dignity, fairness and
honestness, so that student will
have the zeal to go and also servem, meanwhile, SIWES particularly
in mass communication is very pertinent because it harness the students
potentialities for national unity and
development, also through the media
industrial attachment student
learn the practical aspect of the profession.
The
corruption syndrome that is ravaging the whole system should be addressed,
those in charge of the university should shun corruption and do well by paying
the student their ironies because I am convinced that federal govnerment through industrial training fund (ITF) are doing their own part by sending the money
to the university, but the money will develop wing and fly from the university the unknown destination and no longer return again.
More
also this need collective efforts of all so that the SIWES will
reach its goals or objectives, organization especially Ebonyi state
should be paying to the students at their organization
Above
all, the students should be encouraged in
all ramification for them to
bring out their inbuilt potential or talents that will take this country to the
greater height.