Industrial Work Experience Scheme Research Articles

Collaboration between Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) institutions and manufacturing companies in tackling skills shortage in Cross River state

Collaboration between Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) institutions and manufacturing companies in tackling skills shortage in Cross River state

Students' industrial work experience scheme (SIWES): exploring higher institution student’s participation and sense of belonging

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which students' industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) students in higher education institutions experienced a high level of engagement in workplace activities and a strong sense of affiliation with their workplace environment. The additional purpose encompassed the identification of factors that both facilitated and hindered their engagement and self-efficacy.Design/methodology/approachThe data for this study were collected via a cross-sectional survey of 243 students who were undertaking the SIWES as a mandatory component of their graduation requirements. The survey was conducted at selected tertiary institutions in Nigeria.FindingsThe qualitative replies yielded valuable insights on the factors that motivated and supported participation, with self-efficacy emerging as a significant facilitator as well as a potential barrier. There is a positive association between more interactions, a professional atmosphere and self-efficacy.Research limitations/implicationsThe study may not comprehensively include all contextual variables that might potentially impact students' perception of belongingness and self-efficacy during the SIWES program, including the distinct industry or workplace setting.Practical implicationsThis exploratory study analyzes SIWES students' cultural and personal affiliation. The study suggests these changes improve student performance. Engagement and belonging techniques for students, supervisors, coworkers and professionals are classified by the study. The study found that supervisors and coworkers help students at work. It underlines academics' responsibility in creating SIWES curricula that increase student confidence and active learning. According to this study, students should receive self-confidence therapy before SIWES. Self-confidence and student success and well-being need additional investigation, the report says.Originality/valueThis study takes a unique approach by examining belongingness and self-efficacy in the SIWES course. It examines the interdependence of these notions and the curriculum's various challenges and opportunities. By addressing these important issues, study adds to existing knowledge and lays the groundwork for future research.

Perceptions of strategies for revitalizing industrial work experience scheme toward vocational and business education graduates’ employability in public universities, Nigeria

This paper investigated educators and students’ of vocational and business education students’ perceptions of strategies for revitalizing industrial work experience scheme in public universities in Edo State. Four research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study utilized the descriptive survey. A sample of 66 vocational and business educators and 178 students making a total 242. The study used stratified random sampling technique. The instrument was a 4-point scale. It was rated Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree and Strongly Disagree and assigned weights of 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively. Two experts in Vocational Education validated the instrument. Reliability was done with test-retest method. 20 copies of the instrument were administered on 20 business education students who are in the population but not in the sample. The first and second administrations of the instrument were done in an interval of one week interval. Analyses of the data was done with PPMC (Pearson Product Moment Correlation) Coefficient and the reliability coefficient of the instrument yielded α = .78. Data for the study was analyzed with percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test. Findings revealed that vocational educators and students agreed that all the institution based strategies such as train the institution based supervisors on the goals of ITF, identify placement opportunities for student’s attachment and plan practical contents and real life learning experience among others are necessary for effective revitalization of SIWES.

Contributions of Students’ Exposure to Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) Towards Students’ Entrepreneurial Interest in Oyo State

Involvement in entrepreneurial activities is a major factor in curbing unemployment among the youths in Nigeria, yet not so many youths are involved in business for so many reasons ranging from lack of fund, inconsistency in government policy, economic background of the youth among others. This study examines the effect of students’ industrial work experience scheme on entrepreneurial interest of NCE students at Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo. The specific objectives of the study were to assess the various skills acquired by students during industrial training, identify the level of exposure of students to the industrial training programme

Relevance of Savitribai Phule’s Ideas in OTME-industry Partnership for Female Students Empowerment in Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State

The study was poised to the relevance of Savitribai Phule’s ideas in OTME-industry partnership for female students’ empowerment in Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Yaba, Lagos state. Savitribai Phule’s ideas create human awareness to deal with societal problems and bring equality with social change in the face of a society that exhibits submissive behavior, lack of social awareness, inhuman approach towards casteism, untouched ability, child exploitation, corruption and issues about reservation policies, religious discrepancy and power imbalance leading to social discrimination. Academic activities of Office Technology and Management Education (OTME) are not confined in the classrooms in the college, however, close cooperation between the department of OTME and various organisations in order to establish strong partnership towards the achievement of economic development, especially in light of the rapid pace of changes in the individual’s environment; including technological development, speedy services and openness to foreign markets that help them adapt to their environment and contribute to the settlement of their problems and their societies. The study found out that, one of the Savitribai Phule’s ideas was that an industrial department should be attached to the schools where children could learn useful trades and crafts and be able to manage their lives comfortably and independently. This suggests regular industrial training alongside with academic work which the college term Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (S.I.W.E.S) which is run in partnership with cooperating organizations. However, with the Savitribai’s idea, female students should be mentored and monitored during and after S.I.W.E.S to ensure that, they become self-reliant even after graduation from the college and as such become employers of labour. The study recommended that microfinance banks and other financial institutions charged with the responsibility of funding small businesses should be encouraged to work in partnership to fund OTME female graduates with good and viable business ideas so as to create more jobs in society.

Machine Learning for Predicting Students’ Employability

Graduates' employability becomes one of the performance indicators for higher educational institutions (HEIs) because the number of graduates produced every year from higher educational institutions continues to grow and as competition to secure good jobs increases, it is significant for HEIs to understand the employability of graduates upon graduation and highlight the reasons. To predict students' employability before graduation, machine learning models were employed. These include logistic regression; decision tree, random forest, and an unsupervised clustering (K-Means) algorithm. This research, therefore, aims to predict the full-time employability of undergraduate students based on academic and experience employability attributes – including cumulative grade point average (CGPA), student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES), co-curricular activities, gender, and union groupings before graduation. Primary datasets of 218 graduate students in the last four academic calendar years (2016 – 2021) from the Computer Science Department of Federal University Dutse were rated. The results demonstrate that Random Forest Classifier predict students employability the best with an accuracy of 98% and f1-score of 0.99 compare to logistic regression and decision tree. Furthermore, using more students’ data with more attributes including academics and extracurricular activities can improve the models performance and predict students’ employability.

A Technical Report of Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) on Oracle Business Conglomerate Feeds Proximate Analysis Lab

Abstract: This report is an overview of the basic knowledge and skills acquired during the SIWES programme at Oracle Business Conglomerate, Makurdi, Nigeria. The experience was quite enhancing as this will highlight the departments attended with their respective activities. The content in this Technical Report includes the introduction of Oracle Business Conglomerate Makurdi (OBCM) brief history, departments in the company and their functions. The training was basically at the department of Quality Assurance (Proximate Analysis Lab) where the knowledge acquired included how to perform analysis of elements in samples such as determination of moisture content, ash content, crude fibre content, lipid content, crude protein and determination of Nitrogen-free extract (Carbohydrate). Initiation of this imparting scheme by the federal government was extremely beneficial as it served as enlightenment into what the labor market is. And as well, the acquiring of basic scientific skills and practices of handling sophisticated industrial and laboratory equipment. The experience was not without challenges; however, it was a great success. Keywords: Proximate Analysis: SIWES: Feed Samples: Crude Protein: Industrial Scheme; Nigeria.

Promoting Partnership between Universities and Industries in Business Education Programme

This study aims to evaluate the collaboration between academic institutions and corporate sectors in advancing business education programs. The researcher came to the conclusion that universities and businesses should collaborate in areas like curriculum development, student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) improvement of practical training, knowledge transfer, financial support for universities’ development projects, scholarships, and career guidance initiatives among others to improve graduate skills and ensure a seamless transition between the academic and business environments. Regarding collaboration, advantages, methods for enhancing partnership, and obstacles facing universities and companies in promoting business education programs, there was no discernible difference in the mean evaluations of respondents from industries and universities. The research fervently advocated, among other things, that the government create and put into effect strong laws to promote collaborations between academia and industry. Universities must demonstrate a strong commitment to investing time and money in knowledge transfer to industries, and the government should provide universities with enough funding for Research and Development to forge a strong connection with industries. The Association of Business Education of Nigeria (ABEN) should organize seminars, workshops, and conferences for businesses and business educators on the advantages of partnership.

SIWES: How successful is the marriage of Town and Gown. A Commentary

Most Nigerian university graduates, especially, those in the natural sciences do not have the required competencies in the handling of equipment and machinery. This is not so because students have not been taught the theory of their chosen discipline but more so as a result of non-availability of such equipment and machineries in a majority of the country institutions of higher learning. The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) as an instrument of intervention to stemming the tide of this technical incompetence among university graduates in the country is government response. Siwes therefore, at inception was a marriage of Town & Gown designed to bridge the knowledge gap between classroom theorizing and the actual industry or practical work situations; and, over time, the scheme enjoyed tremendous patronage as an identifiable method of a government structured collective action directed at a public problem. How successful this marriage of Town and Gown has been is at the heart of this commentary and two forcefully differing macro-economic views provide the stimulus for scrutinizing Siwes as a government instrument of intervention. Thus this is an attempt at policy review of the Siwes scheme; a sort of inquiry as to how successful the marriage had been and its recorded successes if any or better still, to ascertain if the scheme is simply, another successful failure in public policy. The paper applies the set based theory of comparative analysis on the one hand and on the other, the critical discourse analysis approach as a methodology arguing that, if government intervention is justified, as in capital outlay being commensurate to desired expectations, then let the Keynesians have it. Otherwise, the Friedman theory that policies are better judged by the results they produce rather than their intensions hold; concluding that, there is the need to acknowledge Phelps need for change and think the scheme anew or stop this grand wastage called SIWES.

Assessment Of Entrepreneurship Education As A Tool For Self-Reliance In Colleges Of Education In Adamawa State, Nigeria

The study assessed entrepreneurship education as a tool for self-reliance in Colleges of Education in Adamawa state, Nigeria. It specifically determined the extent to which entrepreneurship education promote educational development, adequacy of resources and identified the constraints facing teaching and learning of entrepreneurship education. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to sample the respondents in the college of education, where a sampled 106 was drawn. The data obtained were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, rating and lickrt scale. The results revealed that entrepreneurship education encourages students to join businesses (mean score =.62), promotes economic development (mean score =.58) and self-reliance (mean score =4.55). it further revealed that there were inadequate staff (mean score =1.23) teaching environment (mean score =1.19) and materials for learning were inadequate (mean score =1.24). the major constraints facing teaching and learning of entrepreneurship education were inadequate materials for learning (mean score =2.82), skilled personals (mean score =2.78) poor remunerative to staff concern (mean score =2.67) and poor funding (mean score =2.63) it was concluded that education focuses on the overall development of students and the entrepreneurial curriculum system lays the foundation for the overall improvement of students and the entrepreneurial ability. The study recommended both governmental and non-governmental organizations should provide support to the institutions through the provision of funds, facilities and equipment and internship /houseman ship after graduation in entrepreneurship course as students’ industrial work experience scheme programme for all students should be made

Development of an Electronic Secure Students’ Industrial Works Experience Scheme Placement System

This research developed a secured student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) placement system to take care of the security challenges of the existing automated systems. There are attempts by researchers to ameliorate the challenges associated with the scheme by developing various systems. However, the developed systems are subjected to security vulnerabilities. This research, in an attempt to avert the security challenges associated with the existing automated systems, designed a new scheme which includes security architectures in the kernel and application layers. This new system was able to achieve two important tasks; first, the system automation and second, the inclusion of security architectures to cubs the application’s vulnerabilities. The present process involves students manually seeking placement to undergo the program, and due to this, students end up applying at organizations that are not relevant to what they are studying. Despite the fact there are no much existing systems that digitally caters for this component of the scheme, the available existing systems are subjected to security vulnerability. Therefore, leveraging on secure web application technologies using Unified Modelling Languages for design, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP for its implementation and user privilege and password hash to ensure its security, this project developed a secure solution to this pertinent challenge. The system is tested using unit testing component of each design, integration testing and general system testing. The implementation shows the system works according to the design, by ensuring all units of the development perform necessary functions of data storage, data retrieval, error alerting, and interface/server appropriate communication. In addition, the security architecture, design and implementation of the system’s design are better than the existing ones.

Perceptions of the roles and impact of clinical pharmacists by students in health-related disciplines in a Nigerian university

Background: The expanded responsibilities of pharmacists have created friction with other health professionals. This study sought to assess the perceptions of the roles and impact of clinical pharmacists by students in health-related disciplines in a Nigerian university. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey of fifinal year students in eight health-related disciplines in the University of Nigeria Nsukka. Data were collected with a 37-item structured self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using the IBM SPSS Version 25. Pearson's Chi-Square tested the association between variables while multiple linear regression determined the predictors. Statistical signifificance was set as P< 0.05. Results: Of the 790 eligible students, 463 participated. Three-fififths of the respondents had previously done Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES)/Industrial Training (IT) in a hospital (n = 283, 61.1%). More than half of the respondents agreed that clinical pharmacists should participate in ward rounds (n = 326, 70.4%). Less than half of them (n = 184, 39.7%) agreed that clinical pharmacists should manage patients with chronic diseases. Majority of the students (n = 451, 97.4%) agreed that clinical pharmacists are necessary to the healthcare system. Overall, less than half of the respondents had a positive perception of the roles (n = 200, 43.2%) and impact (n = 195, 42.1%) of clinical pharmacists. Being in a department other than pharmacy signifificantly predicted a decrease in the positive perception of the roles (B = -4.187, P < 0.001) and impact (B = -0.826, P < 0.001) of clinical pharmacists. Having a pharmacist as an immediate family member increased the positive perception of the roles of clinical pharmacists (B = 0.889, P= 0.005). Undergoing SIWES/ITin a hospital (B = 0.598, P < 0.001) signifificantly predicted an increase in the positive perception of the impact of clinical pharmacists. Conclusion: Less than half of the respondents had a positive perception of the roles/impact of clinical pharmacists. Interprofessional education should be encouraged.

Electrical Measurement and Control Skills for Manpower Development in Nigeria

The study was conducted to ascertain the electrical measurement and control skills needed for manpower development in Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used in the study whose sample is composed of 82 subjects (24 electrical graduates and 58 supervisors). One research question guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire by the researchers titled ‘Electrical Measurement and Control Skills for Development Questionnaire (EMCSDQ)’. EMCSDQ was designed on a 5-point Likert Scale. Three experts validated the instrument whose reliability was ascertained via Cronbach’s Alpha which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.83. A total of 89 copies of the questionnaire were administered to the respondents by the researchers and one other research assistant. From the total questionnaire distributed, only 82 (representing 92.1%) was recovered and used for data analysis. Mean was used to answer the research question and standard deviation was used determine the closeness and homogeneity in the responses of the respondents. The finding of the study revealed that electrical measurement and control skills of instrument calibration, system servicing, troubleshooting and maintenance, electronic system simulation among others are needed for manpower development. Consequently, it was recommended among others that the government and polytechnic administrators should ensure adequate provision of training facilities in polytechnics workshops and laboratories; effective students industrial work experience scheme (SIWES); engage experienced lecturers and instructors in polytechnics for quality manpower development of graduates.

Effect of Practical Mentoring on Students’ Academic Development: A Case Study of Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme in Nigeria

This study sets to examine the influence of students’ industrial training on their academic performance. Thus, the surveys of sixty students of National Diploma Program in Department of Architectural Technology, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State in Nigeria, were conducted to investigate possible effects of their acquired industrial training on their academic performance. The findings show that students’ mentoring via industrial training developed students’ understanding of their chosen profession and improve their knowledge in carrying out the practical aspect of their work.

Delivery and Challenges of Vocational Teacher Education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

The paper is meant to examine delivery and challenges of Vocational Teacher Education programme of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. The popularity of ABU goes beyond Nigeria and West Africa. It is among the three first generation universities in Nigeria. It has a Faculty of Education which is generally concerned with teacher education in the university. Under it, there is a section that is primarily concerned with Vocational Teacher Education in the university. For better understanding of the nature of the study the paper conceptualizes the major concepts in the study which include; concepts of vocational education and vocational teacher education. It was observed that, the vocational teacher education in the university follows some strategies in the process of delivery these include; theoretical aspects of the training which is done through various courses offered in the departments and general education, this use to be accompanied by Teaching Practice (TP), Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES), Industrial Attachment, Field Trip and Practical. The vocational teacher education is run by two departments viz; Business Studies, Vocational and Technical Education and Home Economics. The Programme in the university is faced with some challenges which include; problem of funding, learning facilities, shortage of qualified vocational education lecturers, poor public perception and apathy, low information and technology compliance curriculum. It is therefore suggested that, Ahmadu Bello University should supply adequate resources to the technical and vocational education unit of the university. alongside with a budgetary allocation to the sector in order to cater for its recurrent expenditure in the training processes. The curriculum taught in other vocational education sector should be reviewed to meet the demands of the labour market as done by the Home Economics unit and be able to incorporate computer competence.

University internship systems and preparation of young people for world of work in the 4th industrial revolution

Purpose As the 4th industrial revolution (4IR) unfolds, there is an increasing awareness that its implications for workforce transformation and shifts in workforce demand will profoundly impact the future of work. Specifically, the paper seeks to answer the following research questions: i) how does Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) equip young people for the real world of work, especially in the era of the third industrial revolution?; ii) does SIWES support the exposure of young people to the world of digitalization?; and iii) what are the effects of the SIWES exposure on the employability of young people? This paper aims to evaluate the University Internship system and preparation of young people for the world of work in the 4th industrial revolution. Design/methodology/approach This paper used a mixed method to unravel the objectives of this study, that is, quantitative and qualitative methods. For the former, structured questionnaires were used to elicit a response from 249 young people drawn from tertiary institutions across Lagos State, Nigeria. The latter used an in-depth interview method conducted among 45 respondents (25 employers of labor and 20 lecturers). Findings The findings reveal that: SIWES contributes meaningfully to the advancement of knowledge and capacity building among young people; SIWES exposes young people to the world of digitalization, depending on the organization where the internship takes place; and SIWES pays little attention to financial rewards and more attention to the acquisition of skills that are relevant to the world of work. The practical and policy implications of the findings are critically discussed. Originality/value This paper critically evaluates the SIWES policy amidst the growing threats of widening skills gap, greater inequality and broader polarization.

Effect of industrial work experience in developing Technical and Vocational Education undergraduates’ employability skills

This study aims to assess the effect of industrial work experience in developing employability skills among technical and vocational education undergraduates in Nigerian universities. Data were collected from 119 undergraduates of technical and vocational education (TVE) with a pre-and post-survey instrument. When compared with a paired sample t-test, the result showed that the employability skills possess by TVE undergraduates before and after exposure to industrial work experience significantly differ. When compared with the independent sample t-test, the result showed that the employability skills possess between male and female TVE undergraduates before exposure to industrial work experience does not significantly differ. When also compared with independent sample t-test, the result showed that the employability skills possess between male and female TVE undergraduates after exposure to industrial work experience significantly differ. This study has contributed to the existing literature concerning the effect of industrial work experience in developing employability skills among technical and vocational education undergraduates. This unique contribution would provide a better insights or understanding on how industrial work experience scheme help in developing employability skills among technical and vocational education undergraduates.

ANALYSIS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS AND JOB PREFERENCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURE: EVIDENCE FROM FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

Against the backdrop of the challenges bedevilling the African youths, including limited job opportunities, skills limitations and mismatch, the study used agriculture students of the Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, Nigeria to unearth the entrepreneurial skills acquired by students; assess Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) and ascertain their job preferences. The study deployed mixed analytical tools comprising descriptive analyses, Likert perception procedure and Probit model. The study established that only 4.3% of the students attended technical schools, 42.1% chose agriculture as first choice, 95.0% never attended career sessions on entrepreneurship and agribusiness, 68.9% had previous work experiences, 14.8% were previously involved in agro-based endeavours, 90.9% liked agriculture as a profession and only 49.3% affirmed that they acquired agro-based skills after SIWES. Based on Likert weighted means of 4.26, 4.49 and 3.87, the students perceived SIWES as useful, relevant and adequate, respectively; and 86.6% preferred agro-based jobs. The key challenges to effective acquisition of skills during the SIWES year were difficulties in securing placement and inadequate funding. The study concluded that the type of schools attended and perception of relevance of curriculum were drivers of agro-based job preference. The study recommended regular sensitization at the pre-tertiary education levels on the opportunities that abound in the agriculture profession; formation of agro-based entrepreneurship networks and partnership with established entrepreneurship outfits with innovative and sustainable approaches; regular conduct of skill gap analysis to provide direction to relevant and trending 21st Century skills-set, and building capacity for feasible agribusiness plans and feasibility studies.

Digital Collaborative Framework for Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme and Sustainability in Federal Polytechnic Offa, Nigeria

Graduate training is one of the core courses offered in all polytechnics systems in Nigeria, each polytechnic gives orientation programmes and deploys students for industrial training once a year. These processes of pen on paper method throw serious challenges because of time authorization and time frame. Placement of undergraduate students looking for relevant Industrial Training (IT) attachment is becoming worrisome. This research tends to provide a web based solution called Digital Collaborative Framework (DCF) for Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) and sustainability in Federal Polytechnic Offa, Nigeria. This is to bridge the gap between educational institutions and the industries subject to training and re-training perspectives. The stakeholders can easily turn DCF into e-administrative tools, then allow students to get industrial placement relevant to their field of studies. The research proposed to develop a productive web application using Codeigniter Php framework. This research will serve as a cloud database to students, staff and other stakeholders and create access to examine, monitor and measure students’ performance at the end of the (SIWES) scheme.

ATTITUDES OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TOWARDS (SIWES) PROGRAMME AT KOGI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) BABBA

This research work investigated the attitude of students towards Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) using the descriptive survey research design. The research was conducted among undergraduates students of the Kogi State College of Education (Technical), Kabba, 40 students were randomly sampled from the school of Vocational and school Technical education. The instrument was the questionnaire in likert type response format; Strongly Agree (5), A =Agree (4), U= Undecided (3), DA= Disagree (2), and SD =Strongly Disagree (1). the research questions were analyzed using the mean rating, and the findings are that: School equipment were not found replicating those in the industries, the schools lack adequate infrastructures that discouraged students further in showing concern for industry’s based training, Knowledge of I.T was found to be valuable in giving students an idea of industrial management and SIWES enhance student’s ability to tackle technical problems. It was observed that student attitude toward SIWES has improved over time, regardless of challenges on ground. It was however recommended that ITF should ensure regular visitation of the IT officers to supervisors, agencies, institution, employers and students on attachment. Also, checking of log –book issued to students at place of attachment by institutions is recommended so that the average vocational students can develop a good sense of work commitment.