A TECHNICAL REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES)

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 INTRODUCTION

The word SIWES can be defined as a body of a person (student) interest in a particular subject which is connect with the people and the activities involving in producing a particular thing in industry involving in hard physical works rather than office work, in order to gain knowledge and skill through the job under gone for a period to time (experience) under a system for the organization thinks (scheme) SIWES student industrial work experience scheme was established by I.T.F IN 1974  to solve the problem  of lack of adequate practice skill preparatory from employment in industries by Nigeria graduate of tertiary institution the scheme exposes the student to industry based skill necessary for smooth transistor from classroom to the world of work . it afford student of tertiary institution the opportunity of being familiarization and exposed to the needed experience in handling the machinery and equipment which are usually not available in this educational institution.

The Industrial Training Fund ( I.T.F) was set up under the act no 47 of 1971 ( as amended up to date) to promote and encourage the acquisition of skill in industries and commerce with a view to generating a pool indigenous trained manpower sufficient to meet the need of economy.

Participation in SIWES has become a mandatory precondition for the award of national diploma and degree certificate in specific discipline in most institution of higher learning in the country in accordance with the education policy of govern meant operation the i.t.f coordinating agencies (NICC, NCCE, AND NBTE) employer of labour and the institution.

• Funding: The federal government of Nigeria efficiencies undergraduate student of the following. Agriculture, Engineering, Technology, Environment science, Pure and Applied science.

• Duration: Four month for polytechnic, college of education and the entire engineering course in the university. Six month for engineering student of university.