EVALUATION OF STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME IN KWARA STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Abstract

This study was to evaluate Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme in Kwara State Technical Colleges. Three research questions and two hypotheses were drafted to guide the study in which survey research design was used. The study comprised a total population of 120, which is made up of 110 technical vocation education and training teachers in Kwara State; together with 10 industrial supervisors from BUA Sugar Company in Lafiagi, Kwara State for the Study. A 25-item questionnaire was used for the data collection. The instrument was a 5-point Likert scale. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was found to be 0.81. The findings of the study showed that TVET graduates of technical colleges in Kwara State use all the available equipment and facilities. A descriptive survey was used for the study and data was collected from all the four technical colleges in Kwara State. The study identifies some factors responsible for the dysfunction of SIWES in Nigeria. These include poor quality of education in the areas of equipment and available facilities, short-duration apportioned to the programme in the school curriculum as well as unfavourable environmental factors. The study, therefore, recommended among others that, administrators of VTE should make sure that students are placed in their areas of study within the industry for training.