Institution

The Institutions

The institutions are to:

Establish SIWES Directorate with a separate account, adequately staffed and funded to ensure the effective operation of the scheme.  The unit must meet the following minimum requirements:

          A.      MINIMUM PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS

1. For a full-time Head/Director of SIWES, rank should not be less than that of a Reader in a related discipline
2. An Administrative Office (to assist the Head)
3. At least 4 full-time Industrial Coordinators to operate the scheme at the Institutional level
4. A Secretary/Typist/Data Entry Clerk
5. A Driver
6. A Clerk

          B.      MINIMUM MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Adequate office space and well-furnished
2. A personal computer
3. A photocopying machine
4. A separate SIWES account
5. A functional car

          C.      The Institutions will also do the following:

1. Appoint SIWES Coordinator in Schools;
2. Prepare and submit Master and Placement lists to the respective coordinating agency and ITF
3. Place students on attachment with employers;
4. Organise orientation programmes for students to prepare them for industrial training;
5. Supervise students on attachments and sign their logbooks.  A minimum of three visits should be made to the
6. students by the institution’s supervisors during the period of attachment;
7. Work out the industrial tailor-made programme with the employers-based supervisor on the National Training Guidelines for each course;
8. Submit completed ITF Form 8 to the ITF;
9. Submit comprehensive reports on the scheme to the ITF after the programme.

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                THE EMPLOYERS/INDUSTRY

1. Accept students and assign them to relevant on-the-job training;
2. Provide tailor-made training programmes for the students;
3. Attach experienced staff to students for effective training and supervision on a ratio of 1:10 (staff: students);
4. Control and discipline students like permanent staff;
5. Provide medical care for students within the limit of employers’ conditions of service;
6. Permit representatives of ITF and Institution based supervisors to visit the students on attachment and
7. Grade students in the assessment Form and the ITF Form.

                THE STUDENTS

1. To attend the institution’s SIWES orientation programme before going on industrial attachment;
2. Comply with the employer’s rules and regulations;
3. Keep proper records of training activities and other assignments in the logbook;
4. Arrange their accommodation during the period of attachment;
5. Submit Log Books, Reports and other documents related to SIWES as required by their institution at the end of the training period;
6. Submit to ITF through their institution, the Evaluation Form (ITF Form 8) completed by the students the employer and the institution;
7. Avoid changing of place of attachment except in special circumstances and with the permission of your Centre Director and the SIWES Directorate.

                DURATION OF ATTACHMENT FOR SITES FUNDING

The minimum duration for SIWESS should normally be 24 weeks (6 months) at a stretch. The period is longer for engineering and technology programmes.  The ITF will not pay for any attachment period that is less than 24 weeks.
In most institutions, SIWES is done at the end of the 2nd semester examination of either 300, 400 or 500 level.  The time and duration will have to be worked out jointly by each school the directorate and the ITF.

          8.       COMPULSORY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION

1. Master List
2. Placement List
3. Summary Sheet

          9.       ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES

All students accepted for SIWESS must be given an orientation on SIWES by their institutions during which ITF staff must be in attendance

          10.     SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS

Students on attachment are to be supervised by the professional ITF staff and the institution’s supervisors (comprising staff of Schools and the Directorate).

          11.     ALLOWANCES

The current students and Institutional supervisory allowances approved by the Federal Government are as follows:

Students –    N2,500.00 per student per month
Institution Supervisory     – N250.00 per student per month. Only students who participate in the programme for six months at a stretch are now eligible for payment. A few of the employers pay some salary and allowance to students during attachment.

WRITING OF SIWES LOGBOOK REPORT

1.       INTRODUCTION

The report of the Industrial Training/Siwes is an essential part of the programme.  The programme is, therefore, not deemed to have been passed through by the student, by the School Board of Studies and the University of Senate until a satisfactory report has been written.  The guidelines for writing the reports are therefore set out below and the student should write the report stressing what he/she did during his/her attachment.

2.       RECOMMENDED OUTLINE FOR WRITING REPORT

The plan of the report is the student’s responsibility.  To streamline all reports, the following outline is to be followed by every student.
2.1     Title
2.2     Name of Student (Surname first)
2.2.1  Matriculation Number
2.2.2  Course and Year (e.g. Bus. Edu. 3)
2.3     Location & Firm of Training
2.4     Summary or Abstracts of the report (about ¾ – 1 page) It should contain all the essentials inside the report)
2.5     Acknowledgement

2.5.1  Introduction

Here, the student should state what he/she is going to write about.  He should briefly outline the organisational structure of the company.

2.6     Main Body of the Report

This is the most important part of the report and the student must show own innovations.  The plan and order sequence should include mainly:
a.       The skills and practices the student required
b.       The operation and maintenance training received
c.       The specific work done must be given adequate coverage
d.       Any design, calculations, and analysis must be carefully, but briefly recorded.
e.       Supervision and any leadership role played in a given project or assignment (if any) must be briefly reported to leave no one in doubt as to the student’s actual involvement.
f.        Sketches, diagrams, graphs and drawings (if any) must all have titles and be designated as Fig. 1, 2 etc. and each must be referred to at least once in the report.
g.       Experimental tests, together with the tables of results must also be given adequate coverage.  Each table should be given a title in a sequential order as Table 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc. with related titles, and must be referred to at least once in the text.

2.7     Conclusion

Here, the student should state again what he has achieved, contributed and learned during this attachment.

2.8     Acknowledgements 

All those who have in any way helped the student to the success of his training may be noted in this section.

2.9     References

A list of references may be necessary. It should be listed in the order the references are referred to in the report and also listed alphabetically.

2.10   Appendices (if any)

A detailed description of the working principles of most apparatus, equipment or devices may be reserved for the appendix section.  Only in exceptional cases when the apparatus is the main focus of training should a detailed description form part of the main report.