about SIWES in KSUSTA

After the colonial era there was urgent need for industrialization and economic growth but, the major concern among industrialists was that, graduates of institutions of higher learning lacked adequate practical background studies preparatory for employment in industries. Thus, employers were of the opinion that the theoretical education in higher institutions wasn’t responsive to the needs of the employers of labour and consequently, Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES), also known as Industrial Training was introduced. The SIWES is a Skills Training Programme designed to expose and prepare students of Nigerian tertiary institution for the industrial work situation they’re likely to meet after graduation. The scheme also affords students the opportunity of familiarizing and exposing themselves to the needed experience in handling equipment and machinery that are usually not available in their institution. According to the National Universities Commission (NUC), SIWES is the accepted skills training programme which forms part of the approved Minimum Academic Standards in various degree programmes for all Nigerian Universities. Hence, for our university (Kebbi state university of science and technology, Aliero) to fully comply with this standard and directive in various degree programmes, the SIWES Unit was established in 2009 to properly coordinate, manage and control student industrial training programmes (student industrial work experience schemes) of the whole University.