ABSTRACT
The topic of this study is relevance of industrial training
in preparing business education students for office occupation
The purpose of this study is to find out the relevance of
industrial training in preparing Business Education students for office occupation
in Ikwo college of Education Ikwo
Local Government Area of Ebonyi state . The population of study was 50 final
year students. Through random sample techniques 50 student were sampled for the
study. The design of the study is descriptive survey. The area of the study,
the study covers Ikow metropolis, Ikow north local government area of Ebonyi
State. Questionnaire was used for data
collection .The researcher obtained the following, industrial work experience
scheme is very important for students of Technical and Business Education. Industrial training will enhance them to
acquire much experience especially on the practical work .Base on the finding
the following recommendation were made. Students should be deployed in the area
that relate to their area of study, proper supervision by industry base and
lectures in the department is very important.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title
Page
Approval
Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Table of
Content
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background
of the Study
Statement
of the Problem
Purpose of
the Study
Significance
of the Study
Research
Questions
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Conceptual
Framework
Theoretical
Framework
Empirical
Studies
Summary of
Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODS
Research
Design
Area of
the Study
Population
of the Study
Sample
Techniques and Size
Instrument
for data collection
Validation
of Instrument
Method of
Data Collection
Method
of Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS
Presentation
f data
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
Discussion
of Findings
Implication
of the Study
Conclusion
Recommendations
Limitations
of the Study
Suggestion
for further Study
Summary of
Findings
References
Appendices
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background
of the Study
Students
Industrial Work Experience (SIWES) is a skill development programme designed to
prepare students of Nigeria tertiary institutions for transition from the
college environment to work environment ( Akerejola 2008) stated thatSIWES is also an
effect to bridge the existing gap between theory and practical and expose
students to necessary skills for smooth
from classroom the world of work . (Nse 2012).
SIWES is also an effort to bridge the existing gap between
theory and practice and expose students to necessary skills for smooth
transition from classroom to the world. It enable students acquire technical
skills and experience for professional development in their study. Before the
inception of the scheme there was a growing concern among Nigerian industrialist
that graduate from the institution of higher learning lacked adequate practical
experience necessary for employment.
Furthermore,
the schemes expose the students to work methods and prepare them in
safeguarding the work area and other workers in the industry. A centre focus of
the scheme is to enlist and strengthen employer’s involvement in the
educational process of preparing students for the world of work. The scheme is
therefore aimed at exposing students to fill the gap which exist between theory
and practical. The relevance of student
work programme on skill development, which in turn, impacts directly on
national development objectives.
The
students industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) is a planned and supervised
training intervention based on state and specific learning andobjective and
geared towards developing the occupation competencies of the participants. It is a programme required to be undertake by all students of Tertiary Institutions Nigeria
pursing courses in specialized engineering,Technical Business Education, Pure
and Applied Science and Applied artsITF (2004).
The
student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a programme designed to
expose and prepare students in the institutions of higher learning for the industry work
situation ,the scheme affords students the opportunity of handling machinery and equipment which are usually not
available in the Educational Institutions. (SIWES) was introduced by Ministry
of Commerce and Industry Training Fund (ITF) in Nigeria in the year (1973)
about 41 years ago. It was then limited to students of technology. Currently,students
of many other disciplines participate in industrial training including business
education students. Business Education is an aspect of vocational study that
prepares the students for both teaching and office occupation .The students of
Business Education also go for I. T. to acquire skills that will equip them for
office occupation.
Hassan (2012) opined that if Vocational
Technical Education is to be meaningful and successful in Nigeria, then
relationships are needed between public and private sectors to partner
effectively with Vocational Technical Education and skill acquisition programme.
SIWES
is very important programme which the students are expected to benefit from, if
it will be implemented. Unfortunately it has been observed by many researchers
including Obasi (2015) there some set back to the achievement of the goals ofSIWES.
This explains the reason for this research work. The research intended to
determine the relevance of SIWES to students, society and employer.
Aims
and objectives of Business Education:
Business
Education has two main objectives to educate for business and about business.
It is generally believed that business education in the first place should
prepare students for entry level employment in the business. It is concerned
with the area of knowledge and competencies needed by everyone the knowledge,
skills, abilities, understanding and attitudes that enable students to become
worthy human beings and effective members of the business community.
Occupation
:
may be refer to a person’s job , his or her role in society , often a regular
activity performed for payment.
Office
:an
office is generally a room or other area where
administrative work is done by an
organization’s users in order to support
and realize objectives and goals of the
organization.
Statement
of the problem
students
on their own part have discovered that what most of the supervisors are after
is how you can defend your SIWES report
rather than how to make use of the scheme and maximize their abilities,
knowledge and skills in regards to their profession.
Not all students sent on SIWES arepaid, some
are even asked to pay money to be accepted to do their Industrial Training
programme.
If the aims of SIWES are not achieved
students will end up knowing the theoretical aspect of what they study, and have
little or idea about the practical aspect of it. Thereby cannot gain employment
or provide employment for the society. So
the aim of this study is to expose students to have knowledge of the
theoretical aspect of what they study and also have the knowledge of practical
aspect of what they study.
Purpose of the study
The
main purpose of this study is toInvestigate the relevance of the Students
Industrial Work Experience scheme (SIWES) to the Business Education students
specifically.
The
specific purpose includes the following:
·
To ascertained the responsibilities of the
employer to the students.
·
To determine the hindrances to effective
participation of the students in industrial training programme.
Significance of the study
The
study will be beneficial to a number of
groups and individuals. The study will provide business education students,
employer of labour, administration, policy maker and researchers with relevant
baseline data. The study will provide
vocational students an avenue to appreciate the integration of theoretical and
practical component that will prepare these students for the real world and
provide them basic job skills to functions in the labour market.
In addition the studywill create awareness to administrator
on how to improve the quality of the programme and build a current facilities
and services offer to students such as business education laboratory, library
resource and other facilities.
Moreover, the study will provide encouragement for government
to give adequate support to the business education programme in Tertiary Institutions
in term of finance and monitoring for effective realization of Business Education
programme objectives.
Parents and guardians will also discover from
the findings or the research, the problems facing the students.
Finally,
future researchers on similar and other related fields will find it handy as a
reference material to assist them in their research endeavors
Scope
of the study
The
study covered the final year business
education students of Ikwo College of Education, Ebonyi State (NCE) students who
just completed their SIWES programme, skill and attitude development and
improvement on the students however been exposed to the SIWES programme.
Research
question
The following research question has been
drafted out to guide the researcher carry out a fruitful research thus:
1. What
are the relevance of Industrial Training programme?
2
What are the responsibilities of employer to students during the
industrial training programme?
3 What
are the problems faced by students during the Industrial Training programme?
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