ATTITUDINAL FACTORS TOWARDS STUDENTS’ INDUSTRIAL WORKS EXPERIENCE SCHEME: A CLARION CALL FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

BY

S. A. Buhari, Garuba Ismaila Ayinde, Idris Abubakar Alhaji, and Abdullahi Musa

Abstract

Attitude is a mindset or a tendency to act in a particular way due to both an individual experience and temperament. Students Industrial Works Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a program designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice in such disciplines as engineering technology and allied disciplines in higher institutions of learning such as agricultural science. In view of the recent government effort to inculcate entrepreneurial culture among students, it is relevant to ascertain whether in the near future the goal of curbing unemployment among graduates is achievable or not given the attitude agric students have towards SIWES. The major purpose of the study is to find out, the attitudes of Agric education students in College of Education technical Lafiagi towards SIWES. Specifically, the researchers intend to find out the attitude of students towards SIWES on the basis of gender. A sample of students from vocational school particularly agric department was considered. A researcher-designed questionnaire was the only instrument used for data collection and the statistical tools, used in analyzing the data were frequency, percentages, mean score and t-test. The analyses revealed the attitude of students in Agric education department towards SIWES program in the college to include: being present in the place of exercise always among others. The hypothesis formulated was tested and accepted. It was however recommended among others that students on SIWES program should be motivated to encourage and ensure the realization of the objective of the program.

Keywords: SIWES, Attitude, Agric Science, Experience

ATTITUDINAL FACTORS TOWARDS STUDENTS’ INDUSTRIAL WORKS EXPERIENCE SCHEME: ...