STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON RELEVANCE OF STUDENTS’ INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF VOCATIONAL HOME ECONOMICS STUDENTS

Abstract

The study focused on student’s perception of the relevance of Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) to Vocational Home Economic student’s capacity building.  The study adopted the survey design and was guided by five research questions.  The entire population was 120 students from four tertiary institutions. Entire population was used the study because of the size.  A 25-item structured questionnaire with four options scale of Strongly Agreed, Agreed, Disagreed and Strongly Disagreed was used for data collection.  Data were analysed using means.  The study found out that SIWES is beneficial to Vocational Home Economics Students SIWES collaboration with vocational education enhances skill acquisition and knowledge development for capacity building.  However, the study also revealed some problems.  Based on the findings the study recommended among others that SIWES duration should be extended to one year for all progammes as against six months.  All establishments should be made to pay some allowances to the students during SIWES to encourage them to stay for the length of time needed to train them for capacity building.