SIWES

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) was introduced by the federal government of Nigeria to bridge the gap between theory and practice among products of our tertiary institutions. The scheme was first initiated and funded by the industrial training fund (ITF) during the formative years 1973/1974.

As a result of increasing number of student enrolment in higher institutions of learning, the administration of this function of funding the scheme became enormous, hence ITF withdrew from the scheme in 1978 and the scheme was taken over by the Federal Government in 1979 and handed to both the National University Commission (NUC) and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). By 1979, the Colleges of Education were not part of the scheme and later in 1984, the Federal Government reverted back to the Industrial Training Fund which took over the scheme officially in 1985 with funding provided by the Federal Government. In theory, we are to read novels, books, but in practical we have to know how to do things by ourselves practically. That is why crop science department has seen it as a step forward of progress by sending their students to embark on it.