SIWES Holds Orientation For FUNAAB Students

The Students’ Industrial Working Experience Scheme
(SIWES) of the University has organised series of
orientation programmes for students, on their
expectations and obligations to the Scheme.
The Director of SIWES, Professor Grace Sokoya, urged
the students to put in their best during the industrial
training programme, which should last a period of six
months, in order to enhance their cumulative grade
point average, as well as equip them with the needed
practical experience. She added that the major mandate
of the SIWES, was to bridge the gap existing between
theoretical knowledge acquired from institutions of
learning and real practice in the industrial world.
She highlighted the objectives of the Scheme to include:
providing an avenue for students to acquire industrial
skills and experience in their courses of study; prepare
students for the work situation they are to meet after
graduation; expose students to work methods and
techniques in handling equipment and machinery that
may not be available in their institutions; make
transition from school to the world of work a lot easier
and enhance students’ contacts for later job placement,
among others.Professor Sokoya added that
participation in SIWES had become a necessary pre-
condition for the award of degree certificates in specific
disciplines in institutions of higher learning in the
country. She encouraged them to complete the
necessary formalities so that their allowances would not
be unnecessarily delayed.
The Dean of COLENG, Professor Johnson Adewunmi,
appreciated the efforts of the University and appealed to
the students to be good ambassadors, wherever they
found themselves. He also lauded Engineer Akinlawon
Majiyagbe, the Chief Executive Officer, Tradsways
Engineering, for attending the orientation programme
and for securing placements for students of the
University while undergoing their industrial attachments.
The College’s SIWES Co-ordinator, Dr. Nurudeen
Olatunde, advised the students to adhere strictly to the
rules and regulations of the organisations that would
engage during their industrial training, as well as the
host communities.
The Dean, College of Physical Sciences (COLPHYS),
Professor Catherine Eromosele, called on students of
the College, who are to proceed on the industrial
training to always be punctual at events. Professor
Eromosele made the call during the College’s
preliminary orientation programme. She further enjoined
them to be inquisitive about what they do not know, be
self-confident, develop an entrepreneurial spirit that
would stand them out and become employers of labour.
The Dean implored them to take the exercise seriously,
as the University would be measured by their (students)
performances at their various places of assignment.
The Dean, College of Biological Sciences (COLBIOS),
Professor David Agboola, represented by Professor
Umen Ekpo, the College’s SIWES Coordinator, advised
the students to be serious, industrious and law
abiding.The Head, Department of Hospitality and
Tourism, Dr. Omobolanle Omemu, who represented the
Dean, College of Food Science and Human Ecology
(COLFHEC), charged COLFHEC students to endeavour to
achieve something meaningful at the end of the
programme. She charged them to represent the
University well in the Scheme while Dr. Abolanle
Olasode of the College also challenged the students to
maintain a healthy relationship with their supervisors, in
order to enjoy a hitch-free programme.