

The scheme has been introduced to help in providing Nigerian students with the avenue to go out and acquire the necessary industrial skills and experience needed during their course of study in school. THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF SIWES IN NIGERIAġ.

Students are warned to take the scheme very seriously because it is graded and will reflect on their overall CGPA at the end of the day. However, for Polytechnics and Colleges, SIWES takes up to an entire year. For university students, it usually lasts for just 6 months. The duration of the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme varies. Nigerian students are told, right from the start of their schooling, about the necessity of SIWES and what it means to them. It has become one of the conditions to be fulfilled before one can successfully graduate from school. There is no way you can pass through a Nigerian University, Polytechnic or College of Education without taking part in the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme. SIWES has now become very compulsory across Nigerian institutions of higher learning.
