CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) was undertaken CROWTHER
RADIO
Brief History of SIWES
The Student’s Industrial Works Experience (SIWES) is a mandatory training for all students of
higher institution of learning to put in practice the theoretical aspect of what they have learnt
before graduation. The programme is mainly design to prepare students towards the challenges
they will meet in the future when given the opportunity to work.
It is aim at exposing students to machine and equipment, professional work method and ways of
safeguarding the work area and industries.
SIWES was established in the year 1993 to 1974 and it was introduced to acquaint students with
the skills of handling employers. The industrial training fund (ITF) solely founded the scheme
during it information years. But as the financial involvement become unbearable to them, it
withdraw from the scheme in 1979 to both the National University Commission (NUC) and the
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).
Later the Federal Government in November 1984 inverted the management and implementation
of the SIWES programme to ITF again, and it was effectively taken by ITF in July 1985 with the
funding solely borne by the Federal Government.
SIWES (Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme ) is a scheme for the duration of sixteen
weeks (4 months) for polytechnic and in the third year in universities depending on the
institutions.
Role of The Federal Government
Federal Government being the major party in the establishment of SIWES, has ever since been
involved in the management of SIWES. Some of the roles played are:
• To make it mandatory for all ministries, companies, companies and parastatals to
offer places of attachment for students in accordance with the provision of Decree
No 47 of 1971 as amended in 1990.
• To provide necessary and adequate fund to ITF through Federal ministries of
industries.
1.1 Role Of Industrial Training Fund (ITF)
i. supervise students through its Area Offices
ii. Provide logistics and materials needed to administer the scheme
1.2 Aim and Objectives of SIWES
• To prepare students for their industrial work and the challenges they will likely meet
after graduation
• For students to acquire the theoretical aspect of what they learnt in the class room and
put them into practical
• To build student moral and standard in order to fit in the modern technology and
equipment installed in the world organization today.
• To enable the students practically involved in the scheme and the journey of their
academic is said to be completed else it will be hallway done
• To discipline the students and help them to gain experience
• To ensure peaceful co-existence in real life involving practical in the programmes
1.3 Achievement Recorded by the scheme
The technical reports on SIWES so far have shown that, the programme is indeed a
means of practicalising all work done or learnt during the student’s theoretical aspect of
their course of study.
The following are some of the achievement recorded by the scheme is below:
• The scheme has helped the students in performing well after their course of study
as they experience what is written practically in the classroom.
• The scheme has also recorded success on how to maintain peace and human
relation among students of various institutions
• Student acquires vocational and desirable habit for work which is essential to any
successful occupation
1.4 Brief History of Crowther Radio
Crowther Radio is managed by Multimesh Broadcating Company
Limited and transmits on a Ten Kilowatts Transmitter from Mpape District,
Abuja.
Our reach cuts across the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) and some parts of
Nassarawa, Kogi, Benue, Niger, Plateau and Kaduna.
We have been operating in the Capital Territory for upwards of some years now,
but due to the need to serve our listeners better, we decided to re-position the
Station by over hauling our programs and introducing some new innovation in
radio broadcasting
Organization Chart for Crowther Radio
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Arrival And Posting
I reported at Crowther Radio Center on 31st May 2021
I was introduced to my supervisor and other IT students
2.1 Activities Carried Out
• I learnt about the function of a news room
• I learnt about the types of bulletins that is minor bulleting and major bulleting
• I was sent to interview people about stealing around the area and i wrote report about it
• I produced 2pm news in minor bulleting
• I went for vox pop around abuja district
• I produced 10am news
• I was given 6pm news to produce and the order of allignment
CHAPTER THREE
• Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
3.1 Summary and Conclusion
The SIWES exercise was sincerely a wonderful experience ever, as the program has
indeed widened my knowledge practically and it has exposed me more solving some
technical issues in the broadcasting unit. Despite the challenges encountered I never
regret been part of the exercise.
Moreover, I was deployed to programmed department where I was taught how to present
live programme and also how to transmit and direct program from the studio. One of the
major challenges faced during the programme was inferiority complex especially having
a stage fright when I was about to given a trial to air in the studio
The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) help to provide an opportunity
to apply theoretical knowledge in real life situation and expose me to move practical
works methods techniques. It also prepare students for the labor market after graduation.
3.2 Recommendations
This student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) programme should be made
compulsory and mandatory for all students. The student involved should be orient about
benefit and essence of SIWES. Student should be made aware of and get corrected that
SIWES is not for money acquisition rather it is for knowledge, experience and practical
exposure to his/her course of study for future benefits proper welfare of student should be
catered for (in terms of treatment).
REFERENCES
Http/www.CrowtherRadio.com
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