Influence Of Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) In Developing Employability Skills Among Undergraduates In Benson Idahosa University
Imafidon Adesuwa (Ph.D), Okosun Henry (Ph.D) Department Of Education Faculty Of Arts And Eductaion Benson Idahosa University Benin City, Nigeria
Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2024
This study examined the influence of students’ industrial works experience in developing employability skills among undergraduates in Benson Idahosa University, Benin City. To guide the study, two research questions were raised and their corresponding hypotheses were formulated. The study employed correlational survey research design and the population of the study comprised all final year students in the two campuses of Benson Idahosa University, Benin City. The study employed a correlational survey research design and the population for this study consisted of six hundred and seventyseven (677) final year undergraduate students in the Departments of Education, Accounting, Mass Communication, Nursing Science and Medical Laboratory Science and 15% of the entire population which is 96 final year students were used as the sample for the study. The instrument for data collection used in this study was a forty INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTS MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES E-ISSN: 2814-0389, ISSN: 2814-0370 VOL. 4, ISSUE 2, 2024 AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.ijamps.com 184 item instrument titled “Influence of Students’ Industrial Works Experience Scheme in Developing Employability Skills among Undergraduate Students Questionnaire. The instrument was validated by three experts and after being subjected to reliability procedures using the Cronbach Alpha reliability statistics, yielded 0.76. The instrument was administered to the sampled students and the findings obtained showed that there is a significant influence of students’ industrial works experience on the acquisition of communication skills, and computer literacy skills among undergraduates in Benson Idahosa University, Benin City. Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendation was made that school authorities, especially, Benson Idahosa University, should emphasize on the importance of exposing students to SIWES as this study has showed clearly that SIWES facilitates the necessary skills for employability after graduation.