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LITERATURE REVIEW
updated regularly to reflect necessary theme, “Restructuring SIWES to
changes. Three of such reviews have Meet Current Industrial Manpower
so far been produced since the first R e q u i r e m e n t s ” . P a p e r s ,
issue in 1974. In this Section, the representing views of the various
f i n d i n g s , r e s o l u t i o n s a n d levels of Tertiary Education, the
recommendations of such reports are Regulatory Agencies and Employers
highlighted.
of Labour were presented. At the end
of the Conference, the following
2.6.1 ITF Biennial SIWES National Communiqué were released:
Conference I. SIWES Accounts
The ITF organizes the Students The Conference observed that the
Industrial Work Experience Scheme non-opening and operating of
(SIWES), National Conference separate SIWES accounts by
Biennially. The Conference provides a Institutions contributed largely to
forum for Stakeholders to convene t h e n o n - d i s b u r s e m e n t o f
and review the operations of the allowances to Students as at when
Scheme during the preceding two due. Conference therefore,
years. The objective of the resolved that all defaulting
C o n f e r e n c e i s t o a s s e s s Institutions should immediately
developments of the Scheme on the open SIWES bank accounts and
basis of the Operational Guidelines, submit evidence to the ITF, failure
as it affects technological skills of which the ITF, will no longer
requirements of the nation's release funds to such Institutions.
economy. Papers, representing views
of Employers of Labour, who
constitute the end-users of SIWES
II. SIWES Supervision
Conference observed that the
products, are presented at the care-free attitude of Students to
Conference. A review of three of the SIWES was due to inadequate
reports (2002, 2004 and 2006) is supervision, which in turn, was
presented here:
due to logistic problems in zonal
2.6.2
th
8 Biennial SIWES National
Conference
s u p e r v i s i o n . C o n f e r e n c e ,
therefore, resolved that all parties
concerned should re-appraise
th
The 8 Biennial SIWES National their strategies for Students
Conference held in 2002, had as its supervision and that both the ITF
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