Students’ Entrepreneurial Skill Acquisition through SIWES in Nigeria: An Analytical Approach

Abstract

This study presents an analytical approach to students’ entrepreneurial skill acquisition through Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) in Anambra State, Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze data collected through a validated four point structured questionnaire. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using ANOVA. Students rated SIWES as having positive impact on their academic achievements (entrepreneurship skill acquisition). However, students identified difficulty in securing placement for industrial training as the most pressing problem encountered prior to SIWES exercise. It was recommended among others that the SIWES coordinators at state and institutional levels should devise effective strategies for sourcing out places of placement on behalf of the students and post them to relevant industries that will match their fields of study which will help them to acquire practical skills.