College, ITF sensitize students on industrial attachment

By Usman Shuaibu

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) College of Education Zuba in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT in Partnership with the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) have Oriented the Students of the Institution on the industrial attachment Scheme.
In his opening remarks at the occasion, the provost of the college, Dr. Muhammad Hamza Gambo, said that his leadership would continue to support the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) of the unit in the college.
Gambo also said he would remain committed to the victory of the scheme for its recognition as a national priority.
His words: “I want to enjoin the students, while on the training to promote the positive image of the college by being honest and strictly adhere to the rules and regulations of the scheme”.
He said the SIWES was designed to promote the much needed technological skills for national productivity and development.
This, according to him, its success depends on coordinated efforts of the Federal Government, Ministries of Industry and Education, Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Tertiary Institutions, employers of labour as well as students for their participation in the scheme.
He thanked the management of ITF for the good working relationship with the college, saying that the door of the college is opened for the fruitful collaboration.
Also in his welcome address, the director in charge of SIWES unit of the college, Mr. Ibrahim Musa, said the SIWES was a skill acquisition programme aimed at preparing some particular set of students in tertiary institutions with the industrial work experience to be met after graduation.
According to him, “Our SIWES unit is set with the support of the college management to discharge its functions effectively to see the realization of this national goal of producing a qualitative man-power for development”.
He pointed out that he would continue to place a high premium on the SIWES unit of the college, while advising the students to be regular and punctual at their places of attachment.
In an interview, the Area Manager of Industrial Training Fund, Gwagwalada Office, Mr. Qasimu Abubakar, noted that SIWES was an ITF baby which commenced operation in 1973.
He explained that for any student to go to the industrial attachment is expected to bridge the gap between the theory and practice, saying that for the students to bridge the gap between the training and practicing they needed to go for attachment.
He appealed to the Federal Government to deem it necessary to continue to provide funds for ITF for the sake of the students on attachment programme.
The ITF Area Manager, however, urged the students to be good ambassadors of the college while on industrial attachment.

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