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ABSTRACT
The Study examined the Impact of Students` Industrial Work Experience Scheme on Performance of Industrial and Technical Education Students Skill Acquisition. The final year students of Industrial and Technical Education Students of University of Benin were used for the study. One hundred and twenty-four (125) industrial and technical education students were sampled through simple random sampling technique. Item questionnaire was designed and validation of the instrument was assessed by supervisor, the data collected were analyzed using, mean score and standard deviation. The findings of the study showed that SIWES influenced students’ academic performance. The result showed that SIWES enhances competency of students in their academic activities, prepares them for future job challenges and creates employment opportunities. It was recommended that SIWES should be properly organized to achieve its set objectives. It was recommended that SIWES should be properly organized so that students can be appropriately placed in organizations that are related to their course of study, Students should be properly and regularly supervised by both the industry-based and school supervisors during SIWES and the duration for SIWES should be increased at reasonably portion such that students will benefit maximally from SIWES exposure.
