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N1.6b has been spent on students training since 2016- ITF

In a bid to improve Nigerian students exposure to work environments of their discipline, ITF says N1.6b has been spent in the last 2yrs.

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The ITF’s Director-General, Joseph Ari, on Thursday, June 7, 2018, announced this at an accountability forum in Jos.

Ari said: “The ITF disbursed a total N1.6 billion as and supervisory allowances to 328 tertiary institutions, adding that Industrial training is a brainchild of the ITF.''

He added that  SIWES was initiated to provide engineering students and students of technical and allied disciplines with practical experience of real work situations.

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Ari also said the scheme has been expanded to include humanities.

Starting with 11 institutions, the Director-General said Student Industrial Work Experience, SIWES has been expanded to 328 tertiary institutions cutting across universities, polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges of educations.

However, in a bid to address some challenges facing the scheme, the ITF is reportedly engaging supervisory agencies and other stakeholders.

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