U Madu*, DO Omonijo, MC Anyaegbunam, VA Adeleke, SO Nnatu, S Ejoh, AO Oluwunmi, EI Olowookere and C Agubo
The students industrial work experience scheme was initiated to among other things expose students in tertiary institutions of learning to the practical components of their course content with the view to improving their understanding of their subject of study. This study investigated the influence of SIWES on academic performance of LIS students in Adeleke university Ede and Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun state. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised all the final year students in the two library schools in the 2020/2021 academic session totalling 259, out of which 08 were from Adeleke university while 251 were from Federal Polytechnic Ede. Total enumeration was employed. Structured and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Out of the 259 copies of questionnaire administered, 220 were retrieved whereas 206 representing 80% were found valid for analysis. Data collected were analysed with the Statistical Product for Service Solution (SPSS) using descriptive statistics of frequency count, simple percentages, mean and standard deviation, and presented in tables. Findings revealed that SIWES has positive influence on the academic performance of the students as alluded by 93.7% of the respondents. The result showed that there was a significant improvement in the culmulative grade point average of most of the students in the semester immediately after participating in SIWES. The study further revealed the challenges facing LIS undergraduates during SIWES to include accommodation, none payment of upkeep allowance, irregular academic calendar, and security concerns.
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