Orientation and its Significance on Skill Development: A Case study of AcadoPreneurship Industry Immersion Programme for Students (IIP4S)

Abstract

Lack of proper orientation prior to the commencement of the Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) has been identified as one of the challenges facing the scheme. In addressing this identified challenge, a four-stage Industry Immersion Programme for Students (IIP4S) consisting of: Planning stage, Orientation and Training stage, Industry Immersion stage and Impact stage has been proposed in this paper has the solution to the SIWES skill development problem. In evaluating the effectiveness of each stage of the scheme, the quantitative data collection methods were used. The data obtained were then analyzed to evaluate the effect of organizing orientation Programme prior to Programme commencement.