STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) REPORT

BY

IKOLO SOLOMON EDAFE

NOU110716273

(B.Sc. COMPUTER SCIENCE 300 LEVEL)

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

(ASABA STUDY CENTRE)

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION P.M.B

Written by Henry Otunuya, National Open University of Nigeria.

ABSTRACT

The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme report enable the student put the knowledge gained in
a textual form, by illustrating and detailing the various project initiated during the attachment. This
report contains all history, organizational structure and knowledge gained during my attachment period.

Diagrams are used in certain places to illustrate unclear and unfamiliar terms or devices. Also emphases
are laid on certain areas like places having programming concepts. Student projects during the training
are summarized as exercises and field trips during the attachment are not also excluded. The languages
used in this report are drawn from various computer fields such as Networking, Software Engineering,
Operating System, and Computer Graphics.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My Acknowledgement goes to the following individuals for their help, advice and support during my
attachment period: My Family,
DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to God Almighty for his protection throughout the training and to my parents for
their support.
PREFACE

This report contains all the activities undertaken during the student industrial work Experience. The
exercise which is a must to all third year students in Computer Science exposes the student to the
industrial and labour intensive world.

It has been compiled in a style that would be very clear to any reader. In this report, diagrams are used
where necessary to elaborate what the writer is saying.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page

Abstract

Acknowledgement

Dedication

Preface

Table of Content

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 Introduction

1.1 A Brief History of SIWES

1.2 Organizational Structure

1.3 Role of Various Departments

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 WORK DONE/EXPERIENCE GAINED IN MICROSOFT WORD

2.1 SAVING AND OPENING OF A DOCUMENT
CHAPTER THREE

3.0 COMPUTER HARDWARE

3.1 COMPUTER TROUBLESHOOTING

3.2 EXERCISES ON TROUBLESHOOTING

CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
4.1 HTML AND CSS
4.2 EXERCISES ON HTML AND CSS
5.0 OBSERVATION
6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
7.0 CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION:

The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme is an exercise carried out within a period of three to six
months in the third year of an Undergraduate Programme. The exercise was established to bridge the
gap between the industrial world and the academic world.

2.0 A BRIEF HISTORY OF SIWES:

SIWES is an acronym for student industrial work experience scheme. The scheme started in 1974 with
the establishment of Industrial Training Fund (I.T.F) in 1978 due to financial challenges; SIWES was
handed over to National Universities Commission (N.U.C) and National Board for Technical Education
(N.B.T.E) in 1979.

By November 1984, the Federal Government reversed the management and implementation of SIWES
to I.T.F, which completely took over the funding of the programme. A legal backing was given to SIWES,
the Decree 16 of 1984. Provisions made in the decree include:

All students of specialized discipline such as: Engineering, Technology, Business, Applied Science and
Applied Art programme in higher institutions shall be required to have a compulsory supervised
industrial attachment as part of their regular studies in such manner as may be prescribed by their
boards or commission.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

The Ministry of Information is charged with the responsibility of information dissemination and
management. This Ministry handles the daily issuance of press releases containing various activities of
the Delta State Ministries, Extra Ministerial Departments, and Parastatals etc. They are also in charge of
the government printing press.

The Ministry also has the mandate for the printing and documentation of publications of the State
Government such as gazettes and Bills. The Ministry handles the distribution of publications, as well as
the production of the State Governments annual calendar, diaries and address book.

This Ministry coordinates the activities of field Information

Offices established in the twenty five local government areas of the State, to disseminate information
 about the State governments plans, programmes and policies. Information Officers from the Ministry
man these Divisional offices.

The Ministry also has the responsibility to plan, manage and control the official websites of the State
Government.

The different Parastatals under this ministry include:

o Delta Broadcasting Service

o Asaba Delta Rainbow Television

o Warri Delta Publishing and Printing Company Limited

THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.

Commissioner

Permanent
Secretary

D.F.A D.G.P D.R.N D.I ADMIN P.R.S P.P.S

Sensitization
Publication
Audit Account Library Store

Printing Press

Editing Unit Newsroom Website Registry

Driving Pool Personnel Records Security

DIAGRAM KEYS:
D.F.A-Directorate of Account & Finance
D.G.P-Directorate of Government Press
D.R.N-Directorate of Orientation
D.I-Directorate of Information
D.A-Directorate of Administration
D.P.P.S-Directorate of Production & Publication Services
D.P.R.S-Directorate of Planning, Research & Statistics

ROLES OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS

1. COMMISSIONER: The Commissioner provides leadership and over-sight functions within the
ministry.
2. PERMANENT SECRETARY: He coordinates the various directorates and report back to the
Commissioner.
3. DIRECTORATE OF ACCOUNTS & FINANCE: This is the section concerned with finance management
and accountability.
4. DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRESS: This is the section concerned with covering the government
activities and publishing them.
5. DIRECTORATE OF ORIENTATION: This section is concerned with informing the community/society
about any ongoing information. They are also involved in sensitization.
6. DIRECTORATE OF ADMINISTRATION: This section monitors the day-to-day duties and houses several
sub-divisions.
7. DIRECTORATES OF PLANNING, RESEARCH & STATISTICS: This section is concerned with planning,
researching, and generation of statistical information as it concerns the state.
8. DIRECTORATE OF PLANNING & PUBLICATION ON SERVICES: This is concerned with the publication
and design of information means (Newspaper, leaflets, e.t.c).
9. AUDIT & ACCOUNT: These are sub-divisions of the directorate of Account and Finances. They
perform accountability functions, by inspecting and publishing the actual values or results.
10. PRINTING PRESS: This section which is under the government press prints all the news and releases
them as publications (Newspapers).
11. EDITING UNIT, NEWSROOM & WEBSITE: This section which are sub-divisions of the Directorate of
information, perform news editing and uploading them on the web.
2.0 WORK DONE/EXPERIENCE GAINED IN MICROSOFT WORD
My First weeks at the office was very Educative as I was posted into the publications department where
I spent time working with Microsoft word. I learnt the basic features available in the environment, some
of which consist of:

1. The Home Key: This is the first open feature seen once inside the environment as they house a new
blank document. That is when a new document is created, the home keys are activated. Features
found here include clipboard functions (cut, copy, paste), Fonts, Paragraph, Styles.
2. Insert Key: This feature allows one to perform special editing functions like the inclusion of tables,
pictures or clip arts. With the insert feature, one can create wonderful documents that provide good
pictorial view of the concept under discussion.
3. Page Layout: This is the feature in Microsoft word that enables one adjust the page layouts of the
document. It has features such as Themes, Page Setups, Page Background, Paragraph, and Arrange.
With this feature, default page arrangements can be altered and adjusted to suit ones desired
arrangement.
4. Review Key: This area enable proof reading of the document by using features available in the
environment. Features found there include; Proofing tools, Comment tools, Tracking tools and
document protection tools.
5. Acrobat and View keys: The acrobat tool enable one change the document from the normal word or
doc form to a portable document format (pdf). The view tool has features that enable one view the
document either on the web or elsewhere, also features like the Show/Hide, Zoom, Window and
Macros. The figure below (fig1.0) shows the diagram of the Microsoft environment.
2.1 SAVING AND OPENING OF A DOCUMENT
I learnt also the various steps to properly save a document, which involve the following steps:

1. Open Microsoft Word

2. Click on the blank document or in some cases, the new document is open by default.
3. Save the document with a desired name and selecting the appropriate location for storage.
4. Now you can start typing.
Saving your work is like keeping it in a file cabinet. Diagram of a cabinet is shown in the figure below
(fig2.0)
fig2.0.

3.0 COMPUTER HARDWARE

Computer maintenance is the process of ensuring that designs (basically hardware) are properly
functioning well according to design specifications. This maintenance is a tedious task and demands
careful steps and complete hardware knowledge. I learnt certain things in hardware during my
attachment time at the ministry, things learnt include:

1. RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM): The Random Access Memory is a hardware device that provides
memory for the computer. It is a special component in the computer and computers cannot
2. function without it installed, the diagram in fig (3.0).
 fig (3.0)

A RAM can be downgraded or even upgraded, by either reducing the size of the RAM or increasing the
size of the RAM.

Another hardware device found and very important hardware device in the computer is the CMOS
battery. It is shown in fig (4.0)

Fig(4.0)

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

Programming is the act of writing computer programs by using languages known as computer
languages. Programs enable hardware perform their functions properly and efficiently. These programs
in turn respond or communicate with humans to operations. Such programs are written in different
languages like Java, C, C++, e.t.c. Programs are also called softwares when they have been packaged
together. Java is one of the dominant programming languages in use, it is an object-oriented language
the makes use of objects, classes, inheritance, abstraction, encapsulation and some other features
found in object oriented programming.
The web is one of the latest technologies gaining wider acceptance. It has languages used to generate
them; such languages include cascading style sheets (CSS), hypertext mark-up language (HTML).

HTML is the first language every web programmer must and should know. It has tags and each tag must
begin with an opening and a closing tag. There are also special tags such as the head tags, body tags and
image tags.

The head tag is where scripts used in the web page are kept or declared, while the body tag provides the
platform for the actual page content.

Cascading style sheet provides the styling needed in the page. It has tags called selectors that are used
to perform the styling needed in the web pages. To include CSS in your document, there are several
ways to do so. Some include; External style sheet, inline style sheet, and internal style sheet.

1. Including CSS In a document using the External Style Sheet: The tag used to include it is;
<link rel=style sheet type=text/css href=main.css>
Please note that the external style sheet ,is saved the main, and saved with a .css extension.
2. Including CSS In a document using the Internal Style Sheet: The tag used to perform this function is :
<style type=text/css>
Contents to tyle goes here
</style>
3. Including CSS using an Inline Style Sheet: To perform this function, we simply use;
<h1 style=color:red;>Hello World</h1>
The above code simply syle any header one content with a color (red).

EXERCISE
The task here is to create a page using some of the HTML tags and styling using some CSS codes.

<html>
<head>
<title>My exercise work</title>
<link rel=stylesheet type=text/css href=main.css>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Meaning of First Name</h1>
<p> First names are given to individuals to identify them easily. They are often known as personal
names</p>
<h2>Last Names</h2>
<p> these are family names that can identify relations either nuclear or extended. </p>
</body>
</html>

The CSS code used to format the above is shown below:

 Body {
Background-color: blue;
}
h1, h2 {
Color: red;
}
P{
Color: white;
}
The above code must be saved in the same page place the html code was saved, with the name-
main.css.

OBSERVATIONS

It is a known fact that unity breeds progress. I was delighted at the unity and team spirit that existed
among the staff. The way they attend to their jobs changed my orientation on government work; they
had time to lecture all attached SIWES students.
RECOMMENDATIONS

It is wise to say that theory alone cannot serve all what is required academically and hence practical
sessions should be increased. SIWES is a medium that should provide a hands on experience to students,
but it should be made to occur during exam free periods to give students maximum attention.
CONCLUSION

The SIWES programme is not a waste of time and every student who has reached this stage should
endeavor to accept it.
REFERENCES