Challenges facing Internship Programme for Engineering Students as a learning experience: a Case Study of Debre Berhan University in Ethiopia
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE) - Year 2018, Vol 15, Issue 6
Abstract
Internship is a period of time in which students can gain work experience related to what they have learned in their study programme. Debre Berhan University introduced internship programme to provide students with a smooth transition from the academic world to the working environment. The main objective of this research was to investigate the challenges facing internship programme for engineering students as a learning experience. This study was a descriptive research with the target population being all intern students, their lecturers, internship coordinator and intern company supervisors. Purposive sampling was used in selecting the sample for students and their lecturers while cluster sampling was used in selecting the intern company supervisors. Data was collected using semi-structured questionnaires and an interview and analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative techniques with Excel and Matlab. The study concluded that internship was facing many challenges included lack of adequate guidance and support to students during the internship, lack of adequate funds and little time allocated for internship visits, reversed priority of the roles played by the intern company supervisors and short duration of time for internship and report compiling. The researcher recommends that internship should be planned and implemented as a valid learning experience right from the start by allocating adequate funds to support the intern students and for supervision, allocating enough internship duration to enable the university to maintain vital link with the intern students and the industry.
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Zerihun Gashaw
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