Industrial Training in Polytechnics: Enhancing Diploma Student Learning

Undergraduate student industrial training programs in the engineering industry are mutually beneficial relationships that helps nurture student growth, enhance industry-institute relationships, and help the education industry update its curriculum. The engineering discipline in particular requires the budding engineers to be well-prepared with real world. The industrial training program is now a mandatory requirement for Polytechnic students to undergo a six weeks industrial training course following their second-year exams of diploma programs. Before the training period, students have to prepare a short resume and then determine their companies of choice. During the internship, students kept a daily log documenting the activities and will be monitored by a visiting faculty from the institute. After completion of the training interns have to submit a technical report on their work done and deliver a seminar presentation summarizing their experience. This paper highlights the program description, defines the industrial training objectives and describes the implementation process and challenges