Paying the price to gain knowledge

Some courses call their practical programs I.T (industrial Training) while courses like Nursing, medicine etc call theirs internship. They go hand in hand as all programs requires potential graduates to go for practical learning and experiences of what has been taught in class. Learning is beyond the four corners of the class room hence the need for students to go out and experience real world application of everything they've been learning during theoretical sessions in school.

The school usually send students with letters to present to institutions and facilities, soliciting that their student spends a particular period of time with them to learn from their industry, things related to their course of study. It's a solicitation letter and so, the institution or industry have every right to reject or accept the student.

We've had lots of cases where institutions rejects lots of people into their company or industries. It is now left for the student to look for any suitable place and reapply until he or she gets a place where they'll be accepted to practice their course.

Getting employed and coming for internship program are two different things all together. Getting employed requires that the employee is skilled and equipped to perform a certain task at a period of time assigned to them. You must be capable and experienced before you are given the role to serve as a worker in that facility. As of an I.T or internship student, they're unskilled and inexperience of how a particular work is being done properly, which means they'll need directions and teaching in other to learn from the company how to perform that duty effectively. This means one is coming to learn and the other one is coming to serve and get paid.

When you register to learn in an institute, you are not in the position for the institute to pay you for teaching you rather, you are supposed to pay for the knowledge you are acquiring from them, but since it's a solicitation letter from your well renowned school to help raise valuable people in the society, it's more like a service from the industry to humanity and the country.

Do the industry benefits from you? Yes they do because in short term of gaining experience you get integrated into any sector and as you progressively learn and acquire knowledge, on the other hand you are working for the company. These are some of the reasons some company will even request that you come and learn with them, so you can help increase their work/labor force.
I consider this as a mutual relationship where the two parties benefits from each other. As one gets their tasks fulfilled through the help of the other while the other one is learning how to effectively carry out those tasks themselves.

Another thing is, we've got considerate employers that are ready to still pay you while you learn with them and work for them. I'll encourage institutions and companies to consider giving little incentives to their students under training for their upkeep etc. it is not a right for the student but a privilege they can make available, to support students that comes to learn under them. It'll go a long way helping the students solve their personal needs while they keep learning with them..

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