IIT Newsletter July 2015

BLUE COLLAR NEWST h e N e w s l e t t e r o f t h e I n s t i t u t e I n d u s t r i a l Te c h n o l o g yf o r

Volume 2, July 2015

INSTITUTE INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGYforIIThttp://www.iit.edu.ng

Like other prospect ive

students of IIT, Mike is well

aware that though the cost

of training may be beyond the

modest economic means of his

family, ignorance is definitely not

an option for him. The high cost of

i g n o r a n c e i s t o b e s e e n

everywhere: lack of skil ls,

unemployment, low selfesteem,

frustration, etc. On the other hand

the high rate of employment of IIT

graduates is a palpable testimony

to the continued relevance of IIT

training and the reality of the skills

gap affecting many sectors of our

economy. Faithful to its mission,

I I T c o n t i n u e s t o o f f e r

opportunities to young people

w h o , t h o u g h f i n a n c i a l l y

h a n d i c a p p e d , c l e a r l y

demonstrate the zeal required to

g o t h r o u g h i t s t r a i n i n g

programme. Michael is just that

kind of person. He has completed

his training and now shares his

experience of managing to pay his

way through IIT in spite of his lack

of means.

“I am Ogumilade Michael, and I

am 22years old. I finished my

secondary school education in

2008. Due to financial constraints,

I had to travel to Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti

state to live with an uncle with the

hope that he would sponsor my

tertiary education.

However, in 2012 my uncle started

having some financial difficulties

which made it impossible for him

to s p o n s o r my u n i ve rs i t y

education. That was why I

returned to Lagos to live with my

parents in January 2012.

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Inside this issue:

How I paid for my

training at IIT

"You have a bright future

ahead"

Cummins West Africa

MD tells ETY students

IIT Technology Week

Photos From The

Technology Week

Training of the Trainers

What did you learn?

On the IIT In-Company

Training Evaluation Panel

Cummins foundation and

Schneider Electric

foundation give boost to

(TVET)

New road improves

access to IIT

Alumni Focus:

Akinfenwa Segun

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Ogumilade Michael during a class practical

How I paid for my training at IIT

Michael and his mother after an

In-company induction in IIT

The managing director of

Cummins west Africa Mr

Tosin Tomori on the 6th of

August 2014 visited IIT and had

an interactive session with the

Electrotechnics students.

He welcomed them to IIT and

talked to them about the choice

they have made to study

Electrotechnics. He said they

have a bright future ahead and

urged them to work very hard

now that they have a lot of

opportunities. Some of the boys

expressed their views and talked

about their ambitions. The boys

asked several questions about

Cummins and diesel engines in

general. One of the boys on

behalf of the class expressed his

gratitude for that interactive

session saying they hope to see

him again.

The Managing Director Cummins West Africa Mr. Tosin Tomori with the

electrotechnics students in IIT.

"You have a bright future ahead"Cummins West Africa MD tells ETY students

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While staying with my parents a

secondary school friend and

classmate called me to ask about

my welfare and academics. I told

him how tough things were for us

and my inability to pursue a

university education. It was

through him I got to know about

IIT. He asked me to check online

f o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n .

Afterwards, I purchased the form

and wrote the IIT entrance

e x a m i n a t i o n o n 3 0 t h o f

November 2012. I passed the

entrance examination and the

fa c u l t y a n d m a n a g e m e n t

interviews. In the management

interview we got to know that

two year Electromechanics

programme cost N300, 000 per

annum. My mother is a petty

trader while my father is a

security guard. There was no way

they could get the money, I told

myself. We explained our

predicament and we were

referred to the IIT revolving fund,

a loan scheme set up to help

students with limited resources

to pay for their tuition. The loan is

repayable once the student

secures employment on a

monthly basis.

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O g u m i l a d e M i c h a e l h a s

successfully completed his In-

c o m p a n y t r a i n i n g a t

Glaxosmithkline (GSK) and would

be graduating in August this year.

He has the following to say

“Thanks to IIT for giving me the

opportunity to chase my dreams

Ogumilade Michael at GSK during his

in-company training

The overall objective of the

T e c h n o l o g y w e e k

workshop held on the 20 -

24 April 2015, at the Institute for

Industrial Technology, Lagos (IIT)

was to highlight and create a

greater

(TVET) and its value in

our economic and societal

development. The workshop was

a t t e n d e d b y E i g h t y ( 8 0 )

Participants from five (5)

Secondary Schools: Jah's Fingers

College, Olivefield College, Isolog

College, New Bridge Hall School

and Penny International School.

E a c h d a y s t a r t e d w i t h

Registration and Introduction of

participants with a brief welcome

speech by an IIT staff. To break

the ice, participants were asked

to choose and draw different

football club logos in various

groups. There were videos and

PowerPoint presentation on

Technical training and various

forms of technology applications

and safety measures, after which

participants visited the Electrical,

Mechanical and Automation labs

in their various groups for

practical demonstrations.

After lab tours, participants

evaluated the workshop and

satisfactory remarks were made.

Based on a brief and informal

assessment by the Workshop

Organizing Commit (WOC), the

technology week workshop was a

success and we look forward to

having more of its kind in IIT.

awareness in the minds

of the young about Technical

Vocat ional Educat ion and

Training


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Olivefield primary school students in the mechanical workshop in IIT

The long anticipated day

finally came. It was a very

bright Monday at about

11:00am on the 8th of June 2015,

when the orientation of the

eletromechanics student's (C19)

t o o k o f f w i t h a f o r m a l

introduction by the admissions

officer Mr Chibuike Njoku.

Mr chibuike gave out a detailed

information to both parents and

students present. He spoke about

t

Mr Chibuike mentioned

that apart from the technical skill

training, each student will be

assigned a tutor and emphasis

will be placed on the formation of

the trainees’ character, discipline

and sense of responsibility by

fostering the right attitude to

work in them. He said

The orientation

came to an end with words of

encouragement from some of the

parents. The Class officially

started on the 22nd of June 2015.

he history of the school saying it

started in the year 2000 by some

Nigerians and their friends who

came together with the intention

of developing and educating

young male citizens due to the

degrading value of morality in the

world and lack of technical skill in

Nigeria.

the roles to

be played by both parents,

students and the school itself is

very crucial.

Electromechanics

C19 begins

a new session

Mr chibuike Njoku (Middle first row)

with the Electromechanics students

and their parents after orientation

IIT Technology WeekCreating awareness in the minds of the young aboutTechnical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)


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Olivefield College

Jah's Fingers College

Penny International School

Isolog College New Bridge Hall School

PHOTOS FROM THE TECHNOLOGY WEEK


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Training of the Trainers

Another Training of the

Tra i n e rs ( TOT ) w a s

organized for the faculty

staff by IECD from the 9 - 12

December 2014 on Competency

based Approach (CBA). A lot of

things were treated and faculty

staff learnt new methods of

teaching. Also in February 2015,

four IIT staff Mr Dimobika

Chiduluo, Chike Chibuzor,

Chinedu Oguejiofor and Paschal

Ogbonna atteended a 2 day

training on Health Safety and

Environment (HSE) at Cummins

training centre. Mr Dimobika

said the training was deeply

renewing and inspiring. He said

that cummins has trained 4 new

ambassadors to spread the

message of safety not just in IIT

but also in their communities.

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Photographs during the training session

The 11th

Mechatronics

programme begins

After a successful completion

of the 10th Mechatronics

class. Another academic session

h a s b e g u n fo r t h e 1 1 t h

Mechatronics class on 11th of

May 2015 with a total no of 24

participants. The orientation for

the participants which was held

on the 14th of May, anchored by

the academics and student

affairs coordinator Mr. Dimobika

Chiduluo, addressed several

issues on what is expected of the

participants as regards their

training.

Mr. Dimobika Chiduluo during

the orientation


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The In-company training evaluation panel

organized by the Industrial Linkage and

Partnership Unit, offers a platform to verify

and validate the actual learning that took

place during the in-company training of student-

trainees. It is an important source of feedback on

possible areas of improvement of the

Dual Training System that IIT operates. Company

representatives usually attend the sessions. It

offers them an opportunity to recruit IIT graduates,

tour the school and explore possibilities of

partnership with IIT. Two of such sessions have

already been held this year.

What did you learn?On the IIT In-Company Training Evaluation Panel

Engr. Ambrose Eghe (left) of Nigerian Breweries Technical

Learning Centre Ibadan and Mr. Babatunde Jinadu, Training

Manager Nigeria Breweries during one of the evaluations.

Mr Ariwodola (right) Mechanical Instructor, Engr. Mike Ejike, Electrical Instructor during one of the evaluations.

A student during his presentation


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Cummins foundation and Schneider Electricfoundation give boost to (TVET)

Three sets of diesel engines donated by Cummins foundation.

Mr. kazeem Olarinwaju, (left) divisional field service

engineer Cummins West Africa during a practical session

In 2013, IIT entered into an agreement with IECD

to cooperate in a three year project called Seeds

of Hope involving the development of

electrotechnics curriculum, training of instructors,

acquisition of equipment and training of

technicians especially for the power sector.

Cummins foundation and Schneider electric

foundation our partners in the Seeds of Hope

project have donated some training equipment

and trainers as part of their contribution towards

supporting the electrotechnics programme. Today

IIT now train students who are able to maintain

diesel engines and design home automation

systems. This training will also help reduce the rate

of unemployment in the society.

KNX Trainer for home automation donated by Schneider electric


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Alumni Focus:

Akinfenwa Segun

Akinfenwa Segun is an alumni of IIT

and an electromechanical technician

at Promasidor

Segun was the youngest student

admitted to IIT in 2011 for the

electromechanics programme.

He did his in-company training at

Glaxosmithkline (GSK) from

2012 - 2013. He obtained the IIT

Certificate of Proficiency in

Electromechanics and went

further to obtain a City & Guilds

diploma in electrical power. He is

currently a part-time student at

Yaba College of Technology

where he is studying to aquire a

Higher National Diploma (HND)

in Industrial Maintenance

Engineering (IME).

IIT has really contributed to

making me what I really am

today and has set for me a

platform for success. I entered

IIT in September 2011 at the

age of 17 with the aim of

acquiring the prerequisite skill

for my engineering career. I

c o m p l e t e d m y

electromechanics programme

at IIT in September 2013 and in

less than two months after

completing my programme I

was offered a job as an

electromechanical technician

at Promasidor. I am really

grateful to God because IIT has

really made me more matured

in terms of reasoning. My

parents are much happier

today because I contribute to

the family’s upkeep and also

take care of my younger ones. I

cannot overemphasize how

much IIT has contributed to my

life positively .

For veterans of IIT like Bode

Sowunmi, who have had

to walk along fences,

wade through swampy water,

take boat rides just come to

work at IIT a new dawn has been

ushered in with the construction

of a new access road to IIT. Due

to its location in the Isheri North

flood plain, access to IIT has

been a challenge right from the

inception of construction work

in May 2004. A sizeable portion

of the cost of constructing IIT

went into sandfilling the project

site and creating an access road

to the site. Maintenance of the

road has also been a drain to the

resource of the school. All of a

sudden, everything changed

when construction work began

in June 2014 to bui ld a

cobblestone road from Lonex

Gardens Junction to Mainland

Gardens Estate Isheri (formerly

Havilah Estate). The road

construct ion project was

financed by a private developer

Lekki Garden Estate Limited and

lasted a period of about six

weeks. Thanks to the new road,

a journey form IIT to Opic

Junction which formerly used to

take at least 30 minutes on a

normal day now takes less than

10 minutes. Previously, on rainy

days, the road used to be almost

impassable by car. With the new

road IIT and its vicinity is now

accessible all year round. Many

see the road as an answer to

their prayers.

New road improves access to IIT

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