PHYSICS WITHOUT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
Physics as a discipline is holistic. It is not just a classroom discipline alone. It also deals more on industrial activities. Physicists are the owners of the industries, be it the media, oil, medical, automotive, electrical and electronics, aviations, textile, information and communications technology (ICT) to name but a few. Physicists are not supposed to be found wanting in the industries both as amateur and full grown professional physicists. This discipline physics is the engine that drives much of the modern industrial technologies. The interdisciplinary multipliplicity of biological, chemical and physical sciences such as biochemistry, biophysics, computer science and all kinds of engineering owe credit to the subjects of physics. Their development is a result of the inventions and discoveries made by great physicists. Industrial training for physics students exposes them to professionalism and at the same time forms the basis of their final year seminar presentation and project writing in most universities. Honestly without industrial training for physics students, the physics graduate will be left with only the paper qualification and of course is denied of the industrial work experience. He cannot boast of any industrial or theoretical knowledge because he has nothing to show for it. This is worse especially where there is little or no laboratory equipment.
It is important for one to note that the industries cannot perform most efficiently without the physicists.
Therefore it is advisable that the curriculum be designed in such a way that industrial training as part of the four-year program for the Bachelor of Science (physics) and even the postgraduate program is accommodated. This will go a long way in helping the prospective physicists gain knowledge of industrial practices and as well be able to demonstrate practically their learned experience in certain concerned areas in physics. More importantly, their participation in industrial training is an avenue for inventions and addition of new innovations in modern industrial operations. Therefore, they should not be denied of their industrial experience at any level regardless of their individual areas of specialization in the field of physics.
