Practicum is an essential component of social work education. It is an educationally-directed practice experience under the guidance and supervision of an approved field instructor. The practicum provides opportunities for the application and integration of classroom concepts and principles for the development of core skills in advanced social work practice with diversified social systems. Learning opportunities emphasizes the values and ethics of the profession, fosters the integration of empirical and practice-based knowledge, and promotes the development of professional competence. Field practicum is systematically designed, supervised, coordinated, and evaluated on the basis of criteria by which students demonstrate the achievement of programme objectives.