Few colleges in Metros at the starting of Hotel Management Education in India might have been sufficient to cater the need of the limited numbers of Hotels & Guests and demand for manpower as per the business volume and practices being followed at that time.
As the Hospitality industry has grown many fold since then, huge numbers of Hotel Management Institutions are coming in the hospitality education sector. With the growth in the tourism and travel due to many factors country is witnessing sea changes in the demand in all areas of hospitality trade. As the industry is going to witness further expansion as international brands are exploring Indian markets, there is observation and feedback that inspite of large number of fresh hotel management graduates passing out every year Hotel Industry is facing talent crunch. There is mismatch in the quality out put.
Before going into analysis let us focus on these question ?
Are our manpower properly trained?
Are we producing Real Managers?
Are they getting proper placement and remuneration after doing Hotel Management?
Do we need changes in the curriculum to meet the expectations of the international travelers and World class Hotels?
In a hotel management student, are we looking an entry level employee? Or we want Him/ Her to perform at middle/senior level management?
Why do we need a degree holder to perform at entry level?
Why the turnover rate is so high among new entrants?
Variations in performance level leading Hotels to follow different yard sticks and adjust ones demand as per the availability of manpower which is a serious concern for all Hotel Management Institutions.
This will start distracting students from the attraction of Hotel Management despite having good objective & usefulness to students.
One of the main reason for above mentioned points is Hospitality Education in India is not Uniformed, Standardized, Structured and Regulated.
Progress towards Dynamic hospitality education in global perspective should be the objective of Hospitality Educators in India. Cohesiveness is to be brought in the curricula. A serious effort into this direction is to be initiated by all concerned authority.
Colleges are giving 3 Year Diploma, 3 year Degree, 4 Year Degree with regular & Distance mode, with variety of the subjects as they feel convenient and non uniformed curriculum. In absence of set uniformed quality, standards and parameters for said courses there is lot of variations in performance level of the students. Which Leads to imbalance in supply position and thus giving opportunities to hotels to follow different yard stick for different student and programme.
Proper Regulatory Authority for Hotel Management for all colleges in country to bring uniformity and to standardize the scheme & curriculum and to look after standardizing the system at par with international curriculum is suggested.
Compulsory exposure for faculties to undergo through Hospitality Training programme, Standardized lesson plans, study materials, training manuals & teaching methodologies along with guidelines for examinations and evaluation system will help in bringing uniformity in Indian hospitality education sector, which will improve the standard of Hospitality Education & check degradation. Thus reducing the gap between demand and supply of quality man power in hotel & hospitality industry.
Hospitality Education Authorities are required to sit together and formulate guidelines to bring uniformity & cohesiveness to avoid these anomalies.
To make them real manager of present time change in curriculum is a focus area where we have to take initiative. Research programme is to be introduced casting new light on industry operating practices. Progress should be forged as to work on making hospitality education more dynamic. The aim is to produce Global Hotel Managers with competitive qualities.
R K Bhandari
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