Globalisation has seen the hospitality industry in India mushrooming and opening up abundant opportunities for employment.According to latest statistics, India is likely to witness a further increase in both domestic and international tourists' strength. Annual demand for trained manpower in hotels and restaurants is approximately 2.03 lakh per year. Huge expansions are envisaged in the fast food/caf� segment as well as hotels.
Keeping in view the acute shortage of trained professionals and the emphasis of Govt of India on development of employability skills, the CBSE has released a circular stating that it would be offering five skill based courses under Hospitality and Tourism Sector and the packages are:
1. Food Production (Subject codes 734-735)
2. Food & Beverage Services (Subject Codes 736-737)
3. Front Office Management
4. Bakery & Confectionary (Subject Codes- 751,752)
5. Travel & Tourism (Subject Codes- 756,757)
CBSE will also facilitate support to its affiliated schools that are offering 'Food Production' and Food & Beverage Services' courses by arranging mentor institutes (i.e. Institutes of Hotel Management IHM) under the National Council of Hotel Management & Catering Technology (NCHMCT). These schools can also seek financial support in form of grants from the Ministry of Tourism for the successful implementation of these courses.
The NCHMCT, which is the professional body for the joint certification, is exploring possibilities for providing the students passing out this course with an additional weightage in the entrance examination for graduate courses in Hotel Management in the institutes of Hotel Management in the country i.e.NCHMCT JEE.
The new courses consist of two vocational subjects each in classes XI & XII. Besides these two vocational subjects students can take one language and two academic elective subjects relevant to the field. Students also have the option to take up any two academic elective subjects besides two vocational subjects. The students can also opt for sixth additional subject that can either be an academic elective subject or a vocational subject.
