The Need to Integrate Tourism Education and Training Into Tvet Program and Manpower Planning For Tourism Development In Ethiopia
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2007-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the need to integrate tourism
. e ducation and training into technical and vocational education and
training program to ensure the supply of adequate middle level manpower
to the tourism industry. The theoretical framework indicates that
successful manpower planning approach in tourisms involves that the
evaluation of the present manpowe r, the projection of future manpower
needs, the evaluation of the human resource available and, fo rmulating
the education and training program which required providing the requisit e
qualified manpower. To achieve this objective, the descriptive research
method was employ e d. Primary data from 71 respondents (13 higher
officials of MCT and 58 p e rsonnel and marketing departments heads of
hotels and tour operators), and secondary data from legal docum ents of
both entities, were coll ected. Questionnaire, document analysis and
interview were used as instruments of data collection. The finding of the
study revealed that the existing tourism training institutes are unable to
supply adequate numbe r of trained manpowe r to the extent of th e touris m
industry needs. Besides, the existing tourism business enterprises, name ly
tourist hotels and tour operators are not s trong enough in their number and
quality of manpower to d e live r am internationally competitive service. The
theoretical framewo rk indicates that successful manpower planning
approach in touris m s involves which evaluation of the present manpower,
the projection of future manpowe r needs, the evaluation of the human
resource available and, formulating the education and training program
required to provide the re quisite qualified manpower. In the light of these
findings, recomm e ndations suggested were, first, to achieve the manpower
training development programs needs assessment has to b e carried out,
secondly a systematic formulation of the training programs are to be
designed for the required pre-employ ment including on-the-Job-training
needed to upgrade the present emplo yees working in tourism. At last
recommendations given on the major findings of the s tudy, for the
development of tourism training institute expansion program are that MCT
and MOE may maintain a system measure to integrate tourism education
and training into TVET program to meet the tourism industry human
resource requirements.
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