Post on 23-May-2020
Khem R. LakaiFounder/CEO
GATECoordinator
PATA Chapter Human Capital Development
Disrupting Hospitality Education: Local approach to Global Challenges!
Let me take you to my Imaginary World
• A small beautiful village in Nepal
Hospitality In Nepal
“Nepal Hotel” was the first hotel that was established in 1951 in Jawalakhel, Patan.
Later “Royal Hotel” was established in “Seto Durbar” 1951 by the Russianbusinessman Mr. Boris Lisanevich.
Then chronologically In 1952 “Paras Hotel” and in 1954 “Snow View Hotel” wereestablished.
The first purposely established hotel was “Hotel Coronation” in 1956 at Bagbazar.
At present there are many hotels that run through International chain operation.These are the in which individual owner merge themselves to large internationalchain such as Radisson, Marriott, Sheeraton, Hyatt, Hilton etc.
Hospitality Education started in Nepal with the establishment of Nepal Academy ofTourism & Hotel Management (NATHM) on 1972 and then this educationflourished.
List of Institutes Providing Different Hospitality Degrees
Prov 1 Prov 2 Prov 3 Prov 4 Prov 5 Prov 6 Prov 7
BTTS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
BTTM 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
BMTM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
BHTM 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Advanced Diploma 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
BHCM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Certificate Level 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
Diploma Program 0 0 7 1 1 0 0
BHM 3 0 33 0 7 0 1
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SUM 3 0 51 5 8 0 1
Source: https://www.collegenp.com/
I wish I had money to study and work
My parents have a lot of money why should I work in
entry level
GAP• Skills• Passionate youths
Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education Pvt. Ltd.
• Hospitality Education through Theory and Practical Learning Module• 80% Practical through practical learning, events, caterings etc
But it is still not enough to overcome the shortcoming as seen in Hospitality Industry of Nepal
• Expansion of Vocational Branches• 3 Vocational Branches• 2 Technical Collaboration
GATE Vocational Westend, Nepalgunj
GATE Vocational FAB School, Pokhara
Kakshya Café, Bandipurwhere the whole town is our hospitality lab
This is our Innovative step to Hospitality Education
So
What’s Next?
Increase in demand in Tourism
• As we move forward to Tourism year 2020,– Increase in the flow of tourists
– Increase in the investments in hotels and restaurants – more than 65 hotels from 5 stars to mid range by 2020
Source: Nepal Tourism Statistics 2017, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Source: Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2017 Nepal, World Travel and Tourism Council
Locals
• Indulged in Sustainable Eco Tourism
Clean Small hotels and
guest houses
Eco home stays with
organic gardens
Restaurants with organic and hygienic
local food
Tea houses
Youth
Support Local Business
• Work in local businesses (Hotels, guest houses, restaurants, tea shops) and earn from early age
Local School
• They go twice a week to a local hospitality school in community school
No Brain Drain
• They do not have to any longer go away from their home for quality education because quality hospitality education has come to their village
Secondary Education Examination (SEE)
Apprenticeship Model (or +2)
1 Year Focused Hospitality Training + 1 Year Internship (Diploma in Hospitality)
3 Year Education (Higher Diploma in Hotel and Restaurant Management)
3 Year Education + 1 Year Research (Under/Post Graduate Diploma in
Hospitality)
Masters Degree
PhD
Hospitality Education (Investment in Youth)
No investment requirement by parents
Youths start working and earning earlier
Attracting talented passionate youths for good
career
Saving youths from wasting their time unlike today’s
learning environment
Investment in Human Capital
Local Businesses
Get young passionate and skilled young people to will
stay with them for minimum of
2-3 years (Education)
Shape young people as per their business
values and standards
Less expensive than regular
workers whose skills and loyalty
cannot be guaranteed
Model
Hospitality Business
YouthsSchool
Our Sponsor Industry Partners
Is this a dream for everyone?
– Youths
– Hospitality Businesses
– Parents
Today’s Education System
• Young people are too much in the class room– We need to take them out and show them the real world
• Quality of education has so far been unable to keep
up with the changes and evolution the industry has
gone through
– Unless we are able to sync academic learning with these changes, businesses won’t be able to bring in better talents
– Providing an education that is relevant to the industry is the key
• Today it is important for education and businessesnot to set boundaries saying local or internationalcontext
• For education and businesses not to act in isolationwhich is a traditional approach
• Rather to set a global mindset with no boundaries
• Collaborate !!!
Thank you
• Its time to invest in human capital and cometogether and collaborate
• Its time to think about long term visions thanshort term profits
• The act that we do today will determine howour future will be