ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE IN SELECTED INSTITUTIONS IN ABIA AND IMO STATES, NIGERIA

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Hotel Management and Tourism | Co Authors: NSIKAK EKANEM MOUAU/11/20397

 ABSTRACT   

It is a well known fact that practice clarifies theory and any learning activity especially technical oriented must be backed by both theory and practice. It is therefore important for students in various technical disciplines to undergo industrial attachment for a better understanding of the tasks and practices performed by industry professionals, improve self-confidence and have the opportunity to apply classroom theories to practical issues in the actual business setting. This paper seeks to assess the challenges hospitality industrial attachment students face in selected institutions in Imo and Abia states of Nigeria. The study aimed at determining whether theory and practice in the hospitality curriculum relate. It also sought to know whether hospitality industrial attachment provide a meaningful learning experience to the students involved. This study was a descriptive research with the target population being all students who were doing industrial attachment programme. A sample of 255 was drawn from the target population using Taro Yemen formula.  A questionnaire was used to obtain information to enable successful extraction of information from the intended sample. Data collected was analysed using simple percentage. Chi square tests were used to establish the significance of relationships between variables .The main challenges that were facing hospitality industrial attachment students included lack of adequate guidance and support to students during the industrial attachment, discrimination and engagement in petty work. The study concluded that hospitality industrial attachment students were facing challenges that compromised the quality of industrial attachments programme as a meaningful learning experience. In this connection the researcher recommends that industrial attachment should be planned and implemented as a genuine learning experience right from the start thereby giving students support to help meet their need. This could be done by allocating adequate funds to support the student and to enable the educational institution to maintain the vital link with the students and the industry. This calls for a closer working relationship between the educational institutions and the industry to ensure hospitality industrial attachment is a meaningful learning experience for the benefit of students involved.    


TABLE OF CONTENTS  

Title page                                                                                                                                                         i

Approval page                                                                                                                                                ii

Certification                                                                                                                                                   iii  

Dedication                                                                                                                                                      iv 

Acknowledgement                                                                                                                                        v 

Table of contents                                                                                                                                          vi     

Lists of table                                                                                                                                                  ix

Abstract                                                                                                                                                           x   


CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION       

1.1 Background to the study                                                                                                                       1

1.2 Statement of the problem                                                                                                                    4 

1.3 Objectives of the study                                                                                                                          5                                                                                                                                              

1.4 Research Questions                                                                                                                                6

1.5 Significance of the study                                                                                                                       6

1.6 Scope of the study                                                                                                                                  7 


CHAPTER TWO             

LITERATURE REVIEW 

2.1 Introduction                                                                                                                                             8

2.2 Conceptual framework                                                                                                                          8

2.3 Theoretical framework                                                                                                                        15

2.4 Definition of Industrial Attachment                                                                                                  16 

2.5 Types of Industrial Attachment programme                                                                                   14

2.6 Educational purpose Industrial Attachment                                                                                    18 

2.7 Benefits of Industrial Attachment                                                                                                     19

2.8 Challenges faced Hospitality industrial attachment                                                                       22 

2.9 Conditions for effective attachment                                                                                                 23 

2.10 Summary of literature review                                                                                                          26 

CHAPTER THREE             

RESEARCH      METHODOLOGY

3.1 Introduction                                                                                                                                          27 

3.2 Research Design                                                                                                                                   27

3.3 Area of study                                                                                                                                         27

3.4 Population for the study                                                                                                                     28 

3.5 Sample and Sampling Techniques                                                                                                     28 

3.6 Instruments for data collection                                                                                                30 

3.7 Validation   of the instrument                                                                                                            30 

3.8 Reliability   of the instrument                                                                                                             31

3.9 Data Collection Techniques                                                                                                                31 

3.10 Data Analysis Technique                                                                                                                   31


CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION  

4.1 Introduction                                                                                                                                          32

4.2 Questionnaire Distribution and Collection                                                                                      32 

4.3 Demographic characteristics of the respondents                                                                           32 

4.4 To determine the extent to which theory and practice in the hospitality curriculum relate 34  

4.5 To investigate the challenges experienced by students during industrial attachment           35 

4.6 Whether hospitality industrial attachment provides a meaningful learning experience to the students involved                                                                                                                                        44 

CHAPTER FIVE 

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

5.1 Introduction                                                                                                                                          50

5.2 Summary and implications of the major findings                                                                           50 

5.3 Conclusion                                                                                                                                             52

5.4 Recommendations                                                                                                                               52  

REFERENCES                                                                                                                                                   

APPENDICE                                       

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ISAAC, I (2020). ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE IN SELECTED INSTITUTIONS IN ABIA AND IMO STATES, NIGERIA . Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 21, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-challenges-hospitality-industrial-attachment-students-experience-in-selected-institutions-in-abia-and-imo-states-nigeria

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ISAAC, ISAAC. "ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE IN SELECTED INSTITUTIONS IN ABIA AND IMO STATES, NIGERIA " Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 05 May. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-challenges-hospitality-industrial-attachment-students-experience-in-selected-institutions-in-abia-and-imo-states-nigeria. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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ISAAC, ISAAC. "ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE IN SELECTED INSTITUTIONS IN ABIA AND IMO STATES, NIGERIA ". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 05 May. 2020. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-challenges-hospitality-industrial-attachment-students-experience-in-selected-institutions-in-abia-and-imo-states-nigeria >.

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ISAAC, ISAAC. "ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE IN SELECTED INSTITUTIONS IN ABIA AND IMO STATES, NIGERIA " Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2020). Accessed 21 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-challenges-hospitality-industrial-attachment-students-experience-in-selected-institutions-in-abia-and-imo-states-nigeria

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