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
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
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.
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 >.
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