Identifying Issues And Challenges Of Undergraduate Female Students During Industrial Training Exposure: With Reference To Haryana And Chandigarh Tricity Hotels

Abstract

Despite the fact that there are numerous opportunities in the hotel industry, the number of females enrolling in hotel management courses is significantly lower as compared to male students, also there is no concrete data available about number of females graduating and joining hotel industry. As a female scholar and in the field of education, she has noticed a significant number of females abandoning the hotel industry as a vocation after completing the course. Industrial training is a period when a female student for the first time comes in contact of hotel environment prior to graduation; hence, it is worth to investigate the issues and challenges encountered by female trainees during experiential learning. To derive useful information, a mixed technique that included both qualitative and quantitative data was applied.A total of 400 samples were collected through questionnaire, which was covertly designed for further analysis. All the respondents were females who have undergone industrial training from hotels of Haryana and Chandigarh Tricity. T- test was used to analyse the data before values were taken into consideration for the proper outcome. The study concluded on many elements of exposure to industrial training for female undergraduate students and identifies difficulties in statements for critical review and future study. As ratio of females entering into hotel management course is very low as compared to male it was very challenging to approach and gather authentic data. Additionally, while the study was limited to the hotels in the Haryana and Chandigarh Tricity, future research can be done with various aspects and in different regions. This study will be useful for Hotel Management Institutes, Hotels as well as female students. It will encourage and guide female students to opt and pursue career in Hotel Industry.