NEWS| MoT launches 'Earn while you learn'

Ministry of Tourism (MoT), Government of India, launched a 21-day training programme titled 'Earn while you learn - sensitising youth to tourism' for college students in New Delhi earlier this week. The Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) is conducting the programme in collaboration with Air India.Funds for the project are provided under MoT's scheme of 'Capacity building for service providers.'



With 63 students, the programme in New Delhi is a pilot project and if successful, will be replicated in centres across the country. The plan is to organise about five such full-time programmes in a year. The topics covered in the programme include Indian society and culture, an overview of tourism and hospitality industry and managerial and behavioural skills. The curriculum has been worked out in consultation with the Archaeological survey of India (ASI), the Institute of Archaeology and other eminent institutes.

College students in the age group of 18 to 25 years are eligible for the training programme. The candidates are short-listed through a written entrance examination. On the successful completion of the course, candidates will be awarded a certificate by IITTM and Rs 1,000 as honorarium. Besides, the names of successful candidates will be put on the websites of IITTM and MoT.

Source: TravelBizMonitor