CBSE to offer Hotel Management, Catering Technology courses

Tourism Minister Kumari Selja and Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal at the signing of MoU between CBSE and NCHMCT on introducton of Hotel Management and Catering Technology courses in CBSE Schools, on July 20, 2010.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will offer courses in Hotel Management and Catering Technology fo students of Class XI and XII with effect from the academic session 2010-11 in CBSE schools.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed between the CBSE and the National Council for Hotel Management & Catering Technology (NCHMCT), New Delhi here today.

The MoU was signed by NCHMCT CEO Devesh Chaturvedi and CBSE Chairman Vineet Joshi in the presence of Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal and Tourism Minister Kumari Selja.

According to an official press release, CBSE and NCHMCT will jointly develop a format for joint certification of the courses. The CBSE will finalise the course design, updation, training of teachers, skill development of students and the conduct of practical and the theory examination for the courses in consultation with the NCHMCT.

The NCHMCT will set up Mentor Centres wherever possible in the country to help take the students at these centres and provide guidance to students and clarify their doubts.

The course will be introduced in selected cities in schools with sufficient infrastructure and extended to other cities once it becomes popular and infrastructure is developed in other schools.

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