The Swiss Hotel Management Academy (SHMA) launched VET by EHL, a Vocational Education Training programme by Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), Switzerland recently at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo. Education Minister Prof G L Peiris was the Chief Guest.
EHL is the world’s first and number one hospitality management school with over 25,000 alumni worldwide boasting a 96pct employment rate among recent graduates. Based on one of the best education models in the world - the Swiss Competency Framework, the VET by EHL programme is characterized by a strong learning outcomes approach and a competence-oriented structure of training.
SHMA is the first hospitality management institute in Sri Lanka to offer an apprenticeship model through the VET by EHL programmes, heralding a revolutionary change to the hospitality industry. A Baur & Company Pvt Ltd Managing Director/CEO Rolf Blaser stated, ‘We are proud to break through traditional thinking and embrace more innovative and ground-breaking ways that will enable students to have the required practical experience and industry relations upon completion of their study. We are challenging the status quo together with VET by EHL and taking this bold initiative for the greater good of our hospitality sector and the country as a whole.’
All certificates and diplomas are signed and issued through VET by EHL and all trainers and lecturers at SHMA comprise renowned top industry professionals. Jens-Henning Peters, Head of VET by EHL said ‘The team at SHMA has tirelessly worked to reach to where we are today.’
Director and Regional Head- EHL Advisory Services Aman Aditya Sachdev said ‘Sri Lanka is a key global tourism destination and despite the ongoing challenges I’m very convinced that Sri Lanka tourism will bounce back much sooner and stronger. This launch is a landmark initiative for the hospitality and tourism industry in Sri Lanka and we are excited to be a part of it.’
SHMA, one of Sri Lanka’s leading hospitality academy since 2012, is now licensed by EHL to deliver the VET programme in 4 distinct streams; Culinary Professional Diploma, Service Professional Diploma, Rooms Professional Diploma and Hotel Administration Diploma.
The apprenticeship model is an inclusive curriculum with an intense weekly 2-day theoretical and practical learning followed by a comprehensive 4-day ‘on-the-job’ training at select-star classed hotels that will distinct SHMA graduates as trailblazers and game-changers in the industry.
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