Examine the Impact of Curriculum Components on Students' Employability Potential: A Study on Undergraduate Tourism Students
Keywords:
Curriculum, Generic skills, Functional area skills, Tourism courses, Employability potentialAbstract
The primary goals of education are to educate students, equip them with the necessary skills to support themselves, and prepare them for success in their chosen fields of work. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of curriculum components on students’ employability potential. The study's target population consists of institutions and universities in the North Indian region. A total of 360 students enrolled in bachelor's programs and taking tourism courses in the regular mode were approached for the study. To analyse the collected data, SPSS version 24 and AMOS version 21 were used. Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh were considered. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, along with structural equation modelling (measurement and structural models), were employed, revealing that the generic and functional-area skills in curriculum structure design have a significant positive influence on students’ employability potential.
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