Goals of the project: 1. Acquisition of professional knowledge, practical skills, ideas and experience of students of the fields of cook, waiter/waitress and services in the tourism industry. The priority is to develop skills in gastro establishments and tourism establishments, to get to know the preparation of the dishes of the given country, the peculiarities of serving clients in restaurant establishments, taking into account the cultural customs of the given country. In tourism, to be able to provide basic and additional services, to be able to use the possibilities of craft production, hand-made production in the services, to know the marketing of such services. 2. Improvement of social and language competences of students. We want pupils to improve their competences in using a foreign language and to improve social competences and emotional intelligence when talking with clients in accordance with the cultural and ethnic customs of the given country.
The Nitra Vocational Secondary School of Gastronomy and Tourism teaches subjects that are applied in the gastronomy industry and in the field of tourism.At the school, we teach study fields: cook, waiter/waitress, services in the tourism industry and study fields: cook, waiter/waitress. The school also offers additional studies in entrepreneurship in crafts and services. The priority of the school is to prepare students for their employment in the labor market throughout the European Union in classic job positions, as well as to show them the possibilities of employment in providing of non-traditional services. By submitting the project, the school will fulfill the identified need to improve the professional knowledge and skills of students in accordance with international trends in gastronomy and tourism by learning about other cultures, peculiarities of regions and customs in the gastro industry and in tourism of other countries.