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• 29% of women seafarers responded that they would quit sailing before planning a family.
Additionally, 43% responded that they would like to work in the company office for few
years before returning to sailing after giving birth to a child.
• To ensure more women joining shipping career, 50% of the shipping company
representatives would provide office jobs to women seafarers who have recently become
mothers.
Maritime Administration

• 18.4% of respondents feel that completing documentation in the Maritime Administration
is very challenging.

• Regarding the measures related to grievance redressal, nearly 85% of the respondents
believe that the measures taken by Maritime Administration are effective.

Indian Pre-sea Students’ Perspective

This section covers various aspects of Indian Maritime Education and Training from the
perspectives of Indian pre-sea students, such as safety and environmental protection practices,
human factors, various facilities at their institute, opinion regarding the courses, placements,
etc.
Some of the noteworthy points are:

• Around 62% of the students got the information about this career from their family,
relatives, friends or acquaintances.

• 58% of the students are from the Northern or Southern part of India.

• One-third of the students had to take bank loans and 7% of them had to sell their family
assets for pre-sea training.

• 21% of the students have experienced discrimination based on religion, caste or language.

• 12.2% of the students faced ragging in their institutes.
• Due to very strict rules for getting passes to enter a port, nearly 40% of students could
not visit a ship.

• Around two-thirds of students are satisfied with the ability of the placement cell to
attract reputed companies to their institute. Four out of five students are satisfied with
the process of grooming them for placement.

• Mostly, the students are satisfied with their overall educational experience at their
institutes. However, some of the respondents feel there is some scope for improvement
in various areas.

Key Findings

This section highlights the important points for the maritime training institutes, shipping
companies, and the Maritime Administration.

An Initiative of the Research and Training Committee- Supported by the
VIII Indian National Shipowners’ Association Maritime Training Trust