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The research paper ‘The Motivations and Expectations of Students Pursuing Maritime
Education’ presents the ever-changing global environment of maritime education and training.
The maritime industry serves as the illustrative example, of which it has transformed from a
traditionally largely unskilled, labour-intensive industry to a capital-intensive, sophisticated one.
This has transformed the nature of maritime education from an efficient, hands-on approach to
a tertiary education emphasising business and analytical skills, as characterised by the increasing
number of tertiary institutions offering undergraduate and postgraduate maritime programs. In
this study, a questionnaire survey has been conducted on undergraduate and postgraduate
students who pursue maritime programs. The aim was to understand their profiles, motivations
and expectations of the respective programs that these students had enrolled in. Constructive
recommendations and strategies are provided to contribute to effective planning and
management of program articulation. However, the motivations and expectations of students
pursuing such programs have remained under-researched. [11]

The research paper ‘Training Effectiveness in Maritime Transport’ presents recent developments
in training and assessment that have focused on training non-technical skills. The maritime
industry has made significant investments in training and assessment in safety. Previous
literature has discussed whether training and assessment pay off in terms of improved safety
at the sharp end. However, they have not provided ample evidence on the effectiveness of
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) training on safety. The report also gives an overview
of maritime transport. The emphasis here is maritime transport’s safety performance compared
to other transport modes. Resource Management and Simulation-Based Training have been
introduced in the maritime industry. The research aims to document the effectiveness of training
and assessment. [12]

The research paper ‘The Relevance of Maritime Education and Training at the Secondary Level’
presents the relevance of MET at the secondary level that is necessary to increase awareness
and mitigate the trends and challenges influenced by the philosophical and sociological changes
experienced in society and the maritime industry. Firstly, this study examines the purpose of
secondary education, the secondary curriculum, factors that may require MET at the secondary
level and the effectiveness of early awareness of maritime concepts to youth aged 11-18 years.
Secondly, a mixed-method approach was applied in collecting and analysing data through
surveys and interviews. Considering the objectives of the study, the purposive sampling and
random survey methods were utilised to get a wide cross-section of participants to be able to
answer the five research questions. Thirdly, the findings reveal that the relevance of MET at the
secondary level is weighted by geographical, economic and country’s interest in the industry,
and to bring awareness and career opportunities. The findings established that stakeholders
lack awareness of the industry and therefore do not promulgate policies for implementing
MET at the secondary level. Further, the literature has noted the lack of concentrated effort
in promoting the industry to the youth. There is a need for a paradigm shift in the education
system to reform the secondary curriculum to make it relevant to society in terms of exposure
to the maritime industry. [13]

The research paper ‘Maritime Education in India– A Study on Productivity Enhancement’
presents the central theme of this research paper: to study the feasibility of enhancing maritime
education and training in India. This study also examines the challenges faced by Indian Maritime
Administration at different levels of maritime education, training and development and the
possible solutions to overcome the challenges by enhancing maritime capacity building and
employability. The need to advance maritime education from basic skill-based to research-based
is yet to be comprehensively perceived as the focus is only on the short-term perspective. On

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