Development of an Automated Guidance and Counseling Information Management System: A Basis of Behavioral Statistics of Student Misconduct

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The schools support the learning, well being and safety of all students with collaborative efforts among stakeholders to attain and maintain a positive behavior and effective discipline in public schools. Likewise, the meaningful integration of ICT would increase the delivery of guidance services and counseling for the benefits of the students. It is with these premises, the Guidance Counseling and Management Information System was developed to provide better services for the school.

METHODS

The researchers used the System Development Life Cycle for creating or altering information systems (SDLC). SDLC concept underpins many kinds of software development methodologies. SDLC puts emphasis on decision making processes that affect system cost and usefulness. Thirty (30) public schools guidance coordinators evaluated the developed system using the SoftwareEvaluation Criteria to the six (6) software quality standards set by ISO 9126. The responses gathered from these criteria are used to assess the usability of the developed system for its end users.

RESULTS

The six components of Software Evaluation Criteria for the developed system are: (1) Excellent for Functionality which obtained 4.60 mean average; (2) Very Good for Reliability indicated a 4.43 mean average; (3) Excellent for Usability which achieved a mean average of 4.60; (4) Very Good for Efficiency which assessed with a mean average of 4.49; (5) Excellent for Maintainability with 4.55 mean average; and (6) Very Good for Portability with mean average of 4.49. Based on the perception of the respondents, the developed system is able to effectively automate the record and retrieval of the students' profile and violation record. The system was found to be compliant to the six (6) software quality standards set by ISO 9126 with overall rating of Effective, congruent to the objective which is to develop an automated statistical report on the misconduct among the senior high school students in SHS within Nasugbu East Central School based on the observed behavior of the students reported in the Guidance Office.

DISCUSSIONS

It is highly evident that the developed Automated Guidance and Counseling Information Management System should be utilized to ease the way to monitor the students' misconduct so as to give a corresponding action provided by the guidance office of the school. It is highly recommended that this research be improved with additional guidance and counseling behavioral parameters.