Awareness of Guidance Services among the Learners of Kablacan Integrated School: Basis for Crafting Guidance Services Handbook

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

An integral component of the educational mission of the school is the guidance and counseling of learners. This study aims to determine the awareness of guidance services among the learners of Kablacan Integrated School who were reported and not reported to the guidance office. The analysis revealed that the school needs to improve the guidance services offered to every learner. This study then serves as the basis to make an intervention program pertaining to the improvementof existing guidance services of Kablacan Integrated School.

METHODS

This study used the descriptive correlational design to determine if there is a significant relationship between the guidance services and the level of awareness of these guidance services among the learners. Questionnaires with the corresponding checklist were used to answer the study. The study utilized a quantitative approach in data collection using a questionnaire with the corresponding checklist to answer the research problem. The stratified random sampling method was used to identify the respondents among the Junior high school learners of Kablacan Integrated School in the school year 2017-2018 and a total of 80 learner respondents composed the sample of the study.

RESULTS

The result shows that there is a significant relationship between the guidance services such as counseling service (correlation coefficient= 0.75), follow-up service (correlation coefficient=.63), psychological testing service (correlation coefficient=0.97) and information service (correlation coefficient =.74) and the level of awareness among the learners. The services and programs of guidance and counseling promote the career and educational development, personal and social aspects of all learners. Learners who have counseling programs reported being more positive, and having a greater feeling of belonging, emotionally stable and safe in their schools (Gysbers, 2012). For this reason, it is important to determine these services that promote the personal and social aspects of the learners and help lessen behavioral problems.

DISCUSSIONS

This simply implied that the guidance services of the school need plans for some innovations to enhance and improve the guidance services rendered. The services and programs of guidance and counseling promote the career and educational development, personal and social aspects of all learners. Through the result of this study, crafting the handbook of guidance services as guidelines in implementing the program will be realized and be used for the benefit and welfare of every learner who may encounter problems and with that, cases reported at the guidance office may be lessened. With the school guidance services handbook, school personnel will be guided accordingly in helping the learners to a more positive and emotionally stable state.