Grade 12 Accountancy, Business and Management Students about the College Course Preference

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Career Guidance was implemented to help and guide senior high school (SHS) students to choose the right career, in line with the current track and strand, after SHS. It was found that the students were still confused about what career path to take in college. Thus, this study tackled the influence of Career Guidance to Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM) students in choosing a course in higher education.

METHODS

Following the non-experimental survey method, 50 Grade 12 ABM students in Cavite National High School-SHS were chosen as respondents through purposive sampling. The non-probability purposive sampling was used to choose ABM students that were well informed by the Career Guidance program.

RESULTS

Based from the assessments of the respondents, results showed that other than the personal factors like sex and desired course, the parents’ educational attainment, occupation, and monthly income were significant in choosing a bachelor's degree in college, directly affecting the decision about course selection. The overall data about the Career Guidance program showed that it had a positive influence on students, solving problems like uncertainties, doubts, and the desired course-skill mismatch. The lessons in the program were also helpful in aiding the initial knowledge and perception of students about continuing a bachelor's degree in higher education, giving factual and more accurate information about the path to take after SHS.

DISCUSSIONS

The implementation of Career Guidance was useful. Students would just depend on their initial understanding of what career to take and would build doubts within. With the execution of the program, it would serve as an instrument to widen the knowledge of students and to be ready for what comes after SHS.