Positive Impacts of Career Guidance Program to the Senior High School Students of Paharang National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Currently, many students struggle to decide what career they want to have someday. Most students and parents’ insights towards career choice were being limited between pursuing a college degree or being employed or unemployed. The Department of Education added the Career Guidance Program to guide every student in choosing a career, and this urges the researchers to have a study on the positive impacts of the Career Guidance Program in career planning, self-improvement, and workplace Readiness of Senior High School Students of Paharang Integrated School.

METHODS

A descriptive research design with a quantitative approach was used. The respondents of the study were the grade eleven and twelve students of Paharang Integrated School Year 2018-2019 who responded to the standardized survey questionnaire. The data were analyzed and interpreted using statistical tools such as Frequency, Weighted Mean, Composite Mean, Independent t-test and One-way Analysis of Variance.

RESULTS

Students strongly agreed that there is a positive implication towards implementing a career guidance program in Senior high school students of Paharang in terms of career planning. This study also revealed that most of the respondents agreed that GCP has positive impacts on their personal development and workplace readiness.

DISCUSSIONS

This study demonstrates a positive impact of the Career Guidance Program to senior high school students on their career planning. The program helps them to choose the career they want to pursue. Further, the program caters the aspects of self-improvement and workplace readiness to decide on their career path.