The Actualities and Quality of the Services Rendered by the Guidance Counselors in Secondary Public Schools in the Fourth Congressional District of Laguna

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Issues on guidance and counseling comprise to what extent counseling should work and how the guidance counselor should be evaluated. The roles of the counselor are at large in its scope yet its actualities focus more on what has been used to do by the guidance counselor. This study was conducted to identify the school guidance services and dealt primarily to determine the actualities and the quality of services rendered by the guidance counselors in public secondary schools.

METHODS

This research utilized a survey study using descriptive-evaluative method to determine the actualities and quality of the guidance services. The main instrument used in the gathering of data relevant to this study is a research-made questionnaire-checklist given to school principals, guidance counselors/advocates/coordinators, public teachers, and students. These respondents were derived from the total population of twenty public schools using Lynch formula.

RESULTS

Among the identified guidance services, the majority of guidance counselors record and file student's cases accurately. Also, catering students for individual counseling is always implemented. The actualities of guidance services revealed that the attitude of guidance counselors is relevant to their work. While the quality of guidance services is perceived by all respondents as always practiced interms of professionalism or ethics. The quality and actuality of the guidance services are not significantly different from the perception of each group of respondents. Only the perceptions of respondents towards the quality of the guidance services found significant. It implies that the guidance counselors are doing all the services included in the guidance program as seen by school members but the quality does not meet the set standard.

DISCUSSIONS

The findings illustrate that the quality of the actualities of guidance services is far off the reality of its standard. The Department of Education develops the quality of guidance program through hiring eligible counselors, yet the importance to have a sound basis of guidance and counseling program for schools to determine the standard assessment of all guidance counselors is highly recommended.