Abstract:
This study focused on the issues and concerns confronted in the implementation of guidance services in San Rafael, Bulacan. The State recognizes the important role of Guidance Counselors in nation building. The programs include counseling, psychological testing like personality, career, interest, aptitude, mental ability, achievement, learning and study orientation, research, placement, referral and group process. These programs must be observed in every school yet due to some inevitable reasons, it is not implemented in some private schools and public schools as well. However, in reality, it is still negligible compared to other educational services. It revealed that guidance services were still in a low bargaining position. Specifically, the scope was limited to public secondary schools in San Rafael, District of Bulacan. The study included 46 teachers and 306 students. This school was chosen to be the respondents of this study because they have a Registered Guidance Counselor (RGC) in the District. This study used the descriptive assessment type of research. It employed a questionnaire and interview as the techniques in data collection. The study utilized a validated questionnaire of Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools and Universities (PAASCU). The questionnaire consists of three parts. The first part deals with the admission. The second part is Guidance Organization and Administration. The last part deals with the guidance services. With this, the respondents dealt with the said questionnaire to assess the quality of guidance services. Based on the findings, some implications were identified and recommendations were made for further research improvement.
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