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Chapter V

Summary, Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations

This chapter presents the summary, findings, conclusion, and corresponding

recommendations of the study.

Summary

This study describes the student’s level of awareness in guidance counselling

program among arts and design tack of Tupi National Senior High School of Tupi, South

Cotabato. Moreover, this study identifies the level of awareness in terms of Physical

facilities, Availability/Accessibility, Manpower/Personnel, and Guidance Services.

There were fifty-four (54) respondents used in the study, twenty-nine (29) from

Grade 12 Arts and Design Fernando Amorsolo and twenty-five (25) from Grade 11 Arts

and Design Lisa Macuja. They were selected through purposive sampling technique,

means to say that all of the students, both Grade 11 Lisa Macuja and Grade 12

Amorsolo were selected as respondents.

This study basically descriptive using a quantitative data gathering and analytical

method. Quantitative data were gathered through distribution of survey questionnaire

administered to fifty-four (54) respondents. The researcher made a documentary review

of related literature and studies in order to provide bases for analyzing data.

For the quantitative analysis, the following statistical measures were used: frequency

counts, percentage, mean and weighted mean.

Findings

This finding shows the result on percentage distribution as shown in Chapter 4.

The questionnaire consist of two parts; the socio-demographic profile of the

respondents. The second part consist of Physical Facilities, Availability and

accessibility, Manpower/Personnel and The Guidance services.

The following were the major findings of the study:

On the socio-demographic profile of the respondents it was found out that 62.96%

of the respondents are female when it comes to age 35.19% are 17 years old and in

terms to religion with a 72.22% are catholic. This means that socio-demographic profile

of the respondents is a way to know the level of awareness in terms of age, sex and

religion.

A. Physical Facilities

1. Majority of the respondents are not aware that guidance office is clean and

organize.

2. Majority of the respondents are aware that counselling area is comfortable to

students.

3. Majority of the respondents are not aware that guidance office are adequately

provided in terms of (room, furniture, and other equipment needed for the

guidance and counselling.)

4. Majority of the respondent are not aware that guidance office is free from

stress. In terms of (environment, and counselling.)

5. Majority of the respondents are not aware that guidance office counselling

equipment is properly used and well maintained.

B. Availability and Accessibility

1. The respondents in general are not aware that guidance office provides

counselling session.

2. The respondents in general are not aware that guidance office hours is

convenient to students.

3. The respondents in general are aware that guidance office location is

accessible to students.

4. The respondents in general are aware that guidance office provides

information regarding their services.

5. The respondents in general are not aware that guidance office provides

necessary counselling materials for students.

C. Manpower/Personnel

1. The respondents in generally are aware that the counsellor help the student to

speak-up their voice in terms of (life experiences, grades, problems, and career

counselling.)

2. The respondents in general are aware that the counsellor responds to the

students’ inquiry in terms of (life experiences, grades, problems, and career

counselling.)
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3. The respondents in general are not aware that counsellor provides training for

students in terms of (education, vision, skills, interests, values, and goals.)

4. The respondents in general are aware that the counsellor treats students with

respect in terms of (the way they talk, accept the student who they are, and where they

currently are in their life.

5. The respondents in general are aware that the counsellor is prompt in giving

guidance services in terms of (individual inventory service, information service, and

counselling service.)

D. Manpower/Personnel

1. Majority of the respondents are aware that guidance office has standard

function to guide students.

2. Majority of the respondents are not aware that that guidance office provides

enough proper counselling and other services.

3. The respondents in general are not aware that that guidance office provides

other services aside from counselling.

4. The respondents in general are not aware that that guidance office provides

regular assessment for needs-based counselling.

5. Majority of the respondents are aware that that guidance office is willing to

assist the needs of students.

Conclusions
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Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were made:

Majority of the students of arts and design in terms of Socio-demographic profile

are female, in line with this 17 years old students is the highest age percentage, and

When it comes to Religion of the respondents most of them are catholic.

A. Majority of the respondents generally are not aware regarding the guidance

office is clean and organize, it is comfortable to students, facilities are adequately

provided, it is free from stress, and counselling equipment is properly used and well

maintained. Also, this shows that the facilities in the guidance office are not provided

properly.

B. Majority of the respondents generally are not aware regarding guidance office

provides counselling session regularly, office hours is convenient in the needs of the

students, office location is accessible to the students where individual are easily to find,

office provides information regarding their services, and guidance office provides

necessary counselling materials for students. Also, this shows that the guidance need-

based counselling for students are not accessible to them.

C. Majority of the respondents generally are aware regarding the counsellor help

the students to speak-up their voice in times of their needs and counselling session,

guidance counsellor responds to the students’ inquiries information, counsellor provides

training for students, guidance counsellor treats the students with respect during the

counselling and even giving information to the students, counsellor is prompt in giving

guidance services to the students who needs counselling. Based on the findings that

guidance counsellor skills are not effective to help the students and empower them.
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D. Majority of the respondents generally are not aware regarding the guidance

office has standard function to guide students, guidance office provides enough proper

counselling and other services, guidance office provides other services aside from

counselling services, guidance office provides regular assessment for needs-based

counselling, and guidance office is willing to assist the needs of students on individual in

terms of their need counselling. Based on the result it was found out that many other

students are not aware in terms of services given by the guidance office.

Recommendations

On the basis of present study some recommendations for students in the schools

are drawn as follows:

On the Physical Facilities, it was recommended that they should approach the

School Head in planning physical facilities to (extent the location of guidance space,

suggests equipment and other features pertaining to the guidance facilities). Areas are

describe in detail are (waiting area, counsellor’s office, small conference room,

multipurpose guidance room, and storage room where sample floor plan layouts are

included.)

On the Availability and Accessibility, it was recommended that guidance services

should publicized and accessible to any eligible student. The target student, availability

and other relevant arrangements need to be stated clearly and accessible to students.

The guidance counselling should have a session regularly, and the location and space

should be convenient to students.

On the Manpower/Personnel, it was recommended that guidance counsellor

should provide counselling to students, asses the inquiries of the student, asses the

ability and potential in students, and coordinate with fellow professionals on student

matters.

On the Guidance Services, it was recommended that guidance services should

offer individual inventory, counselling, routine interview, exit interview, group guidance,

research studies, and vocational guidance. So that every student are reliable and aware

that guidance services help individuals.

It was recommended by researchers, that the quality and effectiveness of

guidance and counselling should be evaluated for education institutions in order to help

the counsellor’s bridge the gap between perceived need for their services and

counselling services provided.

It was recommended by researchers, that the authorities in higher institutions

should establish clear policies that would improve and strengthen the guidance

counselling services to make them effective for the attainment of students’ level of

awareness.

Based on the findings, the guidance counselling program may be crafted are: On

the Physical facilities the program may be proposed is the Physical Environment

Program this focuses on the physical structure of the place and comfortable to students,

safe, secure, accessible, well illuminated, well ventilated, and aesthetically pleasing.

On the Availability and accessibility the program may be proposed is the Counselling

Session Program (twice a month) it depends on need based-counselling session where

every students are accessible and provides information to the services with a necessary

counselling materials for students. On the Manpower/Personnel the program may be

proposed is the Manpower training program for counsellor where counsellor will be able

to improve the counselling skills and to empower students with the proper counselling

session. In the Guidance services the program may be proposed is the Development

Guidance Program were designed to assist individuals in making and implementing

informed educational and occupational choices. Second, is the Career Guidance

Program were students develops and individual’s competencies in self-knowledge.

Third, is the Educational Guidance Program were it is the process of assisting the

individual support student to reach optimum educational development. Thus, guidance

craft program helps the students to make right choices, as well as make adjustments in

relation to schools, curriculum, courses and school life which is contribute to the all-

around development of the students, and also increase the level of awareness of the

Arts and Design students.