This document provides information about career guidance programs for grade 12 students in the Philippines. It discusses the National Career Assessment Examination that assesses students' aptitudes and interests in senior high school. It also outlines the various exits students can pursue after graduating from senior high school, including employment, entrepreneurship, higher education, and middle-level skills development programs. The document encourages students to carefully consider their options and utilize their talents to find success.

1. My dearest grade 12 student,
Good day !
Welcome to Career Guidance Advocacy Program!
The Modules have been developed for the preparation of
equipping yourself with the skills required of a profession including
honing one’s personal attributes and characteristics that are
equally essential as the technical capabilities when applying for
work and to prepare yourself for a career you would want to
pursue after senior high. This program is composed of eight
modules with varied activities to hone your understanding . As
such, by the last module, the you would have been very confident
about the career you intend to undertake.
In order to sharpen your skills, various activities have been
employed and utilized that will inspire as well as motivate you to
persevere in your life goals.
You are likewise required to answer and accomplish all the
activity sheets for the entire program. At the end of Module 8,
all activity sheets shall be compiled in the your career
portfolio for compilation at the Guidance Office as part of the
student’s Individual Inventory Service.
It is hoped that this Module will be useful and significant as you
tread the road to your future, a journey you will travel not on your
own but
with significant others.
Enjoy Learning and Have fun!
With so much love,
CHRISTINE P. YNOT
Career Guidance Advocate

2. Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VII, CENTRAL VISAYAS
Schools Division Office of CITY OF BOGO
BARTOLOME C. PIAÑAR MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sambag, Dakit, Bogo City, Cebu
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CAREER GUIDANCE
ADVOCACY PROGRAM
FOR
GRADE 12 STUDENTS
MODULE 1:
ENTERING THE EXITS
LAS
(Learning Activity Sheets)

3. Lecturette
In order to guide the conduct of career guidance at the school level and
toensure the development of skills and competencies required in the world of
work, the Department of Education conducts career assessment to Grade 9
students through the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE). The
NCAE aims to provide guidance to individual learners for their
futureeducational and career choices. It also provides the basis for profiling
learners’ aptitude in the four Senior High School tracks.
There are three domains measured in the NCAE. These are the
General Scholastic Aptitude (GSA), Occupational Interest Inventory (OII), and
Aptitude for Senior High School Tracks. The GSA measures the learner’s
reading comprehension and scientific, verbal, mathematical, and logical
reasoning ability. The OII is a checklist of occupational interests that provides
an assessment of inclinations or preferences for comprehensive career
guidance.
The Aptitude for SHS Tracks determines the learner’s inherent capacity
to succeed in the SHS tracks. A profile chart of the students’ occupational
inclinations and preferences through the identified cluster occupations is
provided in the results of the NCAE. The test is being administered to all
Grade 9 learners who are currently enrolled in public and private schools with
government permit or recognition.
Moreover, learners with special needs may also be assessed provided
that test accommodations are met (per DepEd Order No. 55, s. 2016 Sec. 9).
Helping people make career decisions has been fundamental to counseling
psychology since its emergence as a profession, and it continues to be central
to its identity today (Gelso & Fretz, 2001, as cited in Journal of Counseling
Psychology, 2010).
After acquiring all the knowledge, skills, and attitude and being aware
of their interests and possible career path, Grade 12 learners will now choose
the curriculum exit they will pursue after senior high school. Grade 12 learners
may choose to work immediately since they are of legal age and have the
competencies to perform a specific job, or to pursue a business they can start
to earn money. They may also proceed to higher education and pursue a
degree course or take up any Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) courses for middle-level skills development.

4. Employment. Any senior high school graduate who plans to work after senior
high school can check with the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in
their locality for possible job vacancies, or they can browse in the Department
ofLabor and Employment website,www.ble.dole.gov.ph for possible local
employment.
Entrepreneurship. Senior high school graduates who plan to pursue the
entrepreneurship exit will have to consider many things. They have to be
cautious lest they end up losing money invested in the business. The
Philippine Business Industry (as cited in
http://www.biznewsph.com/p/business-ideas-inphilippines.html, 2012) has
come up with a list of ideas where prospective entrepreneurs can start and
grow their own business in the Philippines. (See Appendix 3: List of Business
Ideas in the Philippines.)
Higher Education. Senior High School graduates who would want to pursue
a degree course in higher education may directly inquire at any colleges and
universities in their area. They may also inquire at www.ched.gov.ph, the
official website of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the
recognized programs of schools per region.
Middle-Level Skills Development. Senior high school learners who may
want to pursue middle-level skills development after finishing a specific track
and strand in senior high school may inquire at their local TESDA offices for
the courses offered in their locality. Those who went to Technical Vocational
Livelihood Track and earned a National Certification Level II may apply for a
higher level of national certification if they opt to do so.
Senior high school graduates may go to any curriculum exit regardless
of the SHS track they took. If a learner took up a TVL Track, he/she can still
enroll in college to pursue higher education. Moreover, after entering a
specific exit, any SHS graduate may proceed to another exit. For example, a
graduate who chooses to pursue higher education and gets employed after
graduation may enter into a business or pursue middle-level skills
development while employed.
Nonetheless, whatever curriculum exit senior high school graduates
pursue is their own decision. They only have to maximize their talents and
resources in order to be successful. As what author and speaker Mack R.
Douglas said, “You are responsible for everything you do.”