We have decided to add a few more services to the existing Guidance Program at this institution, to aid them with effectively addressing the needs of the students.
According to Dr. Fritz Grupe, founder of MyMajors.com, “eighty percent of college-bound students have yet to choose a major...50 percent of those who do declare a major, change majors, with many doing so two to three times during their college years.” Because of this dilemma most students face upon entering College, we established a service where we cater to the students’ Security Needs. The Program is directed to help the students while in High School, realize their strengths, choose the right course to take up in College, be excellent at it, and have stable and satisfying jobs in the future.
We also introduced Crisis Counselling in the Program, to minimize stress, provide emotional support and improve the students’ capacity to cope with any situation they face in the here and now. It has been observed that adolescents these days, especially with the growing influence of the media, are becoming easily affected by individual, developmental, familial and situational crises. Crises relating to Puberty, Identity, Abandonment in the Family, Divorce of Parents, or the lack of Educational Assistance are stressors that are apparently true for most of the students in this institution. We then directed the modification of their Guidance Program on addressing such issues.