Career Guidance Programs and Services for Technical – Vocational – Livelihood Track

The primary goal of this research paper is to assess the quality and learn about the significant differences in the career guidance programs and services for the Technical-Vocational-Livelihood track.Likewise, it aims to recommend activities and programs that will strengthen the career guidance services for TVL learners.A descriptive-evaluative type of research was adopted to make this study more fruitful with the title, "Evaluation of Guidance Programs and Services for Technical -Vocational -Livelihood Track".This was used as the instrument of the study to assess the career guidance programs and services for the TVL track.In addition, the researcher conducted Focus Group Discussions with guidance designates/coordinators or guidance-in-charge, and randomly selected senior high school students pursuing the TVL track in selected public senior high schools as supplementary data for further evaluation, validation, and understanding of the study.Various statistical methods such as Percentage, Mean, and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were utilized to analyze the data.The study included 516 TVL learners from public senior high schools in Pililla and Jalajala districts, including Hulo Integrated National High School, Pililla Integrated National High School, Quisao Integrated National High School, Malaya Integrated National High School, and Bayugo Integrated National High School.Purposive sampling and total enumeration were utilized in the study due to the number of enrollees under the abovementioned track.The study's findings showed that most senior high school respondents are males, at the Grade 12 level, and pursued the Industrial Arts strand.On the assessment of the career guidance programs and services for the TVL track, the results revealed that the TVL learners in the selected public senior high schools highly observed the career information, career education, career counseling, placement, and business/industry relationships.Furthermore, the study showed that there were significant differences in the assessment of career guidance programs and services of the TVL learners in selected public senior high schools based on sex and grade level.However, no significant difference was found in the assessment of career guidance programs and services across all identified aspects concerning the strand.Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that the assessment of the quality of the career guidance programs and services depends upon the sex and grade level of the learner-evaluators.These circumstances could be affected by factors like stereotypically associating TVL courses and careers with males and the amount of career guidance activities provided to students, where the graduating Grade 12 learners are more exposed to various career guidance programs than the Grade 11 learners