PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY DROPOUTS, REPEATERS, AND BALIKARALS AND STUDENTS WITH FAILED GRADES IN PUBLIC HIGH

SCHOOLS INQUEZON CITY: A BASIS FOR A PROPOSED

GUIDANCEINTERVENTION PROGRAM

Chapter 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
Entering high school can be exciting for some, terrifying for others or maybe just
another level that should be overcome. Here in the Philippines, almost all high school students
were in their teenage years, which can be considered as probably one of the most difficult but
undeniably
exciting stage of a persons life. There are numerous issues bombarding teens today, one of which is the
lack of direction, as to what path one must undertake to be who he wants to be, or simply, the
stage of exploration and identity identification. There are also different factors that could bring
about these issues, like peer influence and the mass media. These are only some factors that
could have an effect on their whole being. Facing each day with these issues and influences may
contribute to ones performance especially in school. This study confers on several problems
faced by most high schools at present time. These are the students who are at high
risk to school completion failure, these are dropping out from school, year retention
or commonly known as the repeaters, the balik-arals and the students with failed
grades. Dropout, the term immediately brings to mind an image, or a myriad of
images. It conjures up long list of adjectives many of them negative (Center for
Child and Family Policy, 2008).Students dropping out of school is one dilemma of
the education sectors; dropping out means leaving the school for practical reasons.
It is an impediment that is bugging the Department of Education not only in the
Philippines but also many countries around the globe because of its

Recommendations

Based on the major findings and conclusions drawn the researcher offer the
following recommendations:
Proposed Guidance Intervention Program
Title of the Program: Intensified Counseling Program
Background
Majority of the respondents encountered problems with regards to family factors,
followed by their school concerns and personal issues. With the results of the study
conducted by the researchers on Dropouts, Repeaters, Balik-Arals and students with
failed grades in public high schools in Quezon City, an intervention program was
conceptualized to reduce and prevent dropout, repeater, balik-aral and students
with failed grades rates. In addition, this program supports the goal of the
Department of Education in giving better and quality education to the Filipino youth.

This program not only focuses on a single factor but it targets the three factors
namely, personal, family and school factor.

Target Client/Population
The target clients of this program are the dropouts, repeaters, balik-arals, and students with failed
grades.
Program Rationale
This Intervention Program designed for high school dropouts, repeaters, balikarals and students with failed grades and it aims to help students continue their
school until they complete the course. This will enhance healthy school adjustment
by providing supportive environment and
will develop the studentsperceptions
of school as safe, cohesive and well-organized environment in which they will learn
and grow.
General Objectives
This program aims to alleviate the problem of education with regards to dropouts,
repeaters, balik-arals and students with failed grades in high schools by providing a
program that will lessen and prevent the students from resorting to stay out of
school.
With this, the researchers developed a program entitled, Intensified Counseling
Program with the following objectives:
To facilitate better understanding of oneself by clarifying the goals,
alternatives, and decisions toward self-direction.
To provide deeper insights on the various aspects in life and develop
students potentialities.
To work closely with school administrators, teachers, parents and
other professionals in order to get a wide picture of student problems,
difficulties and concerns for proper interventions.