All set we are for the Psychological Debriefing event in Baguio. We leave at 530AM tomorrow Oct. 29, and hope to be back Saturday evening October 31. We will be housed in the SVD Retreat House, Sunnyside Baguio during this event.
This is the set program, in coordination with the group there in Baguio:
Group 1. Debriefing for the Debriefers( October 29) - The SLU group of psychologists and counselors are the debriefers who prefer to be debriefed by the IPCAP team. Debriefers from PMHA Baguio, UP Baguio, Baguio Gen Hospital, BSU might also be there.
Majority of the debriefers are working. With the suspension of work the past weeks, it is difficult for them to be absent for the debriefing. Proposed time to conduct the debriefing/training of counselors, psychologists in the afternoon (5:15p.m) till evening of October 29th. That will give time to rest after a long trip.
Group 2. Debriefing for the Service providers (firemen, social workers and volunteer rescuers). Approximate number is 120. October 30 – 8 a.m.
Group 3. Debriefing for the Victims. Approximate number is 50. October 30 – 1p.m
Group 4. Graduate School Students and Counselors who want to be trained in debriefing. (Tentative schedule is Oct 31 a.m)
This will be quite a schedule, and thanks to the organizers in Baguio. IPCAP will be giving out Certificates of Active Participation to those who have come to give service to our people at this time of great need.
God bless us all, especially the RGCs who have signified their intention to come and serve.
An IPCAP member has forwarded a text from a very important person in the profession: M happy to hear that RGCs r very much needed at the time 2 appease d feelings of those who r victims of the recent calamity. Nice project of IPCAP! Regards n good luck to all! Tca.
You're welcome po. God bless
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
IPCAP to Do Psychological Debriefing in Baguio, R.O in Botolan
During the October 15, 2009 meeting, the Integrated Professional Counselors Association of the Philippines (IPCAP) Board decided to accept the invitation from Baguio to do Psychological Debriefing sessions with Typhoon Pepeng victims. We leave Manila for Baguio on Oct. 29, 2009 (departure time 530AM, meeting area: St. Jude Archdiocesan Shrine, beside Malacanan Palace). We return to Manila on Oct. 31, 2009 so we can reach home before dark.
In this regard, we are calling on IPCAP members and other registered guidance counselors to volunteer for this event. For more information, you may email berngu721@gmail.com or apspolestico@gmail.com. We have emailed our IPCAP members materials for our use. If you haven't received your copy, you may request via email.
In the same meeting, it was likewise decided that IPCAP will do relief operations in Botolan, Zambales on Nov. 2-3, 2009. Deadline for volunteers is on Oct. 28, 2009. You may email berngu721@gmail.com or elvieramos888@yahoo.com for more information.
See you and God bless
In this regard, we are calling on IPCAP members and other registered guidance counselors to volunteer for this event. For more information, you may email berngu721@gmail.com or apspolestico@gmail.com. We have emailed our IPCAP members materials for our use. If you haven't received your copy, you may request via email.
In the same meeting, it was likewise decided that IPCAP will do relief operations in Botolan, Zambales on Nov. 2-3, 2009. Deadline for volunteers is on Oct. 28, 2009. You may email berngu721@gmail.com or elvieramos888@yahoo.com for more information.
See you and God bless
Friday, October 02, 2009
A few things to remember on being prepared
I think this one is worth placing here so that our readers, who I'd like to believe are Guidance Counselors or Counseling Psychologists, may remember and also share to others. Thanks to Dr. Susan Estanislao, my colleague at the Sarnelli Center for Streetchildren, in Baclaran, Paranaque City. It's all about being prepared for the flood, or when dire emergencies come. These may form part of the drills we have: fire drill, earthquake drill, and why not a FLOOD DRILL?
1. "calamity" kits/bag containing medicines (like paracetamol for fever, children's meds, maintenance meds, bandages, sterile gauze, cotton balls, band aid, betadine antiseptic, multivitamins, vitamin C, alcohol, calmoseptine ointment, insect repellant lotion, etc.),
2. a whistle (think Rose in Titanic)
3. small transistor radio
4, flash lights
5. fresh batteries
6. rechargeable lamps
7. life vest/floating devices
8. rope (not for hanging oneself ha?)
9. matches
10. always have your cell phone charged
11. "no cook" food - meaning food that doesn't need cooking (chichiria pwede na no?)
12. water
13. some clothes & other basic provisions you might deem necessary.
14. Have distilled water for children ready.
15. Put important documents like birth certificate, personal id cards, car insurance, insurance policies etc. in big resealable plastics (like the ones used for sandwiches). Put these all in a bag you can immediately take with you if you need to evacuate.
16. Have emergency cash put aside. ATM's and credit cards are useless without electricity.
17. Know emergency hotlines. Inform your relatives and friends of your whereabouts if you can.
Remember that you can live without food for more than 24 hours but not water.
* If you can't bring any food, bring water in plastic bottles. Once empty, it can be used as flotation devices by tying several plastic water bottles together (plastic softdrink bottles) with straw ropes (like the one used in supermarkets). [Wow, dami mong dadalhing plastic bottles niyan. Nevertheless, the moral of this point is: don't throw your plastic bottles irresponsibly. It may either block the hole where floodwater can flow out in the drainage, thereby raising higher the level of the flood, or you can still tie them later to form your saving boat! Guess what, why not start tying them when you have time so that when the flood comes, it can be used. Better be prepared than not, di ba?]
* If you are advised to evacuate, do not think that nature will spare you, heed the warning! Never mind the things that can be replaced.
* Lastly, don't try to be a super hero. If you think you can really help someone in need without danger to your life then do so but ask for help or back up just in case you turn out to be another casualty, and add to the load of rescuers. [My take on this: if you can save, go and do it. Have courage. Better to have saved than to regret that you allowed yourself to be too much of a coward. But if cowardice got the worst of you, don't be afraid. You can still make up for it when the floods are gone by helping others.]
In emergency situations, survival instinct will kick in and most people will save themselves first. Be self reliant but know when to ask for help...
Forewarned is forearmed! Let's thank God for our blessings. God Bless everyone!
This one is my addition: Yes, please always remember to have presence of mind. Cry if you must because you're afraid. But remember that the Lord is with you. And your guardian angels are there too.
And just a question to remember: why did the Blessed Virgin Mary walk to the house of Elizabeth, her cousin?
Answer: Because Mary gave her FIAT to the Archangel Gabriel. God bless
1. "calamity" kits/bag containing medicines (like paracetamol for fever, children's meds, maintenance meds, bandages, sterile gauze, cotton balls, band aid, betadine antiseptic, multivitamins, vitamin C, alcohol, calmoseptine ointment, insect repellant lotion, etc.),
2. a whistle (think Rose in Titanic)
3. small transistor radio
4, flash lights
5. fresh batteries
6. rechargeable lamps
7. life vest/floating devices
8. rope (not for hanging oneself ha?)
9. matches
10. always have your cell phone charged
11. "no cook" food - meaning food that doesn't need cooking (chichiria pwede na no?)
12. water
13. some clothes & other basic provisions you might deem necessary.
14. Have distilled water for children ready.
15. Put important documents like birth certificate, personal id cards, car insurance, insurance policies etc. in big resealable plastics (like the ones used for sandwiches). Put these all in a bag you can immediately take with you if you need to evacuate.
16. Have emergency cash put aside. ATM's and credit cards are useless without electricity.
17. Know emergency hotlines. Inform your relatives and friends of your whereabouts if you can.
Remember that you can live without food for more than 24 hours but not water.
* If you can't bring any food, bring water in plastic bottles. Once empty, it can be used as flotation devices by tying several plastic water bottles together (plastic softdrink bottles) with straw ropes (like the one used in supermarkets). [Wow, dami mong dadalhing plastic bottles niyan. Nevertheless, the moral of this point is: don't throw your plastic bottles irresponsibly. It may either block the hole where floodwater can flow out in the drainage, thereby raising higher the level of the flood, or you can still tie them later to form your saving boat! Guess what, why not start tying them when you have time so that when the flood comes, it can be used. Better be prepared than not, di ba?]
* If you are advised to evacuate, do not think that nature will spare you, heed the warning! Never mind the things that can be replaced.
* Lastly, don't try to be a super hero. If you think you can really help someone in need without danger to your life then do so but ask for help or back up just in case you turn out to be another casualty, and add to the load of rescuers. [My take on this: if you can save, go and do it. Have courage. Better to have saved than to regret that you allowed yourself to be too much of a coward. But if cowardice got the worst of you, don't be afraid. You can still make up for it when the floods are gone by helping others.]
In emergency situations, survival instinct will kick in and most people will save themselves first. Be self reliant but know when to ask for help...
Forewarned is forearmed! Let's thank God for our blessings. God Bless everyone!
This one is my addition: Yes, please always remember to have presence of mind. Cry if you must because you're afraid. But remember that the Lord is with you. And your guardian angels are there too.
And just a question to remember: why did the Blessed Virgin Mary walk to the house of Elizabeth, her cousin?
Answer: Because Mary gave her FIAT to the Archangel Gabriel. God bless
Friday, September 04, 2009
TOP 10 of thte AUG 2009 Board Exams in Guidance & Counseling
Herein is the list of TOP TEN in this year's Board Exams in Guidance & Counseling:
Top 10 August 2009 Guidance Counselor
The successful examinees who garnered the top 10 places in the Guidance Counselor Licensure Examination August 2009 are:
1 CHRISTOPHER PEREZ HERNANDEZ, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN - 85.45%
2 MARIA ALMA GELVEZON FACTO, DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA - 85.10%
3 PEDRO JR PUERTA GALENO, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-VISAYAS-ILOILO CITY - 84.70%
4 KATHERINE JOY NACHURA SANTOS, MIRIAM COLLEGE (MARYKNOLL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.) - 84.65%
5 DODDIE MARIE LICUDINE DUCLAN, DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-DASMARIÑAS - 83.35%%
6 ALAIN BERNARD ASUNCION ANDAL, HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY - 83.15%
7 MARISSA SANCHEZ NICASIO, UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS - 82.95%
8 NEUWEE MARQUEZ MARTINEZ, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-VISAYAS-ILOILO CITY - 82.75%
IMMA CONCEPCION VEGAFRIA OANI, ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY - 82.75%
JANE GRACE RIVERA VILLASEÑOR, MIRIAM COLLEGE (MARYKNOLL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.) - 82.75%
9 VIRGINIA TALOMA DE RODA, ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY - 82.70%
NORA SUGANO DUSKA, BENGUET STATE UNIVERSITY-LA TRINIDAD - 82.70%
10 ANA BELLUSA MARQUIALA PELLEJO, CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY - 82.50%
The complete list of successful examinees: August 2009 Guidance Counselor Board Exam Results is in the next website after this (I posted it first actually, but this one is the latest so it comers out first). Congratulations.
I got this list from this website: http://www.boardexamresultsph.com/top-10-august-2009-guidance-counselor
Top 10 August 2009 Guidance Counselor
The successful examinees who garnered the top 10 places in the Guidance Counselor Licensure Examination August 2009 are:
1 CHRISTOPHER PEREZ HERNANDEZ, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN - 85.45%
2 MARIA ALMA GELVEZON FACTO, DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA - 85.10%
3 PEDRO JR PUERTA GALENO, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-VISAYAS-ILOILO CITY - 84.70%
4 KATHERINE JOY NACHURA SANTOS, MIRIAM COLLEGE (MARYKNOLL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.) - 84.65%
5 DODDIE MARIE LICUDINE DUCLAN, DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-DASMARIÑAS - 83.35%%
6 ALAIN BERNARD ASUNCION ANDAL, HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY - 83.15%
7 MARISSA SANCHEZ NICASIO, UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS - 82.95%
8 NEUWEE MARQUEZ MARTINEZ, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-VISAYAS-ILOILO CITY - 82.75%
IMMA CONCEPCION VEGAFRIA OANI, ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY - 82.75%
JANE GRACE RIVERA VILLASEÑOR, MIRIAM COLLEGE (MARYKNOLL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.) - 82.75%
9 VIRGINIA TALOMA DE RODA, ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY - 82.70%
NORA SUGANO DUSKA, BENGUET STATE UNIVERSITY-LA TRINIDAD - 82.70%
10 ANA BELLUSA MARQUIALA PELLEJO, CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY - 82.50%
The complete list of successful examinees: August 2009 Guidance Counselor Board Exam Results is in the next website after this (I posted it first actually, but this one is the latest so it comers out first). Congratulations.
I got this list from this website: http://www.boardexamresultsph.com/top-10-august-2009-guidance-counselor
AUG 2009 Board Exam Results Released, List Here too
Since 9:40AM today, I have received three messages, 2 from the mobile and one here in this blog (the latter provided me the website after searching in vain the PRC website) about their passing the 2nd Board Exams for Guidance & Counseling. Thanks a lot May, and of course, thanks to our 2 Members of the Professional Regulatory Board of Guidance & Counseling. God bless
Herein is the said list in case you don't want to move to that site:
Guidance Counselor August 2009
The Professional Regulation Commission has released the Guidance Counselor board exam results as PRC announced that 78 out of 108 examinees passed the August 27 and 28 2009 licensure exams given by the Board of Guidance Counseling in Manila.
The composition of the Philippine Board of Guidance Counseling are chairwoman: Lily Rosqueta-Rosales; member: Luzviminda S. Guzman.
View the Top 10 August 2009 Guidance Counselor Board Passers
Successful Examinees in the August 2009 Guidance Counsellor Board Examination
1 ADDATU, JONA ADDUCUL
2 ANDAL, ALAIN BERNARD ASUNCION
3 AQUINO, ROSEMARIE CRUZ
4 ARGUELLES, SHEENA WELLA GONZALES
5 BALAGBAGAN, DALISAY ORTIZ
6 BARTOLOME, BERNADETTE VILLA
7 BASILLA, JOSEFINA BOCATO
8 BELTRAN, CATALINA LUCIA HIPONIA
9 CAPE, ELIZABETH TAGAYON
10 CARIÑO, RAQUEL GONZALES
11 CARPISO, MARY RACHELLE BAUTISTA
12 CATAQUIS, ROSALIE EUGENIO
13 CAYANAN, MARIA LAARNI CARLA AFABLE
14 CHIN, CHONA TORRES
15 CLAVERO, ANGELITO II BITOS
16 CLET, GEMMA SALANDO
17 COBICO, MARY ANN GUMBA
18 CORPUZ, ERNESITA PAREJA
19 CUSTODIO, LEAH STA ANA
20 DAYA, HELENE DESEMBRANA
21 DE RODA, VIRGINIA TALOMA
22 DEALA, RONADORA EVARDO
23 DELGADO, ROSEMARIE BOLIVAR
24 DOMINGO, LOURDES MOLON
25 DUCLAN, DODDIE MARIE LICUDINE
26 DUSKA, NORA SUGANO
27 ECHAGUE, NOREEN PEÑAMANTE
28 ENVERZO, ANN JOIZELLE DE GUZMAN
29 ESPIRITU, XUTCHIL VIDAL
30 ESTEMBER, KATHERINE ESPURA
31 FACTO, MARIA ALMA GELVEZON
32 FELIX, AILEEN KATRINA GAÑA
33 FIRMANTE, MARIA CRISTINA MEDRANO
34 GALA, IRENE ALIM
35 GALAM, JOECELEEHN BIROSEL
36 GALENO, PEDRO JR PUERTA
37 GO PUCO, MARY LOU CIMAFRANCA
38 GUEVARA, DAISY JOY SANTOS
39 HERNANDEZ, CHRISTOPHER PEREZ
40 KHOO, CLEOFAS ALTAMIRANO
41 LACHICA, MARIE LALAINE TIMTIMAN
42 LAGO, CESAR MELGAR
43 LAPID, JOSIE BAYONA
44 LASAM, TERESITA TRINIDAD
45 LAURENTE, ABIGAIL MURILLO
46 LICUANAN, JOCELYN PALISOC
47 LUCERO, RODY AGUSTIN
48 LUMIUAN, FLERY JOY MALICSI
49 MANUEL, AURORA MARIANO
50 MARTINEZ, NEUWEE MARQUEZ
51 MENDOZA, EDWARD GARCIA
52 MIGUEL, ILYN CASTILLO
53 MOZO, ROWENA LOZADA
54 NAUI, JESUSA LORENZO
55 NICASIO, MARISSA SANCHEZ
56 OANI, IMMA CONCEPCION VEGAFRIA
57 OBISPO, RONA RIA ARCEGA
58 PANIQUE, JASMIN OTIAN
59 PELLEJO, ANA BELLUSA MARQUIALA
60 PINSON, ROSARIO VIRGINIA COLUMBA GARCIA
61 POLEC-EO, RAQUEL LIWAYAN
62 QUITORIANO, LORENA LLANES
63 QUIZON, ABIGAIL RIVERA
64 REYES, RILAN GRACE BIOL
65 ROLDAN, ROBERTO JR QUEPPET
66 SALVA, ROSALINA AVANCEÑA
67 SANCHEZ, LILIBETH LORETO
68 SANTOS, KATHERINE JOY NACHURA
69 SINGIAN, SATURNINO IBON
70 TAN, JUVER POTIAN
71 TAROL, DOROTHY SIMPAO
72 TIONGKIAO, BERNARDITA SEBASTIAN
73 TUAZON, JENNIFER LUNA
74 TUPAS, AGNI MAY KATALBAS
75 VILLA, NYMPHA DIMAPILIS
76 VILLANUEVA, CHRISTOPHER ENRIQUEZ
77 VILLAR OP, SR MARLENE LACANILAO
78 VILLASEÑOR, JANE GRACE RIVERA
NOTHING FOLLOWS
* Guidance Counselor August 2009 Approved
Guidance Counselor August 2009 Approved ›
* Guidance Counselor
* Board Exam Results
The website is this: http://www.boardexamresultsph.com/guidance-counselor-august-2009
Herein is the said list in case you don't want to move to that site:
Guidance Counselor August 2009
The Professional Regulation Commission has released the Guidance Counselor board exam results as PRC announced that 78 out of 108 examinees passed the August 27 and 28 2009 licensure exams given by the Board of Guidance Counseling in Manila.
The composition of the Philippine Board of Guidance Counseling are chairwoman: Lily Rosqueta-Rosales; member: Luzviminda S. Guzman.
View the Top 10 August 2009 Guidance Counselor Board Passers
Successful Examinees in the August 2009 Guidance Counsellor Board Examination
1 ADDATU, JONA ADDUCUL
2 ANDAL, ALAIN BERNARD ASUNCION
3 AQUINO, ROSEMARIE CRUZ
4 ARGUELLES, SHEENA WELLA GONZALES
5 BALAGBAGAN, DALISAY ORTIZ
6 BARTOLOME, BERNADETTE VILLA
7 BASILLA, JOSEFINA BOCATO
8 BELTRAN, CATALINA LUCIA HIPONIA
9 CAPE, ELIZABETH TAGAYON
10 CARIÑO, RAQUEL GONZALES
11 CARPISO, MARY RACHELLE BAUTISTA
12 CATAQUIS, ROSALIE EUGENIO
13 CAYANAN, MARIA LAARNI CARLA AFABLE
14 CHIN, CHONA TORRES
15 CLAVERO, ANGELITO II BITOS
16 CLET, GEMMA SALANDO
17 COBICO, MARY ANN GUMBA
18 CORPUZ, ERNESITA PAREJA
19 CUSTODIO, LEAH STA ANA
20 DAYA, HELENE DESEMBRANA
21 DE RODA, VIRGINIA TALOMA
22 DEALA, RONADORA EVARDO
23 DELGADO, ROSEMARIE BOLIVAR
24 DOMINGO, LOURDES MOLON
25 DUCLAN, DODDIE MARIE LICUDINE
26 DUSKA, NORA SUGANO
27 ECHAGUE, NOREEN PEÑAMANTE
28 ENVERZO, ANN JOIZELLE DE GUZMAN
29 ESPIRITU, XUTCHIL VIDAL
30 ESTEMBER, KATHERINE ESPURA
31 FACTO, MARIA ALMA GELVEZON
32 FELIX, AILEEN KATRINA GAÑA
33 FIRMANTE, MARIA CRISTINA MEDRANO
34 GALA, IRENE ALIM
35 GALAM, JOECELEEHN BIROSEL
36 GALENO, PEDRO JR PUERTA
37 GO PUCO, MARY LOU CIMAFRANCA
38 GUEVARA, DAISY JOY SANTOS
39 HERNANDEZ, CHRISTOPHER PEREZ
40 KHOO, CLEOFAS ALTAMIRANO
41 LACHICA, MARIE LALAINE TIMTIMAN
42 LAGO, CESAR MELGAR
43 LAPID, JOSIE BAYONA
44 LASAM, TERESITA TRINIDAD
45 LAURENTE, ABIGAIL MURILLO
46 LICUANAN, JOCELYN PALISOC
47 LUCERO, RODY AGUSTIN
48 LUMIUAN, FLERY JOY MALICSI
49 MANUEL, AURORA MARIANO
50 MARTINEZ, NEUWEE MARQUEZ
51 MENDOZA, EDWARD GARCIA
52 MIGUEL, ILYN CASTILLO
53 MOZO, ROWENA LOZADA
54 NAUI, JESUSA LORENZO
55 NICASIO, MARISSA SANCHEZ
56 OANI, IMMA CONCEPCION VEGAFRIA
57 OBISPO, RONA RIA ARCEGA
58 PANIQUE, JASMIN OTIAN
59 PELLEJO, ANA BELLUSA MARQUIALA
60 PINSON, ROSARIO VIRGINIA COLUMBA GARCIA
61 POLEC-EO, RAQUEL LIWAYAN
62 QUITORIANO, LORENA LLANES
63 QUIZON, ABIGAIL RIVERA
64 REYES, RILAN GRACE BIOL
65 ROLDAN, ROBERTO JR QUEPPET
66 SALVA, ROSALINA AVANCEÑA
67 SANCHEZ, LILIBETH LORETO
68 SANTOS, KATHERINE JOY NACHURA
69 SINGIAN, SATURNINO IBON
70 TAN, JUVER POTIAN
71 TAROL, DOROTHY SIMPAO
72 TIONGKIAO, BERNARDITA SEBASTIAN
73 TUAZON, JENNIFER LUNA
74 TUPAS, AGNI MAY KATALBAS
75 VILLA, NYMPHA DIMAPILIS
76 VILLANUEVA, CHRISTOPHER ENRIQUEZ
77 VILLAR OP, SR MARLENE LACANILAO
78 VILLASEÑOR, JANE GRACE RIVERA
NOTHING FOLLOWS
* Guidance Counselor August 2009 Approved
Guidance Counselor August 2009 Approved ›
* Guidance Counselor
* Board Exam Results
The website is this: http://www.boardexamresultsph.com/guidance-counselor-august-2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Missed out list of Board Examinees: Room 407 Examinees
A colleague who frequents this site has informed me that I missed out the list of examinees for Room 407 for tomorrow's Board Examination, and double listed Room 406. Sorry po. And yes, Thanks po for the feedback. Against all the warning that the PRC website (http://www.prc.gov.ph/documents/GUID0809rm.pdf) is an attack site, I managed to get in to get this data below. All the best to everyone. Through the intercession of St. Jude, may you be blessed. Let God's will be done as well. Just do your best. God bless and take care
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 407
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.LUCERO RODY AGUSTIN
2.LUMIUAN FLERY JOY MALICSI
3.MANCIA ANNE EBUENGA
4.MANUEL AURORA MARIANO
5.MARTINEZ NEUWEE MARQUEZ
6.MEJIA MARIA FE GALOZO
7.MENDOZA EDWARD GARCIA
8.MIGUEL ILYN CASTILLO
9.MOZO ROWENA LOZADA
10.NAUI JESUSA LORENZO
11.NICASIO MARISSA SANCHEZ
12.OANI IMMA CONCEPCION VEGAFRIA
13.OBISPO RONA RIA ARCEGA
14.OLAES HANNA MANALO
15.PANIQUE JASMIN OTIAN
16.PAPA AELENE ESGUERRA
17.PELLEJO ANA BELLUSA MARQUIALA
18.PINSON ROSARIO VIRGINIA COLUMBA GARCIA
19.POLEC-EO RAQUEL LIWAYAN
20.PUNZALAN PHILLIP RAMIR LANDICHO
21.QUIMSON LIZA LANUZA
22.QUITORIANO LORENA LLANES
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 407
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.LUCERO RODY AGUSTIN
2.LUMIUAN FLERY JOY MALICSI
3.MANCIA ANNE EBUENGA
4.MANUEL AURORA MARIANO
5.MARTINEZ NEUWEE MARQUEZ
6.MEJIA MARIA FE GALOZO
7.MENDOZA EDWARD GARCIA
8.MIGUEL ILYN CASTILLO
9.MOZO ROWENA LOZADA
10.NAUI JESUSA LORENZO
11.NICASIO MARISSA SANCHEZ
12.OANI IMMA CONCEPCION VEGAFRIA
13.OBISPO RONA RIA ARCEGA
14.OLAES HANNA MANALO
15.PANIQUE JASMIN OTIAN
16.PAPA AELENE ESGUERRA
17.PELLEJO ANA BELLUSA MARQUIALA
18.PINSON ROSARIO VIRGINIA COLUMBA GARCIA
19.POLEC-EO RAQUEL LIWAYAN
20.PUNZALAN PHILLIP RAMIR LANDICHO
21.QUIMSON LIZA LANUZA
22.QUITORIANO LORENA LLANES
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
2nd Board Examinations in Guidance and Counseling
I just got a text message from a friend, saying that the PRC website has published the site for examinations, as well as mentioning that there are now more than a hundred examinees including those who may have registered from the provinces. Anyway, here is the list in case you failed to enter the PRC website. My computer has identified the PRC website as an ATTACK SITE, the website complete with a strict warning, giving you nonetheless the choice to leave before entering the site, or ask why, or simply ignore the warning and enter anyway. Yes, the website is this: http://www.prc.gov.ph/documents/GUID0809rm.pdf
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 404
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.ABIAN ANNALYN VIDAL
2.ABRAGAN ARENN BUSTILLO
3.ABRIA AIZZA ARLIA SANTIAGO
4.ADDATU JONA ADDUCUL
5.ADONA SHEILA MARIE BARCELON
6.ANDAL ALAIN BERNARD ASUNCION
7.AQUINO ROSEMARIE CRUZ
8.ARGUELLES SHEENA WELLA GONZALES
9.BAGO JESSIECA TANDUG
10.BALAGBAGAN DALISAY ORTIZ
11.BALTAZAR CATALINA CAMADDO
12.BARTOLOME BERNADETTE VILLA
13.BASILLA JOSEFINA BOCATO
14.BELASA JOSEFINA ABUEVA
15.BELTRAN CATALINA LUCIA HIPONIA
16.CAGATIN LETICIA GALIA
17.CALAGSING MARJORIE GALLO
18.CAPE ELIZABETH TAGAYON
19.CARI¥O RAQUEL GONZALES
20.CARPISO MARY RACHELLE BAUTISTA
21.CATAQUIS ROSALIE EUGENIO
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 405
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.CAYANAN MARIA LAARNI CARLA AFABLE
2.CA¥EGA ZALDY SARDIDO
3.CHIN CHONA TORRES
4.CLAVERO ANGELITO II BITOS
5.CLET GEMMA SALANDO
6.COBICO MARY ANN GUMBA
7.COMPALA AGRIFINA PASCUAL
8.CONDICION SABINITA PI¥ERO
9.CORPUZ ERNESITA PAREJA
10.CUSTODIO LEAH STA ANA
11.DAYA HELENE DESEMBRANA
12.DE RODA VIRGINIA TALOMA
13.DEALA RONADORA LOON
14.DEASIS AUDY MORPHY RODRIGO
15.DELA CRUZ EVANGELINE NOLASCO
16.DELGADO ROSEMARIE BOLIVAR
17.DOLES JOSEPHINE CABARLO
18.DOMINGO LOURDES MOLON
19.DUCLAN DODDIE MARIE LICUDINE
20.DUSKA NORA SUGANO
21.ECHAGUE NOREEN PE¥AMANTE
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 406
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.ELIVERA LEA FLORES
2.ENVERZO ANN JOIZELLE VILLANIA
3.ESPIRITU XUTCHIL VIDAL
4.ESTEMBER KATHERINE ESPURA
5.FACTO MARIA ALMA GELVEZON
6.FELIX AILEEN KATRINA GA¥A
7.FIRMANTE MARIA CRISTINA MEDRANO
8.GALA IRENE ALIM
9.GALAM JOECELEEHN BIROSEL
10.GALENO PEDRO JR PUERTA
11.GO PUCO MARY LOU CIMAFRANCA
12.GUEVARA DAISY JOY SANTOS
13.HABBILING JOAN BOLIGON
14.HERNANDEZ CHRISTOPHER PEREZ
15.KHOO CLEOFAS ALTAMIRANO
16.KILLIP MILAGROS CORTON
17.LACHICA MARIE LALAINE TIMTIMAN
18.LAGO CESAR MELGAR
19.LAPID JOSIE BAYONA
20.LASAM TERESITA TRINIDAD
21.LAURENTE ABIGAIL MURILLO
22.LICUANAN JOCELYN PALISOC
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 406
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.ELIVERA LEA FLORES
2.ENVERZO ANN JOIZELLE VILLANIA
3.ESPIRITU XUTCHIL VIDAL
4.ESTEMBER KATHERINE ESPURA
5.FACTO MARIA ALMA GELVEZON
6.FELIX AILEEN KATRINA GA¥A
7.FIRMANTE MARIA CRISTINA MEDRANO
8.GALA IRENE ALIM
9.GALAM JOECELEEHN BIROSEL
10.GALENO PEDRO JR PUERTA
11.GO PUCO MARY LOU CIMAFRANCA
12.GUEVARA DAISY JOY SANTOS
13.HABBILING JOAN BOLIGON
14.HERNANDEZ CHRISTOPHER PEREZ
15.KHOO CLEOFAS ALTAMIRANO
16.KILLIP MILAGROS CORTON
17.LACHICA MARIE LALAINE TIMTIMAN
18.LAGO CESAR MELGAR
19.LAPID JOSIE BAYONA
20.LASAM TERESITA TRINIDAD
21.LAURENTE ABIGAIL MURILLO
22.LICUANAN JOCELYN PALISOC
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 408
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.QUIZON ABIGAIL RIVERA
2.REYES GINA UY
3.REYES RILAN GRACE BIOL
4.RODRIGUEZ JUDY ANN MILA SAQUING
5.ROLDAN ROBERTO JR QUEPPET
6.SALVA ROSALINA AVANCE¥A
7.SANCHEZ LILIBETH LORETO
8.SANTOS KATHERINE JOY NACHURA
9.SINGIAN SATURNINO IBON
10.TAN JUVER POTIAN
11.TAROL DOROTHY SIMPAO
12.TIONGKIAO BERNARDITA SEBASTIAN
13.TUAZON JENNIFER LUNA
14.TUPAS AGNI MAY KATALBAS
15.TURADO MA LEONITA OBICO
16.VILLA NYMPHA DIMAPILIS
17.VILLANUEVA CHRISTOPHER ENRIQUEZ
18.VILLAR SR MARLENE LANILAO
19.VILLAREAL GERALDINE GABIOLA
20.VILLARUEL MARIANNE PARAISO
21.VILLASE¥OR JANE GRACE RIVERA
22.ZAMUDIO ARLEEN GOSME
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Okey, all the best then. And for those who've texted for intercessions as you take the Board, will definitely mention you during my Mass here that day. God bless and take care
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 404
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.ABIAN ANNALYN VIDAL
2.ABRAGAN ARENN BUSTILLO
3.ABRIA AIZZA ARLIA SANTIAGO
4.ADDATU JONA ADDUCUL
5.ADONA SHEILA MARIE BARCELON
6.ANDAL ALAIN BERNARD ASUNCION
7.AQUINO ROSEMARIE CRUZ
8.ARGUELLES SHEENA WELLA GONZALES
9.BAGO JESSIECA TANDUG
10.BALAGBAGAN DALISAY ORTIZ
11.BALTAZAR CATALINA CAMADDO
12.BARTOLOME BERNADETTE VILLA
13.BASILLA JOSEFINA BOCATO
14.BELASA JOSEFINA ABUEVA
15.BELTRAN CATALINA LUCIA HIPONIA
16.CAGATIN LETICIA GALIA
17.CALAGSING MARJORIE GALLO
18.CAPE ELIZABETH TAGAYON
19.CARI¥O RAQUEL GONZALES
20.CARPISO MARY RACHELLE BAUTISTA
21.CATAQUIS ROSALIE EUGENIO
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 405
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.CAYANAN MARIA LAARNI CARLA AFABLE
2.CA¥EGA ZALDY SARDIDO
3.CHIN CHONA TORRES
4.CLAVERO ANGELITO II BITOS
5.CLET GEMMA SALANDO
6.COBICO MARY ANN GUMBA
7.COMPALA AGRIFINA PASCUAL
8.CONDICION SABINITA PI¥ERO
9.CORPUZ ERNESITA PAREJA
10.CUSTODIO LEAH STA ANA
11.DAYA HELENE DESEMBRANA
12.DE RODA VIRGINIA TALOMA
13.DEALA RONADORA LOON
14.DEASIS AUDY MORPHY RODRIGO
15.DELA CRUZ EVANGELINE NOLASCO
16.DELGADO ROSEMARIE BOLIVAR
17.DOLES JOSEPHINE CABARLO
18.DOMINGO LOURDES MOLON
19.DUCLAN DODDIE MARIE LICUDINE
20.DUSKA NORA SUGANO
21.ECHAGUE NOREEN PE¥AMANTE
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 406
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.ELIVERA LEA FLORES
2.ENVERZO ANN JOIZELLE VILLANIA
3.ESPIRITU XUTCHIL VIDAL
4.ESTEMBER KATHERINE ESPURA
5.FACTO MARIA ALMA GELVEZON
6.FELIX AILEEN KATRINA GA¥A
7.FIRMANTE MARIA CRISTINA MEDRANO
8.GALA IRENE ALIM
9.GALAM JOECELEEHN BIROSEL
10.GALENO PEDRO JR PUERTA
11.GO PUCO MARY LOU CIMAFRANCA
12.GUEVARA DAISY JOY SANTOS
13.HABBILING JOAN BOLIGON
14.HERNANDEZ CHRISTOPHER PEREZ
15.KHOO CLEOFAS ALTAMIRANO
16.KILLIP MILAGROS CORTON
17.LACHICA MARIE LALAINE TIMTIMAN
18.LAGO CESAR MELGAR
19.LAPID JOSIE BAYONA
20.LASAM TERESITA TRINIDAD
21.LAURENTE ABIGAIL MURILLO
22.LICUANAN JOCELYN PALISOC
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 406
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.ELIVERA LEA FLORES
2.ENVERZO ANN JOIZELLE VILLANIA
3.ESPIRITU XUTCHIL VIDAL
4.ESTEMBER KATHERINE ESPURA
5.FACTO MARIA ALMA GELVEZON
6.FELIX AILEEN KATRINA GA¥A
7.FIRMANTE MARIA CRISTINA MEDRANO
8.GALA IRENE ALIM
9.GALAM JOECELEEHN BIROSEL
10.GALENO PEDRO JR PUERTA
11.GO PUCO MARY LOU CIMAFRANCA
12.GUEVARA DAISY JOY SANTOS
13.HABBILING JOAN BOLIGON
14.HERNANDEZ CHRISTOPHER PEREZ
15.KHOO CLEOFAS ALTAMIRANO
16.KILLIP MILAGROS CORTON
17.LACHICA MARIE LALAINE TIMTIMAN
18.LAGO CESAR MELGAR
19.LAPID JOSIE BAYONA
20.LASAM TERESITA TRINIDAD
21.LAURENTE ABIGAIL MURILLO
22.LICUANAN JOCELYN PALISOC
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Professional Regulation Commission
GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING LICENSURE EXAMS.
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2009
MANILA
School : M. L. Q. U.
Address : QUIAPO, MANILA
Building : MONZON HALL
Floor : 4TH
Room / Group No.: 408
L A S T N A M E F I R S T N A M E M I D D L E N A M E
1.QUIZON ABIGAIL RIVERA
2.REYES GINA UY
3.REYES RILAN GRACE BIOL
4.RODRIGUEZ JUDY ANN MILA SAQUING
5.ROLDAN ROBERTO JR QUEPPET
6.SALVA ROSALINA AVANCE¥A
7.SANCHEZ LILIBETH LORETO
8.SANTOS KATHERINE JOY NACHURA
9.SINGIAN SATURNINO IBON
10.TAN JUVER POTIAN
11.TAROL DOROTHY SIMPAO
12.TIONGKIAO BERNARDITA SEBASTIAN
13.TUAZON JENNIFER LUNA
14.TUPAS AGNI MAY KATALBAS
15.TURADO MA LEONITA OBICO
16.VILLA NYMPHA DIMAPILIS
17.VILLANUEVA CHRISTOPHER ENRIQUEZ
18.VILLAR SR MARLENE LANILAO
19.VILLAREAL GERALDINE GABIOLA
20.VILLARUEL MARIANNE PARAISO
21.VILLASE¥OR JANE GRACE RIVERA
22.ZAMUDIO ARLEEN GOSME
REMINDER:
USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR
IN SPELLING, KINDLY REQUEST YOUR ROOM WATCHER(s) TO CORRECT IT.
Okey, all the best then. And for those who've texted for intercessions as you take the Board, will definitely mention you during my Mass here that day. God bless and take care
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Upcoming Board Exams Part II: Coverage
For those who are anxious about the upcoming Board Exams, here is some information that was passed to me. Hope this will help alleviate your worries and boost your confidence. Let me know who you are so I can mention your name to St. Jude and the Lord (hehe) in our novena to St. Jude on the days of your testing. Thanks to the information supplier. God bless and take care
hello father! how are you? here's the program of the guidance & counseling licensure examination po for aug 27 & 28, 2009.. venue for the exam will be posted at the PRC premises 2 to 3 working days before the exam. i was told that there were bout 66 who qualified to take the exam. hoping for a 100% passing rate.. goodluck to all!
Take care always,
(Name I purposely keep hidden muna)
THURSDAY - Aug 27
7:00AM - 7:45am - General instructions and filling up of forms
8:00am - 11:00 am - Counseling Theories, Tools and Techniques - 35%
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Group Process - 20%
3:00pm - 4:30pm - Foundations of Guidance (Philosophical psychological & sociological) - 10%
FRIDAY Aug 28
8:00am - 9:00am - Career Guidance - 10%
9:30am - 11:00am - Psychological Testing 15%
11:00am - 12:30 pm - Organization, administration & supervision of Guidance services and program development 10%
ALL THE BEST TALAGA! God bless and take care
hello father! how are you? here's the program of the guidance & counseling licensure examination po for aug 27 & 28, 2009.. venue for the exam will be posted at the PRC premises 2 to 3 working days before the exam. i was told that there were bout 66 who qualified to take the exam. hoping for a 100% passing rate.. goodluck to all!
Take care always,
(Name I purposely keep hidden muna)
THURSDAY - Aug 27
7:00AM - 7:45am - General instructions and filling up of forms
8:00am - 11:00 am - Counseling Theories, Tools and Techniques - 35%
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Group Process - 20%
3:00pm - 4:30pm - Foundations of Guidance (Philosophical psychological & sociological) - 10%
FRIDAY Aug 28
8:00am - 9:00am - Career Guidance - 10%
9:30am - 11:00am - Psychological Testing 15%
11:00am - 12:30 pm - Organization, administration & supervision of Guidance services and program development 10%
ALL THE BEST TALAGA! God bless and take care
Saturday, August 15, 2009
The Upcoming Board Exams for 2009
Let me share here a correspondence on the upcoming Board Exams.
Greetings!
I am presently working as a Guidance Counselor and I will be taking the licensure exam this August. I would like to ask if you could help me in my review since there is no available reviewer for this in the bookstore.Could you give me an idea about the test? and if you could give me some handouts to review. Thank you so much!
Hi,
Peace!
First of all, let me assure you I will be including you in my prayers on Aug. 27, a Thursday during our novena prayers here in St. Jude Archdiocesan Shrine, and my Mass the following day, Aug. 28, my father's 83rd birthday. I hope you will take the test without fear, knowing that you are ready for whatever this test will amount to.
Secondly, there are 6 subjects covered by the licensure exams. They include the following:
1. Theories and Techniques of Counseling,
2. Philosophical and Psychological Foundations of Guidance,
3. Career Guidance,
4. Organization Management and Supervision of Guidance Services,
5. Tests and Measurements, and
6. Group Process or Group Guidance
I bet you have taken all these subjects in your masters, Hence, just remember the core points in each area, and using your present work experience, and of course PRESENCE of MIND, you should be able to make it. I am myself reading into these subjects again, hoping to address the current needs. We'll work through this one by one.
Maybe you can raise specific questions which we can answer gradually so you go armed with something to boost your confidence.
And of course, if you want to pass the exams, take ALL the exams. I mean, there are two days for the exams. So, go and take the exams on these two days. If you only go the first day, NO MIRACLE other than corruption will make you pass. If you go both days, God's way should be very reliable, especially if you really ask for it.
All the best then, and God bless
Greetings!
I am presently working as a Guidance Counselor and I will be taking the licensure exam this August. I would like to ask if you could help me in my review since there is no available reviewer for this in the bookstore.Could you give me an idea about the test? and if you could give me some handouts to review. Thank you so much!
Hi,
Peace!
First of all, let me assure you I will be including you in my prayers on Aug. 27, a Thursday during our novena prayers here in St. Jude Archdiocesan Shrine, and my Mass the following day, Aug. 28, my father's 83rd birthday. I hope you will take the test without fear, knowing that you are ready for whatever this test will amount to.
Secondly, there are 6 subjects covered by the licensure exams. They include the following:
1. Theories and Techniques of Counseling,
2. Philosophical and Psychological Foundations of Guidance,
3. Career Guidance,
4. Organization Management and Supervision of Guidance Services,
5. Tests and Measurements, and
6. Group Process or Group Guidance
I bet you have taken all these subjects in your masters, Hence, just remember the core points in each area, and using your present work experience, and of course PRESENCE of MIND, you should be able to make it. I am myself reading into these subjects again, hoping to address the current needs. We'll work through this one by one.
Maybe you can raise specific questions which we can answer gradually so you go armed with something to boost your confidence.
And of course, if you want to pass the exams, take ALL the exams. I mean, there are two days for the exams. So, go and take the exams on these two days. If you only go the first day, NO MIRACLE other than corruption will make you pass. If you go both days, God's way should be very reliable, especially if you really ask for it.
All the best then, and God bless
Monday, August 10, 2009
FPCAP 3rd Counseling Cafe
Dear Counselors,
Greetings from the FPCAP Board!
We cordially invite you to grace our 3rd COUNSELING CAFE on August 21 (Friday) at the Aquanox Restaurant, 800 Arnaiz Avenue (formerly Pasay Road) cr. Amorsolo Street, Makati City.
Topic for the Forum is "The Counselor's Emotional Baggage." Join us in this interactive activity and tag along other counselors to experience our unique advocacy in counseling.
If you are interested to join us, kindly make your seat reservation with Lyn Payno (09178360353), Myr Serranilla (09209064162), or the undersigned (09192958475).
Sincerely,
Pearl S. Polestico
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I have the invitation which can be sent through email. Please feel free to request for it through my email address berngu721@gmail.com
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Fr. Eku Bustamante, S.J. emailed me this thought which I thought would be best shared with everyone. It's something to keep in mind especially when we are faced with similar situations of the characters in the story below. Thanks Fr. Eku.
TRIPLE FILTER TEST
(Keep this philosophy in mind about rumors!!!)
In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom.
One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?"
"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the "TRIPLE FILTER TEST."
"TRIPLE FILTER TEST?" asked the acquaintance.
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The FIRST filter is TRUTH. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it."
"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the SECOND filter, the filter of GOODNESS. Is what are about to tell me about my student something good?"
"No, on the contrary ..."
"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, even though you're not certain it's true?".
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued."You may still pass the test though, because there is a THIRD filter - the filter of USEFULNESS. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really..."
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither TRUE nor GOOD nor even USEFUL, why tell it to me at all?"
The man was defeated and ashamed.
This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.
God bless and take care
Greetings from the FPCAP Board!
We cordially invite you to grace our 3rd COUNSELING CAFE on August 21 (Friday) at the Aquanox Restaurant, 800 Arnaiz Avenue (formerly Pasay Road) cr. Amorsolo Street, Makati City.
Topic for the Forum is "The Counselor's Emotional Baggage." Join us in this interactive activity and tag along other counselors to experience our unique advocacy in counseling.
If you are interested to join us, kindly make your seat reservation with Lyn Payno (09178360353), Myr Serranilla (09209064162), or the undersigned (09192958475).
Sincerely,
Pearl S. Polestico
---------
I have the invitation which can be sent through email. Please feel free to request for it through my email address berngu721@gmail.com
--------
Fr. Eku Bustamante, S.J. emailed me this thought which I thought would be best shared with everyone. It's something to keep in mind especially when we are faced with similar situations of the characters in the story below. Thanks Fr. Eku.
TRIPLE FILTER TEST
(Keep this philosophy in mind about rumors!!!)
In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom.
One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?"
"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the "TRIPLE FILTER TEST."
"TRIPLE FILTER TEST?" asked the acquaintance.
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The FIRST filter is TRUTH. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it."
"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the SECOND filter, the filter of GOODNESS. Is what are about to tell me about my student something good?"
"No, on the contrary ..."
"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, even though you're not certain it's true?".
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued."You may still pass the test though, because there is a THIRD filter - the filter of USEFULNESS. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really..."
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither TRUE nor GOOD nor even USEFUL, why tell it to me at all?"
The man was defeated and ashamed.
This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.
God bless and take care
Monday, July 20, 2009
Getting One's PRC ID
Let me share here some information I got abut getting one's PRC ID. It was started by an email inquiring what help I could give to the Counselor's situation:
dear Fr. Bern,
greetings.. i am back to my mission in (abroad) last (date). Luckily i was able to process my requirements for the exception and was approved. Although i was not able to make it for the Oath Taking Ceremony, is there any means how to get my PRC ID. Neverthless i am actively doing the function of the guidance counselor. Other concern, Fr. will you pls send me the application for the Integrated Professional Counselors Association of the Philippines (IPCAP)...Is there any way i can update myself for the seminars which are necessary for updating and renewal of license. At the moment, i am actively involve in the psycho-pastoral and spiritual counseling with the migrants in (abroad). Thank you so much. God Bless,
My reply:
Hi,
Peace!
I called up the PRC Records Management Division of the PRC just a minute ago. To get your PRC ID, you should have the claim stub as well as a special power of attorney (S.P.A) given to someone who can claim it for you. In which case you should have registered at the PRC, kasi you should have signed in the logbook of professional counselors where you placed your ID din po. Hope my task is done. Hope you received too the IPCAP Application for membership. God bless and take care
I asked about the oath taking vis-a-vis the PRC, i.e., the authorized procedure regarding the oath-taking in relation to the ID. The person at PRC who answered my phone call said "that is understood na po."
Wow, that was interesting an answer.
If this is how it is, is there then NO MORE NEED FOR THE OATH TAKING? Has paying for one's license thus taken the place of the oath? Ang pera na ba ang kapalit ng panunumpa? Sorry, but I smell something. I am led to ask more questions like: what's with this oath taking that's making it "understood." Sabagay, in the commercial world, when I pay for something at the store, or bus terminal for a bus seat, or at the new PNRC (Philippine National Railway Corporation) with its new coaches, or in school, it means I am ready for the consequences of my purchase. Has the oath thus become nothing but "formality"? Has it then become so dispensable? If this is so, what is the purpose for its presence in the law?
Or is it possible that those who are tasked to administer the oath may not give it the priority it deserves? I'd like to believe that the bureaucratic system can create shortcuts that may open itself for and even encourage some shady process to take place.
Why not?
Because if I can get my license that way without having to show myself through an oath before the Board of Examiners (in our case, the Professional Regulatory Board of Guidance and Counseling), either personally or in groups, then the license can become a commodity that can be paid, or stated bluntly - BOUGHT!
I think there is a need to look into this matter. We cannot allow the license to be simply a commodity which money can buy. We all know what happens these days in the market: there are lots of pirated CDs, DVDs, cloned brand named jeans and shirts. Right beside PRC is Recto with its manufactured diplomas and even theses and dissertations. If this is so, a FAKE ID is not a distant possibility.
dear Fr. Bern,
greetings.. i am back to my mission in (abroad) last (date). Luckily i was able to process my requirements for the exception and was approved. Although i was not able to make it for the Oath Taking Ceremony, is there any means how to get my PRC ID. Neverthless i am actively doing the function of the guidance counselor. Other concern, Fr. will you pls send me the application for the Integrated Professional Counselors Association of the Philippines (IPCAP)...Is there any way i can update myself for the seminars which are necessary for updating and renewal of license. At the moment, i am actively involve in the psycho-pastoral and spiritual counseling with the migrants in (abroad). Thank you so much. God Bless,
My reply:
Hi,
Peace!
I called up the PRC Records Management Division of the PRC just a minute ago. To get your PRC ID, you should have the claim stub as well as a special power of attorney (S.P.A) given to someone who can claim it for you. In which case you should have registered at the PRC, kasi you should have signed in the logbook of professional counselors where you placed your ID din po. Hope my task is done. Hope you received too the IPCAP Application for membership. God bless and take care
I asked about the oath taking vis-a-vis the PRC, i.e., the authorized procedure regarding the oath-taking in relation to the ID. The person at PRC who answered my phone call said "that is understood na po."
Wow, that was interesting an answer.
If this is how it is, is there then NO MORE NEED FOR THE OATH TAKING? Has paying for one's license thus taken the place of the oath? Ang pera na ba ang kapalit ng panunumpa? Sorry, but I smell something. I am led to ask more questions like: what's with this oath taking that's making it "understood." Sabagay, in the commercial world, when I pay for something at the store, or bus terminal for a bus seat, or at the new PNRC (Philippine National Railway Corporation) with its new coaches, or in school, it means I am ready for the consequences of my purchase. Has the oath thus become nothing but "formality"? Has it then become so dispensable? If this is so, what is the purpose for its presence in the law?
Or is it possible that those who are tasked to administer the oath may not give it the priority it deserves? I'd like to believe that the bureaucratic system can create shortcuts that may open itself for and even encourage some shady process to take place.
Why not?
Because if I can get my license that way without having to show myself through an oath before the Board of Examiners (in our case, the Professional Regulatory Board of Guidance and Counseling), either personally or in groups, then the license can become a commodity that can be paid, or stated bluntly - BOUGHT!
I think there is a need to look into this matter. We cannot allow the license to be simply a commodity which money can buy. We all know what happens these days in the market: there are lots of pirated CDs, DVDs, cloned brand named jeans and shirts. Right beside PRC is Recto with its manufactured diplomas and even theses and dissertations. If this is so, a FAKE ID is not a distant possibility.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
When Hands Mimic the Rain: Concert Online
My high school batch mates have a yahoo group email account from where I got this very relaxing and rejuvenating music. You may want to go on a concert online, so go ahead and click on these ones and try for yourselves the music that really enlivens one's spirit:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktteZaXpXmw&feature=related
2. Some jazz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmttwEHdfB0&feature=related
3. Bee Gees Medley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vquusVqcUdw&feature=related
4. This one is really relaxing, imagine them creating the sound of rain falling, using their hands and then simulating the whole rainforest atmosphere, and then they group singing Africa, haah! Makakapasa ka talaga sa board exams after reviewing. Enjoy this one really: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw
5. Baroque Samba: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXbuTVyyoBc&feature=related
Did I hear that these were Counselors? hehe. Wishful thinking ha? God bless
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktteZaXpXmw&feature=related
2. Some jazz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmttwEHdfB0&feature=related
3. Bee Gees Medley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vquusVqcUdw&feature=related
4. This one is really relaxing, imagine them creating the sound of rain falling, using their hands and then simulating the whole rainforest atmosphere, and then they group singing Africa, haah! Makakapasa ka talaga sa board exams after reviewing. Enjoy this one really: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw
5. Baroque Samba: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXbuTVyyoBc&feature=related
Did I hear that these were Counselors? hehe. Wishful thinking ha? God bless
Monday, July 13, 2009
Reviewing for the Board Exams
I got a text message today July 13, inquiring about a review center near the texter's place in the Visayas. Months earlier, I was texted about the same matter. In fact, the inquiry was about review materials. As of now I am not cognizant of any review activities being done by any organization or persons, except that there was this "rhumor" to just read "MY book" because the questions were taken from there. Tumaas nga ang sales ng book na yon na di ko man nabasa when I was having my academics, never ever heard about the author, and never ever read about a certain LUKER or LOOKER? Anyway, if there is any apprehension I can help the reviewers, do feel free to email your questions and the review process may be done that way. Of course free lang. I cannot afford your fees.
And for the benefit of those who are thinking about doing review activities, or publishing review materials, please read the following which I got from the internet:
Source: http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/publications/benchmark/2009/04/040903.php (Accessed July 6, 2009)
Benchmark Online April 2009
SC: CHED Has No Authority to Regulate Review Centers
By James C. Bitanga
The Supreme Court struck down an Executive Order expanding the coverage of regulation by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to include review centers, entities in the business of preparing applicants for professional licensure examinations.
The Court En Banc, through a 23-page ponencia of Justice Antonio T. Carpio, declared EO 566 unconstitutional and invalid as it had expanded the coverage of CHED’s authority without authorizing legislation. Accordingly, the Court also found that the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (RIRR) corresponding to EO 566 was “an invalid exercise of CHED’s quasi-legislative power.”
In ruling in favor of the Review Center Association of the Philippines, the Court ruled that EO 566 is an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power by the President as it expands CHED’s regulatory coverage to include review centers, despite the fact that RA 7722, the law defining CHED’s authority, only limits such coverage to “public and private institutions of higher education and degree-granting programs in all post-secondary educational institutions.”
In this regard, the Court clarified that a “review center is not an institution of higher learning as contemplated by RA 7722…[i]t does not offer a degree-granting program that would put it under the jurisdiction of the CHED.” Moreover, “[a] review course is only intended to ‘refresh and enhance the knowledge or competencies and skills of reviewees,’” and it does not require enrollment, attendance, a grade or submission of a thesis in order to complete the review center course requirements or take the licensure examination.
Likewise, the Court struck down the RIRR as an invalid exercise of CHED’s quasi-legislative power, finding that “[t]he CHED may only exercise its rule-making power within the confines of its jurisdiction under RA 7722. The RIRR covers review centers and similar entities which are neither institutions of higher education nor institutions offering degree-granting programs.”
The Court also rejected the argument that the President was merely exercising her residual powers under EO 292 in expanding CHED’s regulatory coverage. Following prior jurisprudence, the Court stressed that the President has no inherent or delegated power to make, alter or repeal laws, absent an enabling legislation allowing her to do so. Thus, the President, in amending the functions of the CHED under RA 7722, without enabling laws granting her that authority, usurped the authority of the legislature.
In addition, the Court ruled that RA 8981, the Philippine Regulation Commission Modernization Act of 2000 (The PRC Modernization Act), did not give the President, through the PRC, powers to regulate review centers. Under RA 8981, the PRC must “ensure and safeguard the integrity of all licensure examinations” and adopt “measures to preserve the integrity and inviolability of licensure examinations.” The Court stated that “[t]hese powers of the PRC have nothing to do at all with the regulation of review centers.” (GR No. 180046, Review Center Association of the Philippines v. Ermita, April 2, 2009)
All the best then. God bless
And for the benefit of those who are thinking about doing review activities, or publishing review materials, please read the following which I got from the internet:
Source: http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/publications/benchmark/2009/04/040903.php (Accessed July 6, 2009)
Benchmark Online April 2009
SC: CHED Has No Authority to Regulate Review Centers
By James C. Bitanga
The Supreme Court struck down an Executive Order expanding the coverage of regulation by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to include review centers, entities in the business of preparing applicants for professional licensure examinations.
The Court En Banc, through a 23-page ponencia of Justice Antonio T. Carpio, declared EO 566 unconstitutional and invalid as it had expanded the coverage of CHED’s authority without authorizing legislation. Accordingly, the Court also found that the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (RIRR) corresponding to EO 566 was “an invalid exercise of CHED’s quasi-legislative power.”
In ruling in favor of the Review Center Association of the Philippines, the Court ruled that EO 566 is an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power by the President as it expands CHED’s regulatory coverage to include review centers, despite the fact that RA 7722, the law defining CHED’s authority, only limits such coverage to “public and private institutions of higher education and degree-granting programs in all post-secondary educational institutions.”
In this regard, the Court clarified that a “review center is not an institution of higher learning as contemplated by RA 7722…[i]t does not offer a degree-granting program that would put it under the jurisdiction of the CHED.” Moreover, “[a] review course is only intended to ‘refresh and enhance the knowledge or competencies and skills of reviewees,’” and it does not require enrollment, attendance, a grade or submission of a thesis in order to complete the review center course requirements or take the licensure examination.
Likewise, the Court struck down the RIRR as an invalid exercise of CHED’s quasi-legislative power, finding that “[t]he CHED may only exercise its rule-making power within the confines of its jurisdiction under RA 7722. The RIRR covers review centers and similar entities which are neither institutions of higher education nor institutions offering degree-granting programs.”
The Court also rejected the argument that the President was merely exercising her residual powers under EO 292 in expanding CHED’s regulatory coverage. Following prior jurisprudence, the Court stressed that the President has no inherent or delegated power to make, alter or repeal laws, absent an enabling legislation allowing her to do so. Thus, the President, in amending the functions of the CHED under RA 7722, without enabling laws granting her that authority, usurped the authority of the legislature.
In addition, the Court ruled that RA 8981, the Philippine Regulation Commission Modernization Act of 2000 (The PRC Modernization Act), did not give the President, through the PRC, powers to regulate review centers. Under RA 8981, the PRC must “ensure and safeguard the integrity of all licensure examinations” and adopt “measures to preserve the integrity and inviolability of licensure examinations.” The Court stated that “[t]hese powers of the PRC have nothing to do at all with the regulation of review centers.” (GR No. 180046, Review Center Association of the Philippines v. Ermita, April 2, 2009)
All the best then. God bless
Friday, July 10, 2009
2nd Board Exams: Question #2
Gud pm sir. sori 4 txtng L8. jst wnt 2 ask snce wud wnt 2 tke d goard xam in guidnce. Im from S.C.. Im a grad of guidncecounselng&psych. Dnt hav ma n guidnce but curently im d scul guidnce counselor & im also teaching psychology n colege. Am I qualified jst wnt 2 mke sure il b spendng much & sayang pag di rn pla pwd. hpe u cud help me wid ds matr Fr. Bern [name withheld here].
Good pam sir. Sorry for texting late. Just want to ask since (I) would want to take the Board Exam in Guidance. I'm from (place name withheld here). I'm a graduate of Guidance Counseling & psychology. I don't have Masters in Guidance but currently I'm the school guidance counselor and I'm also teaching Psychology in college. Am I qualified(? I) just want to make sure I'll be spending much and sayang if I am not qualified (pala). Hope you could help me with this matter Fr. Bern.
My response: Good pm. The Board wants to implement the law this time so you will need to have an M.A before you take the board exam.
His text reply: How many units at least to qualify for the test? Or do you have to finish?
My response: Finish a nonthesis M.a in Guidance. Ensure you know the contents of the six Board exam subjects.
His text reply: Fr.so ur advising me not 2 file nymor in dvao? I have MA thou n a difrnt discipline Teaching english as a second language 33 units? wud dat count? thnk u so much 4 enlightening me at least dnt hav 2 spend so much na wla dn pala..
My response: The Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9258 says in Rule III Sec. 13 that M.A in Guidance is needed
His text reply: Woow.okay thanks.i just read thru d nfo kc nga tgal din magpost or even if u nquire sa prc dey dnt knw. thank u super.
Thus far today's text communication.
This is really interesting, no? It's just a few weeks before the deadline for submission of applications for the second Board examinations in Guidance and Counseling which is supposedly scheduled for Aug. 27-28, 2009 (the same days when IPCAP is going to hold its 2nd National Convention with the theme centering on Guidance Management practices - I shall be writing on this in the next few days), and it seems that people are waiting for some invitation to apply for this 2nd licensure exams. One thing that complicates this matter is shown in a reader's comment which I'd like to put here (it's a comment posted after my June 23, 2009 entry):
Anonymous said...
nakakainis ang batas ng sa board exam na to ang gulo gulo. di ko malaman kung alin ang may problema yung batas ba o yung nag iimplement. First board exam pinakuha nila mga fresh grad. (Candiate for M.A. na ako at that time!) Tapos ngayon mag second board exam ilang beses ako nag pabalik balik sa PRC papalit palit ng requirements. Ilang araw Lang ang pagitan nagpunta classmate ko iba rin sinabi sa kanya. NAKAKAWALANG GANA!!!
My reply to that comment was this:
BRC said...
Hi Ma'am/Sir,
Peace!
Thanks for your comment. Please be specific about your concern so that we can address the matter. I believe that PRC and the PRBGC may only be able to address those concerns when they are specific (remember the SMART framework in doing behavior change arrangements and management?). By all means feel free to tell us those things that did not have consistency other than this requirement of MA which was not mandated in last year's Board exam. Ano ba yung mga pabago-bagong requirements [nila ngayon]? In this way we can concretely alert the PRC about what the Board should be releasing at this time.
Hope you can use your madness to steer you into passing the exams. I shall include you in my prayers. God bless and take care
For those who are going to take the Board exams on Aug., by all means send in your applications na. The qualifications are stated in the Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9258, and let me quote verbatim the relevant provision here:
Rule III Sec. 13. Qualifications of Applicants. - To qualify for the examination, an applicant at the time of the filing of the application must:
a. Be a citizen x x x
b. Not have been convicted x x x
c. Be a graduate of a baccalaureate in guidance and counseling or in other allied discipline/degree from an accredited college or university with subject units covering those in Sec. 15, Rule III of this RR and a holder of an MA, MAEd, MAT, or MS, in guidance and counseling the curriculum of which covers the core subjects in guidance and counseling on the masteral level, or those in Sec. 15 Rule III of this RR; or a holder of the PhD or Ed.D in guidance and counseling, the curriculum of which covers the core subjects in guidance and counseling on the doctoral level, or those in Sec. 15, Rule III of this RR.
So, the texter above appears to be partly qualified since he is a college graduate in Guidance and Psychology (he should have taken it last year when guys like him were allowed to take the Board, and made it!!! sayang talaga!). While he may have an MA in a different field (teaching English as a 2nd language), it is not the MA that is definitely required by the regulatory law on Guidance and Counseling. So, my response was: take a non-thesis Masters in Guidance and Counseling like many I know who are targeting to take the Board Exams and get the license after passing, after which one can return and write the masters thesis, a matter of arrangement with one's respective department in school where they finished their nonthesis masters in G.C.
And I added that the core subjects for Board Exams must be definitely in that curriculum since currently there appears to be no official curriculum on Masters in Guidance and Counseling from the CHED or the Board of Guidance Counseling. What was constructed was a curriculum for bachelors in Guidance and Counseling, something that is not essential since anyone may take and finish the Masters in Guidance & Counseling despite coming from allied disciplines like Psychology and Education.
Nonetheless, Sec. 15 Rule III of the Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9258 has the following six subjects identified for licensure examinations, and let me quote it here verbatim again:
Sec. 15. Scope of Examination. - The examination shall be in English and shall consist of a written test covering the following subjects:
a. Philosophical, Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Guidance
b. Counseling Theories, Tools and Techniques
c. Psychological Testing
d. Organization, Administration and Supervision of Guidance Services, and Program Development
e. Group Process
f. Career Guidance
Every curriculum for the Masters in Guidance and Counseling needs to have these six subjects (of course we know the Masters curriculum in Guidance and Counseling has other subjects which must be prescribed by the CHED and the Board of Guidance and Counseling [PRBGC]) or else, chances for failure in the licensure exams will be high. Anyway, we just have to be watchful, and act with resolve.
All the best and God bless
Good pam sir. Sorry for texting late. Just want to ask since (I) would want to take the Board Exam in Guidance. I'm from (place name withheld here). I'm a graduate of Guidance Counseling & psychology. I don't have Masters in Guidance but currently I'm the school guidance counselor and I'm also teaching Psychology in college. Am I qualified(? I) just want to make sure I'll be spending much and sayang if I am not qualified (pala). Hope you could help me with this matter Fr. Bern.
My response: Good pm. The Board wants to implement the law this time so you will need to have an M.A before you take the board exam.
His text reply: How many units at least to qualify for the test? Or do you have to finish?
My response: Finish a nonthesis M.a in Guidance. Ensure you know the contents of the six Board exam subjects.
His text reply: Fr.so ur advising me not 2 file nymor in dvao? I have MA thou n a difrnt discipline Teaching english as a second language 33 units? wud dat count? thnk u so much 4 enlightening me at least dnt hav 2 spend so much na wla dn pala..
My response: The Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9258 says in Rule III Sec. 13 that M.A in Guidance is needed
His text reply: Woow.okay thanks.i just read thru d nfo kc nga tgal din magpost or even if u nquire sa prc dey dnt knw. thank u super.
Thus far today's text communication.
This is really interesting, no? It's just a few weeks before the deadline for submission of applications for the second Board examinations in Guidance and Counseling which is supposedly scheduled for Aug. 27-28, 2009 (the same days when IPCAP is going to hold its 2nd National Convention with the theme centering on Guidance Management practices - I shall be writing on this in the next few days), and it seems that people are waiting for some invitation to apply for this 2nd licensure exams. One thing that complicates this matter is shown in a reader's comment which I'd like to put here (it's a comment posted after my June 23, 2009 entry):
Anonymous said...
nakakainis ang batas ng sa board exam na to ang gulo gulo. di ko malaman kung alin ang may problema yung batas ba o yung nag iimplement. First board exam pinakuha nila mga fresh grad. (Candiate for M.A. na ako at that time!) Tapos ngayon mag second board exam ilang beses ako nag pabalik balik sa PRC papalit palit ng requirements. Ilang araw Lang ang pagitan nagpunta classmate ko iba rin sinabi sa kanya. NAKAKAWALANG GANA!!!
My reply to that comment was this:
BRC said...
Hi Ma'am/Sir,
Peace!
Thanks for your comment. Please be specific about your concern so that we can address the matter. I believe that PRC and the PRBGC may only be able to address those concerns when they are specific (remember the SMART framework in doing behavior change arrangements and management?). By all means feel free to tell us those things that did not have consistency other than this requirement of MA which was not mandated in last year's Board exam. Ano ba yung mga pabago-bagong requirements [nila ngayon]? In this way we can concretely alert the PRC about what the Board should be releasing at this time.
Hope you can use your madness to steer you into passing the exams. I shall include you in my prayers. God bless and take care
For those who are going to take the Board exams on Aug., by all means send in your applications na. The qualifications are stated in the Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9258, and let me quote verbatim the relevant provision here:
Rule III Sec. 13. Qualifications of Applicants. - To qualify for the examination, an applicant at the time of the filing of the application must:
a. Be a citizen x x x
b. Not have been convicted x x x
c. Be a graduate of a baccalaureate in guidance and counseling or in other allied discipline/degree from an accredited college or university with subject units covering those in Sec. 15, Rule III of this RR and a holder of an MA, MAEd, MAT, or MS, in guidance and counseling the curriculum of which covers the core subjects in guidance and counseling on the masteral level, or those in Sec. 15 Rule III of this RR; or a holder of the PhD or Ed.D in guidance and counseling, the curriculum of which covers the core subjects in guidance and counseling on the doctoral level, or those in Sec. 15, Rule III of this RR.
So, the texter above appears to be partly qualified since he is a college graduate in Guidance and Psychology (he should have taken it last year when guys like him were allowed to take the Board, and made it!!! sayang talaga!). While he may have an MA in a different field (teaching English as a 2nd language), it is not the MA that is definitely required by the regulatory law on Guidance and Counseling. So, my response was: take a non-thesis Masters in Guidance and Counseling like many I know who are targeting to take the Board Exams and get the license after passing, after which one can return and write the masters thesis, a matter of arrangement with one's respective department in school where they finished their nonthesis masters in G.C.
And I added that the core subjects for Board Exams must be definitely in that curriculum since currently there appears to be no official curriculum on Masters in Guidance and Counseling from the CHED or the Board of Guidance Counseling. What was constructed was a curriculum for bachelors in Guidance and Counseling, something that is not essential since anyone may take and finish the Masters in Guidance & Counseling despite coming from allied disciplines like Psychology and Education.
Nonetheless, Sec. 15 Rule III of the Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9258 has the following six subjects identified for licensure examinations, and let me quote it here verbatim again:
Sec. 15. Scope of Examination. - The examination shall be in English and shall consist of a written test covering the following subjects:
a. Philosophical, Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Guidance
b. Counseling Theories, Tools and Techniques
c. Psychological Testing
d. Organization, Administration and Supervision of Guidance Services, and Program Development
e. Group Process
f. Career Guidance
Every curriculum for the Masters in Guidance and Counseling needs to have these six subjects (of course we know the Masters curriculum in Guidance and Counseling has other subjects which must be prescribed by the CHED and the Board of Guidance and Counseling [PRBGC]) or else, chances for failure in the licensure exams will be high. Anyway, we just have to be watchful, and act with resolve.
All the best and God bless
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
2nd Board Exam: Questions
I received today June 23, 2009 a text message with this question: "gd pm po pdre bern, ask lng po me kng wn po and deadline ng prc applictn 4 aug gc licnsure? wala po kxc s wbsite ng prc n pgca. tnx-(name withheld) (Good pm po Padre Bern, ask lang po ako when the deadline of the PRC for application for [to take] the Aug. [2009] Licensure exams for Guidance and Counseling. Couldn't find any in the PRC and PGCA websites.)
My answer:
Republic Act No. 9258 mentions in Article III Examination, Registration and Licensure Section 12 Examination Required. - All applicants for registration for the practice of Guidance and Counseling shall be required to undergo a licensure examination to be given by the Board and the Commission in such places and dates as the Commission may designate in accordance with Republic Act No. 8981, subject to the compliance with the requirements prescribed by the Commission.
Of course the law does not answer the question. What answers the question in the text message is contained in the Rules and Regulation of RA9258, the same Section (12), but Rule III, which states or actually simply paraphrases the law:
"All applicants for registration for the practice of guidance and counseling shall be required to undergo a Board Licensure Examination for Guidance Counselors to be given by the Board and the Commission in such places and dates as the Commission may designate in accordance with R.A. No. 8981, subject to the compliance with the requirements prescribed by the Commission."
Furthermore, what answers the question are contained in these two paragraphs following it:
Form of Application. - An application for examination and registration must be properly accomplished in hand writing of the applicant on the PRC form and shall be filed not later than twenty (20) days in the Central Office, or not later than thirty (30) working days in the Regional Office, before the date of examination. A recent photo with name tag must be attached. Prescribed fees must be paid.
Approval of Application. - The PRC Application Division shall go over the application. At least two (2) members of the Board shall approve the application. In case the former cannot do so, the Application Division shall satisfy itself that each applicant possesses the qualifications prescribed by R.A. 9258 and this R.R.
There you are: if the upcoming Board Exams in Guidance and Counseling will be scheduled on August 27-28, 2009, you can anticipate the deadline by counting 20 days (working) before the examination date for those who will be submitting their applications to the Central Office of the PRC (Manila). Those who will be submitting their application papers in the PRC Regional Offices, they may count 30 working days to get the deadline for filing their application to take the Board Exams in Guidance and Counseling.
Of course, please don't wait for the deadline because as stated in the 2nd paragraph after Sec. 12, the Board will have to approve the application. Then the place for exams will be set. So, better go and inquire with your respective PRC Offices (Manila office has this number: (02) 314-0018). What if you don't qualify? That's something for you and the PRC to arrange in order to ensure that you're qualified to take the exams. And if you qualified, feel free to text me so I can include you in my prayers, specially to St. Jude (hopeless na ba?).
Who are qualified to take the Board Licensure Exams for Guidance and Counseling?
In the meeting at House of Representatives last May 26, 2009, the following document was released for us in response to the nagging question regarding the qualifications for taking the Board Exams for Guidance Counselors. It was established in that meeting that indeed there were non-Masters holders who took the test and PASSED the exams last year! Yes, that's the plain truth, and the PRC and PRB could not but allow the Congressman-Chair of the meeting to state clearly that there was this mistake of letting the 1st Board Exams be given to those who had no Masters.
The observation that two opposing positions may be overrun by a document was provided. Note that last year, IPCAP received a reply from the PRC regarding the interpretation of the law regarding the qualifications to take the Board Exams. (click "The PRC Response to IPCAP's Letter On Board Exam Qualifications" blog entry dated Sept. 18, 2008) That comment from Atty. Lalucis was the only extant document which can be used (again) as the basis for acceptance of non-Masters board examinees for Guidance and Counseling in the absence of another document that supersedes that. The document will always win over verbal or other means of communicating this "new" (because last year was a precedent) requirements to take the licensure exams. Hence, the PRBGC provided this document so we can be guided along.
To read this document, click it and the provider will enlarge it for your convenience:
My answer:
Republic Act No. 9258 mentions in Article III Examination, Registration and Licensure Section 12 Examination Required. - All applicants for registration for the practice of Guidance and Counseling shall be required to undergo a licensure examination to be given by the Board and the Commission in such places and dates as the Commission may designate in accordance with Republic Act No. 8981, subject to the compliance with the requirements prescribed by the Commission.
Of course the law does not answer the question. What answers the question in the text message is contained in the Rules and Regulation of RA9258, the same Section (12), but Rule III, which states or actually simply paraphrases the law:
"All applicants for registration for the practice of guidance and counseling shall be required to undergo a Board Licensure Examination for Guidance Counselors to be given by the Board and the Commission in such places and dates as the Commission may designate in accordance with R.A. No. 8981, subject to the compliance with the requirements prescribed by the Commission."
Furthermore, what answers the question are contained in these two paragraphs following it:
Form of Application. - An application for examination and registration must be properly accomplished in hand writing of the applicant on the PRC form and shall be filed not later than twenty (20) days in the Central Office, or not later than thirty (30) working days in the Regional Office, before the date of examination. A recent photo with name tag must be attached. Prescribed fees must be paid.
Approval of Application. - The PRC Application Division shall go over the application. At least two (2) members of the Board shall approve the application. In case the former cannot do so, the Application Division shall satisfy itself that each applicant possesses the qualifications prescribed by R.A. 9258 and this R.R.
There you are: if the upcoming Board Exams in Guidance and Counseling will be scheduled on August 27-28, 2009, you can anticipate the deadline by counting 20 days (working) before the examination date for those who will be submitting their applications to the Central Office of the PRC (Manila). Those who will be submitting their application papers in the PRC Regional Offices, they may count 30 working days to get the deadline for filing their application to take the Board Exams in Guidance and Counseling.
Of course, please don't wait for the deadline because as stated in the 2nd paragraph after Sec. 12, the Board will have to approve the application. Then the place for exams will be set. So, better go and inquire with your respective PRC Offices (Manila office has this number: (02) 314-0018). What if you don't qualify? That's something for you and the PRC to arrange in order to ensure that you're qualified to take the exams. And if you qualified, feel free to text me so I can include you in my prayers, specially to St. Jude (hopeless na ba?).
Who are qualified to take the Board Licensure Exams for Guidance and Counseling?
In the meeting at House of Representatives last May 26, 2009, the following document was released for us in response to the nagging question regarding the qualifications for taking the Board Exams for Guidance Counselors. It was established in that meeting that indeed there were non-Masters holders who took the test and PASSED the exams last year! Yes, that's the plain truth, and the PRC and PRB could not but allow the Congressman-Chair of the meeting to state clearly that there was this mistake of letting the 1st Board Exams be given to those who had no Masters.
The observation that two opposing positions may be overrun by a document was provided. Note that last year, IPCAP received a reply from the PRC regarding the interpretation of the law regarding the qualifications to take the Board Exams. (click "The PRC Response to IPCAP's Letter On Board Exam Qualifications" blog entry dated Sept. 18, 2008) That comment from Atty. Lalucis was the only extant document which can be used (again) as the basis for acceptance of non-Masters board examinees for Guidance and Counseling in the absence of another document that supersedes that. The document will always win over verbal or other means of communicating this "new" (because last year was a precedent) requirements to take the licensure exams. Hence, the PRBGC provided this document so we can be guided along.
To read this document, click it and the provider will enlarge it for your convenience:
Monday, June 22, 2009
Blog's New Features: EINSTEIN, AQUARIUM, bigger fonts
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish - Albert Einstein
That's the Albert Einstein quote of the day which I decided to put in so that such a wise man's words can be a good guide for the day.
It's followed by an aquarium, a virtual pet - fish - in order to relax you before you read the contents. Besides, I remember the story of CORY and Erap entitled Logic:
Cory: Erap, alam mo ba ang tungkol sa logic?
Erap: Sorry po, Madam, mahina po tayo sa academics, pero sa tingin ko, kung may example masasakyan ko din.
Cory: Ok. Mahilig ka ba sa aquarium?
Erap: Opo Madam. Enjoy nga po ako sa mga isda.
Cory: Tama. Pag mahilig ka sa aquarium, mahilig ka nga sa isda. At kung mahilig ka sa isda, mahilig ka sa beach.
Erap: Hehe, kaya nga po nagpagawa ako ng Boracay mansion (biro lang po Madam)
Cory: Oh? So ibig sabihin mahilig ka rin sa mga magaganda, like sexy bodies?
Erap: Madam naman, halata kaya.
Cory: Ibig sabihin, macho ka!
Erap: Salamat po, Madam.
Cory: Yan ang logic.
After the conversation, Erap meets John O.
Erap: John, mahilig ka ba sa aquarium?
John: Sorry pare, pero wala sa vocabulayo ko yan.
Erap. Bading ka nga. Logic e.
Just a naughty thought: when I read that SO THAT ALL MAY KNOW document about which I was alerted via text, I felt funny on the following "logical" connections. The stationery used was that of the PRC, hence in the website where it was posted, it was identified as PRC memo. Actually, Dr. Rosales was the signatory of that document, identifying herself as Chairman. It was an audit of the oath-taking that the Board of Guidance and Counseling had done since the 1st in February 2008. I was just thinking aloud: is there a new Chairman of the PRC? Is the Chairman of the PRBGC also the Chairman of the PRC? Does the Board of Guidance and Counseling not have its own stationery? If my understanding is right (I really hope I can be mistaken here), the PRC is not the PRBGC, and vice-versa. The R.A. 9258 clearly delineates their functions. The PRBGC is under the supervision of the PRC. And it may also be possible that the PRC gave her the paper to put that note for public viewing. Yes, we received our copy of this internet-published material, about which we will meet on June 24, 2009. I myself think there are loopholes in the process and the documentation we were furnished. I believe that it is best to clear things out rather than make people think otherwise. The integrity of the Guidance and Counseling profession is at stake here, something which we at IPCAP, and I believe everyone of us with our sane minds and hearts, want to uphold and protect at all times.
I also had enlarged the fonts because I got feedback that there are sexagenarians and septagenarians who read this blog. So for them, I thought of enlarging the fonts. Hope this will serve the purpose.
If you have comments, do please feel free to email me or write them in the appropriate space after every blog.
Hace a great day then. God bless
That's the Albert Einstein quote of the day which I decided to put in so that such a wise man's words can be a good guide for the day.
It's followed by an aquarium, a virtual pet - fish - in order to relax you before you read the contents. Besides, I remember the story of CORY and Erap entitled Logic:
Cory: Erap, alam mo ba ang tungkol sa logic?
Erap: Sorry po, Madam, mahina po tayo sa academics, pero sa tingin ko, kung may example masasakyan ko din.
Cory: Ok. Mahilig ka ba sa aquarium?
Erap: Opo Madam. Enjoy nga po ako sa mga isda.
Cory: Tama. Pag mahilig ka sa aquarium, mahilig ka nga sa isda. At kung mahilig ka sa isda, mahilig ka sa beach.
Erap: Hehe, kaya nga po nagpagawa ako ng Boracay mansion (biro lang po Madam)
Cory: Oh? So ibig sabihin mahilig ka rin sa mga magaganda, like sexy bodies?
Erap: Madam naman, halata kaya.
Cory: Ibig sabihin, macho ka!
Erap: Salamat po, Madam.
Cory: Yan ang logic.
After the conversation, Erap meets John O.
Erap: John, mahilig ka ba sa aquarium?
John: Sorry pare, pero wala sa vocabulayo ko yan.
Erap. Bading ka nga. Logic e.
Just a naughty thought: when I read that SO THAT ALL MAY KNOW document about which I was alerted via text, I felt funny on the following "logical" connections. The stationery used was that of the PRC, hence in the website where it was posted, it was identified as PRC memo. Actually, Dr. Rosales was the signatory of that document, identifying herself as Chairman. It was an audit of the oath-taking that the Board of Guidance and Counseling had done since the 1st in February 2008. I was just thinking aloud: is there a new Chairman of the PRC? Is the Chairman of the PRBGC also the Chairman of the PRC? Does the Board of Guidance and Counseling not have its own stationery? If my understanding is right (I really hope I can be mistaken here), the PRC is not the PRBGC, and vice-versa. The R.A. 9258 clearly delineates their functions. The PRBGC is under the supervision of the PRC. And it may also be possible that the PRC gave her the paper to put that note for public viewing. Yes, we received our copy of this internet-published material, about which we will meet on June 24, 2009. I myself think there are loopholes in the process and the documentation we were furnished. I believe that it is best to clear things out rather than make people think otherwise. The integrity of the Guidance and Counseling profession is at stake here, something which we at IPCAP, and I believe everyone of us with our sane minds and hearts, want to uphold and protect at all times.
I also had enlarged the fonts because I got feedback that there are sexagenarians and septagenarians who read this blog. So for them, I thought of enlarging the fonts. Hope this will serve the purpose.
If you have comments, do please feel free to email me or write them in the appropriate space after every blog.
Hace a great day then. God bless
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Job Openings
I received these requests from John Arimado, and I hope these are still available. Anyway, the address and person to contact are here:
June 5, 2009: We need an IT Head and a HEAD-Accounting Department...Please send applications to john_arimado@yahoo.com / angelicumhrd@yahoo.com. Call 7324243 loc 127. Look for John. Please. Thanks. (sent through text using the number 2371002403020)
May 29, 2009: ANGELICUM COLLEGE IS URGENTLY HIRING FOR CLE, LANGUAGE, READING, MATH, SOCIAL SCIENCE, PRE-SCHOOL, FILIPINO, COMPUTER FACILITATORS I.T. HEAD, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS and EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, SOCIAL WORKER. ALSO COLLEGE (Part Time) FACULTY for Baking and pastry / Bartending / Housekeeping / Commercial Cooking (also sent through text using the number 2371002403020)
These job openings reminded me of one of the points mentioned during the Congress Hearing last May 26, 2009: "We need a Registered Guidance Counselor in our school. Please give us one." The response of the Board of Guidance and Counseling Chair Dr. Rosales was this: "You can forward the request to the APO." Napangisi ang lahat ng nandoon.
We badly need Guidance Counselors, and I bet we need to really watch this matter closely. Let us alert each other of developments in this field so that we end up helping each other than harassing each other. I remember the Congressman say: "The country cannot also afford not to have a Guidance Counselor. We better have quantity and let quantity come later." In other words, it is still better to have a Guidance Counselor in the school than to have none at all. But with the law above us, how are we to do our jobs? I had personally raised the matter there in Congress: if it is possible to suspend the law. The answer was HEAD SHAKING (not the way Indians interpret that of course). Let's see what will happen.
Honestly, this is cause for alarm which those in position should really address. It is easy to say "we're only implementors of the law." But what about when problems crop up in our school settings, in our communities? Are we to simply shrug off our shoulders and say "I am not licensed." Are we to tell our students then:
Students, learning problems are a big no no this year because we have no Registered Guidance Counselors. Maybe next year!
Please don't go into substance abuse because we have no Guidance Counselors available this year, maybe next year.
Please don't abuse others because we have no licensed Guidance Counselor this year. Maybe next year!
Families, please don't separate muna. Just tiis muna kasi wala tayong Registered Guidance Counselor. Maybe next year!
Wala muna tayong career guidance kasi walang qualificadong tumulong sa atin na Guidance Counselors. Siguro, the students will ask us: Sir/Ma'am, pano na ang aming kinabukasan? Pupulutin na lang ba kami sa kangkungan?
Whooh! What a dilemma! Our moral fibers will be tested here. All the best and God bless
June 5, 2009: We need an IT Head and a HEAD-Accounting Department...Please send applications to john_arimado@yahoo.com / angelicumhrd@yahoo.com. Call 7324243 loc 127. Look for John. Please. Thanks. (sent through text using the number 2371002403020)
May 29, 2009: ANGELICUM COLLEGE IS URGENTLY HIRING FOR CLE, LANGUAGE, READING, MATH, SOCIAL SCIENCE, PRE-SCHOOL, FILIPINO, COMPUTER FACILITATORS I.T. HEAD, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS and EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, SOCIAL WORKER. ALSO COLLEGE (Part Time) FACULTY for Baking and pastry / Bartending / Housekeeping / Commercial Cooking (also sent through text using the number 2371002403020)
These job openings reminded me of one of the points mentioned during the Congress Hearing last May 26, 2009: "We need a Registered Guidance Counselor in our school. Please give us one." The response of the Board of Guidance and Counseling Chair Dr. Rosales was this: "You can forward the request to the APO." Napangisi ang lahat ng nandoon.
We badly need Guidance Counselors, and I bet we need to really watch this matter closely. Let us alert each other of developments in this field so that we end up helping each other than harassing each other. I remember the Congressman say: "The country cannot also afford not to have a Guidance Counselor. We better have quantity and let quantity come later." In other words, it is still better to have a Guidance Counselor in the school than to have none at all. But with the law above us, how are we to do our jobs? I had personally raised the matter there in Congress: if it is possible to suspend the law. The answer was HEAD SHAKING (not the way Indians interpret that of course). Let's see what will happen.
Honestly, this is cause for alarm which those in position should really address. It is easy to say "we're only implementors of the law." But what about when problems crop up in our school settings, in our communities? Are we to simply shrug off our shoulders and say "I am not licensed." Are we to tell our students then:
Students, learning problems are a big no no this year because we have no Registered Guidance Counselors. Maybe next year!
Please don't go into substance abuse because we have no Guidance Counselors available this year, maybe next year.
Please don't abuse others because we have no licensed Guidance Counselor this year. Maybe next year!
Families, please don't separate muna. Just tiis muna kasi wala tayong Registered Guidance Counselor. Maybe next year!
Wala muna tayong career guidance kasi walang qualificadong tumulong sa atin na Guidance Counselors. Siguro, the students will ask us: Sir/Ma'am, pano na ang aming kinabukasan? Pupulutin na lang ba kami sa kangkungan?
Whooh! What a dilemma! Our moral fibers will be tested here. All the best and God bless
Saturday, June 13, 2009
On OATH TAKING
When I paid for my oath-taking last Sept. 2008, I asked the guy collecting the P1,500 for an OFFICIAL RECEIPT. He said, "Wala po." I asked, "Why are you not giving Official Receipt? P1,500 is a big amount, and you are obliged to give me a receipt." Tahimik lang siya. I couldn't press him because I did not know whom to address the matter.
On oath-taking day itself, at Manila Hotel, I had with me the IPCAP Treasurer as my guest, so I was charged P1,000 as guest fee. The same guy was there collecting, and again I asked for the O.R. Wala pa rin! Wow, that guy collected P2,500 from me and he gave me no Official Receipt? Talo niya simbahan a! When you give a Mass Offering at the Office, maski P50 me O.R. Well, sa collection, wala po yun, pero even then, the collection has a report made to the public.
On March 1, 2009, I knew certain people who were there for the oathtaking, and sabi sa text: "By d way, fr. Totoo tlaga yong sinabi mo. we were not given a recpt." Ayan, that confirmed a "kalakaran."
Now, on May 26, 2009 in Congress, the matter of the oath taking was deliberated. What does our law (R.A. # 9258) say about it?
Our RA 9258 says in Art. III Sec. 18: "All successful examinees shall be required to take a professional oath before any member of the Board or any Officer of the Commission authorized by the PRC, or any officer authorized by law."
The Rules and Regulations of RA No. 9258 makes it more explicit, saying in Art. III Sec. 18: "All successful examinees qualified for registration and all qualified applicants for registration without examination shall be required to take the professional oath before any member of the Board or any officer of the Commission authorized by it or any other person authorized by law to administer the oath prior to entering into the practice of guidance and counseling in the Philippines. The successful examinees shall register with the Commission after having taken his/her oath and upon payment of the prescribed fees and shall be issued Certificates of Registration and Professional Identification Card."
I just noticed that the phrase "all successful examinees qualified for registration" contains something to ask about since all those who passed the Board or licensure exams for Guidance and Counseling are definitely qualified for registration - meron bang pumasa na di qualified for registration?
Anyway, the oath taking is a requirement of the law. And the one to administer the oath include any one of at least the following persons:
- any member of the Board (Professional Regulatory Board of Guidance and Counseling)
- any officer of the Commission (Professional Regulation Commission) authorized by the PRC (as the law says, but this seems different from the RR which merely says "IT" - is this the PRC or the PRBGC?)
- or any other person authorized by law to administer the oath.
The discussions in Congress on this matter showed that MASS OATH TAKING is never required by the law. In fact, this becomes inimical to the interests of those who are far away from Manila where the oath taking has been taking place. Two Congressmen were particularly strong in saying that the oath taking need not be in Manila since the PRC is now devolved, meaning the PRC Officers in the provinces or regions may be given authority to administer the oath so that the relatives of the oath takers may also attend. It was quite common knowledge that there were quite a number among us who had to borrow money for the Maria Clara attire or barong as well as for the fees paid for the MASS OATH TAKING. In times of financial difficulties like we have, it would have been appropriately sensitive to apply the law for the benefit of the practitioners.
And especially because there was no official receipt given for the oath taking fees (some of us complained that the fee was simply too much if only to eat snacks in the most plush place in the Philippines), the question of who was responsible was raised. The PRC cannot release an Official Receipt daw because once PRC does that, the funds immediately go to the Treasury, the national coffers. It should be the APO which has the Official Receipt. But those who were with the APO before said NO, it didn't receive. So, who was the one to run after? The snacks we ate was supposed to have costed P850 which is more than half the oath-taker's fee. So, may sobra ito, and how was this accounted for? Where did the "earnings" go? For what?
When I enter a movie house, true enough I get no Official Receipt. But the movie house is taxed. The Mass Oath taking is NOT taxed, and particularly the one who collects IS NOT TAXED! Funds received go straight to someone's or a group's pocket or bank account. Who's in charge here? The Board? Di daw, but they know it's accounted for. Really? Is this account or report publicly accessible?
As regards to who made this matter something of an "obligation"? Those who take the oath want it daw made it so. In short, gusto kasi natin na may mass oath taking. What? I don't remember having been asked if I liked it or not, whether I wanted it or not. What about those who cannot afford? Were they asked? has anybody out there been asked if mass oath taking was your choice?
So there you are: there is no Mass Oath taking supposedly obligatory for all of us. For convenience, we may even have oath taking in the PRC itself, like I once read about a Mass Oath taking of nurses in the big hall there at PRC. Was an oath-taking fee charged? PRC should, because the event would mean PRC will be paying for the electric bill. And the O.R should then have been provided. And the country coffers should have been fatter by a few millions which could have been used for the good of the professions.
What we want is transparency, so let's keep it. We can be clear about things and have no need to defend ourselves from questions of impropriety. I bet the BIR would be interested in this matter. In time.
On second thought, didn't we go to PRC, pay P1,050 for the license (I still have my O.R. for this as souvenir), affix our signatures in the logbook and also our 1x1 colored ID picture? The RR of RA 9258 says "The successful examinees shall register with the Commission after having taken his/her oath and upon payment of the prescribed fees and shall be issued Certificates of Registration and Professional Identification Card." But our payment was done before our oath taking, and until now we have no Certificate of Registration yet. There seems to be a procedural reversal which could end in people being able to get their licenses even WITHOUT HAVING TAKEN THEIR OATH! Isn't this bending the law in our favor? Thanks of course to PRC because I got my license on the day of the oath taking. I know of some who didn't receive their licenses on the day they took their oath but LATER! I may be a stickler for the law, but the good Congressman said "Dure lex sed lex."
God bless
On oath-taking day itself, at Manila Hotel, I had with me the IPCAP Treasurer as my guest, so I was charged P1,000 as guest fee. The same guy was there collecting, and again I asked for the O.R. Wala pa rin! Wow, that guy collected P2,500 from me and he gave me no Official Receipt? Talo niya simbahan a! When you give a Mass Offering at the Office, maski P50 me O.R. Well, sa collection, wala po yun, pero even then, the collection has a report made to the public.
On March 1, 2009, I knew certain people who were there for the oathtaking, and sabi sa text: "By d way, fr. Totoo tlaga yong sinabi mo. we were not given a recpt." Ayan, that confirmed a "kalakaran."
Now, on May 26, 2009 in Congress, the matter of the oath taking was deliberated. What does our law (R.A. # 9258) say about it?
Our RA 9258 says in Art. III Sec. 18: "All successful examinees shall be required to take a professional oath before any member of the Board or any Officer of the Commission authorized by the PRC, or any officer authorized by law."
The Rules and Regulations of RA No. 9258 makes it more explicit, saying in Art. III Sec. 18: "All successful examinees qualified for registration and all qualified applicants for registration without examination shall be required to take the professional oath before any member of the Board or any officer of the Commission authorized by it or any other person authorized by law to administer the oath prior to entering into the practice of guidance and counseling in the Philippines. The successful examinees shall register with the Commission after having taken his/her oath and upon payment of the prescribed fees and shall be issued Certificates of Registration and Professional Identification Card."
I just noticed that the phrase "all successful examinees qualified for registration" contains something to ask about since all those who passed the Board or licensure exams for Guidance and Counseling are definitely qualified for registration - meron bang pumasa na di qualified for registration?
Anyway, the oath taking is a requirement of the law. And the one to administer the oath include any one of at least the following persons:
- any member of the Board (Professional Regulatory Board of Guidance and Counseling)
- any officer of the Commission (Professional Regulation Commission) authorized by the PRC (as the law says, but this seems different from the RR which merely says "IT" - is this the PRC or the PRBGC?)
- or any other person authorized by law to administer the oath.
The discussions in Congress on this matter showed that MASS OATH TAKING is never required by the law. In fact, this becomes inimical to the interests of those who are far away from Manila where the oath taking has been taking place. Two Congressmen were particularly strong in saying that the oath taking need not be in Manila since the PRC is now devolved, meaning the PRC Officers in the provinces or regions may be given authority to administer the oath so that the relatives of the oath takers may also attend. It was quite common knowledge that there were quite a number among us who had to borrow money for the Maria Clara attire or barong as well as for the fees paid for the MASS OATH TAKING. In times of financial difficulties like we have, it would have been appropriately sensitive to apply the law for the benefit of the practitioners.
And especially because there was no official receipt given for the oath taking fees (some of us complained that the fee was simply too much if only to eat snacks in the most plush place in the Philippines), the question of who was responsible was raised. The PRC cannot release an Official Receipt daw because once PRC does that, the funds immediately go to the Treasury, the national coffers. It should be the APO which has the Official Receipt. But those who were with the APO before said NO, it didn't receive. So, who was the one to run after? The snacks we ate was supposed to have costed P850 which is more than half the oath-taker's fee. So, may sobra ito, and how was this accounted for? Where did the "earnings" go? For what?
When I enter a movie house, true enough I get no Official Receipt. But the movie house is taxed. The Mass Oath taking is NOT taxed, and particularly the one who collects IS NOT TAXED! Funds received go straight to someone's or a group's pocket or bank account. Who's in charge here? The Board? Di daw, but they know it's accounted for. Really? Is this account or report publicly accessible?
As regards to who made this matter something of an "obligation"? Those who take the oath want it daw made it so. In short, gusto kasi natin na may mass oath taking. What? I don't remember having been asked if I liked it or not, whether I wanted it or not. What about those who cannot afford? Were they asked? has anybody out there been asked if mass oath taking was your choice?
So there you are: there is no Mass Oath taking supposedly obligatory for all of us. For convenience, we may even have oath taking in the PRC itself, like I once read about a Mass Oath taking of nurses in the big hall there at PRC. Was an oath-taking fee charged? PRC should, because the event would mean PRC will be paying for the electric bill. And the O.R should then have been provided. And the country coffers should have been fatter by a few millions which could have been used for the good of the professions.
What we want is transparency, so let's keep it. We can be clear about things and have no need to defend ourselves from questions of impropriety. I bet the BIR would be interested in this matter. In time.
On second thought, didn't we go to PRC, pay P1,050 for the license (I still have my O.R. for this as souvenir), affix our signatures in the logbook and also our 1x1 colored ID picture? The RR of RA 9258 says "The successful examinees shall register with the Commission after having taken his/her oath and upon payment of the prescribed fees and shall be issued Certificates of Registration and Professional Identification Card." But our payment was done before our oath taking, and until now we have no Certificate of Registration yet. There seems to be a procedural reversal which could end in people being able to get their licenses even WITHOUT HAVING TAKEN THEIR OATH! Isn't this bending the law in our favor? Thanks of course to PRC because I got my license on the day of the oath taking. I know of some who didn't receive their licenses on the day they took their oath but LATER! I may be a stickler for the law, but the good Congressman said "Dure lex sed lex."
God bless
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Issues in the Field
Today, we at IPCAP met again (we've been doing this quite regularly) and discussed among the agenda current issues in the field. Among those that I find disturbing include the shutting off of the Guidance Center in schools where there are no resident Registered Guidance Counselors or RGC. The Guidance Counselors who used to man the Guidance Center were either laid off, or moved to a different area such as teaching. One of us called some schools to invite Guidance personnel only to be told that there is no one in the Center and that it has been closed. Will there be schools now having NO GUIDANCE COUNSELORS simply because there are no RGC's? Is this now saying that schools can survive having NO GUIDANCE COUNSELORS. Has the time come for the schools to be the first to say that it can go on without these people? Who will be doing the Guidance Counseling then? Will Guidance Counseling still be important? If not, what will licensure be all about then?
The question then was raised, as it has been raised in Congress last May 26, 2009: has the law produced more problems or solved problems? Has it brought harm or good? I know of certain people who communicated with me about being laid off. This is one of the effects of the law: retrenchment of our colleagues. And I bet that person's not alone. The closing of the Guidance Center is I think by far the worst of it all. This is really sad because those who worked for the law may have thought that when there is licensure, the supply of Guidance Counselors will be available. Right now, the demand is so high, but the supply is so low.
Now comes in the economics of it. We at IPCAP got reports and sharing that certain RGCs were being pirated to another "high-paying" institution. "Come to us and we offer you this much." When this said RGC was about to resign and move to another institution, this said institution raised the RGCs pay just to stay! Actually, this can be really exploited.
The other issue is using the license of the RGC in the absence of the said RGC just so the school can maintain its Guidance Services Center. This reminds me of a close relative who is a licensed pharmacist who was offered some funds if only the license could be "borrowed". The said relative disagreed because ayaw niya na on-call siya. The law can be quite clear about this.
And still another issue is the presence among the more or less 1,500 RGCs of those who are not qualified to be Guidance Counselors in the school. Of course we all know that Guidance and Counseling is not purely for the schools. We have RGCs who are into Community Counseling, Pastoral Counseling, Private Practice. Many of them are not Guidance Counseling doctorate, masters nor bachelor's holders, hence they are not qualified to do school counseling. Therein now comes the scope of this profession.
There are schools too, who for having no RGC, now resort to "spiritual counseling" instead. Shall Guidance Centers without RGCs now be identified as Spiritual Counseling Centers? Are we into really challenging times? This should spur lots of research and literature in the field since we are into these situations. Those in their masters and doctorates may pick this issue so that we can really come up with a clear identity as a profession.
Lastly, although there may still be a lot you may want to let us know of, is the issue on salaries. Many of our colleagues, RGCs at that, are paid rather lower than teachers. Rightly so, said one administrator, because schools can afford to lose Guidance Counselors but cannot lose teachers. Schools are centers for instruction. But look, retorted some, as RGC's we have our masters while many of the teachers do not have our level of education yet end up paid lower? The population we serve appears to be more than that of the teacher who only deals with at most 60 (I know this is too many), while the currently approved ratio is 1:500 (1 Guidance Counselor per 500 students). And when it comes to certain cases, it is possible that teachers are kept away from knowing the cases of some students. So we hear comments like, "Ang hirap nito. Pagod ka na, mababa pa ang bayad." But we all know that we don't work for pay only. We work as Guidance Counselors because we love to help (Enneagram #2 ka ba?), and the pay may not be the only source of our joy and meaning. But in our world today, we need something better. This is high time to really come together for our needs.
Hope we all look into our dear profession and collectively discuss the possible directions to take. May God bless us all. Take care
The question then was raised, as it has been raised in Congress last May 26, 2009: has the law produced more problems or solved problems? Has it brought harm or good? I know of certain people who communicated with me about being laid off. This is one of the effects of the law: retrenchment of our colleagues. And I bet that person's not alone. The closing of the Guidance Center is I think by far the worst of it all. This is really sad because those who worked for the law may have thought that when there is licensure, the supply of Guidance Counselors will be available. Right now, the demand is so high, but the supply is so low.
Now comes in the economics of it. We at IPCAP got reports and sharing that certain RGCs were being pirated to another "high-paying" institution. "Come to us and we offer you this much." When this said RGC was about to resign and move to another institution, this said institution raised the RGCs pay just to stay! Actually, this can be really exploited.
The other issue is using the license of the RGC in the absence of the said RGC just so the school can maintain its Guidance Services Center. This reminds me of a close relative who is a licensed pharmacist who was offered some funds if only the license could be "borrowed". The said relative disagreed because ayaw niya na on-call siya. The law can be quite clear about this.
And still another issue is the presence among the more or less 1,500 RGCs of those who are not qualified to be Guidance Counselors in the school. Of course we all know that Guidance and Counseling is not purely for the schools. We have RGCs who are into Community Counseling, Pastoral Counseling, Private Practice. Many of them are not Guidance Counseling doctorate, masters nor bachelor's holders, hence they are not qualified to do school counseling. Therein now comes the scope of this profession.
There are schools too, who for having no RGC, now resort to "spiritual counseling" instead. Shall Guidance Centers without RGCs now be identified as Spiritual Counseling Centers? Are we into really challenging times? This should spur lots of research and literature in the field since we are into these situations. Those in their masters and doctorates may pick this issue so that we can really come up with a clear identity as a profession.
Lastly, although there may still be a lot you may want to let us know of, is the issue on salaries. Many of our colleagues, RGCs at that, are paid rather lower than teachers. Rightly so, said one administrator, because schools can afford to lose Guidance Counselors but cannot lose teachers. Schools are centers for instruction. But look, retorted some, as RGC's we have our masters while many of the teachers do not have our level of education yet end up paid lower? The population we serve appears to be more than that of the teacher who only deals with at most 60 (I know this is too many), while the currently approved ratio is 1:500 (1 Guidance Counselor per 500 students). And when it comes to certain cases, it is possible that teachers are kept away from knowing the cases of some students. So we hear comments like, "Ang hirap nito. Pagod ka na, mababa pa ang bayad." But we all know that we don't work for pay only. We work as Guidance Counselors because we love to help (Enneagram #2 ka ba?), and the pay may not be the only source of our joy and meaning. But in our world today, we need something better. This is high time to really come together for our needs.
Hope we all look into our dear profession and collectively discuss the possible directions to take. May God bless us all. Take care
Monday, June 08, 2009
GDAP now GMLP
In our last meeting on June 4, 2009 at the University of the East, Manila, more contributions for GDAP came in. We reviewed the requirements for SEC registration. While we were doing our planning, our elected Treasurer Mr. Ricky Lawas, RGC of the Carlos Lanting College went to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to have our name reserved. Much to the fulfillment (talk of wish fulfillment!) of Dr. Elvi Ramos' womanly hunch, the name Guidance Directors Association of the Philippines (GDAP) was no longer available. We tried to reserve another name, the Association of Guidance Administrators of the Philippines or AGAP, and this too was no longer available. Anyway, we picked another name. Now, we have reserved a new name which we will announce once we get the SEC registration. Mabuti na ito para wala nang mambabara, whoever you are. Better luck next time po. We are very happy with the way things are moving for us. In fact, we will be meeting (#4) again this coming Wednesday, June 10, 2009 from 1-5PM at the University of the East, Manila.. Again, calling on all present and former, licensed or unlicensed Guidance Directors, Administrators or Heads in school, community or even private practice in Guidance Counseling clinics anywhere in the Philippines: please feel free to come and attend this meeting which aims to organize ourselves as persons in charge of the practice of Guidance and Counseling in the Philippines. And, yes, abangan na lang natin ang susunod na kabanata regarding this new organization which we promise will spearhead in looking at a lot of matters concerning our dear profession which is right now in a risky situation.
Risky situation?
Yes, risky. At the moment, there may only be more or less 1500 of us who have been granted the license as Registered Guidance Counselors under the Grandfather's Clause and the 1st Board Exam. According to a party-list Congressman we met at the Congress or House of Representatives last May 26, 2009, there are 37,500 elementary schools all over the country. Note that the high schools and colleges have not been included in this count. Even if each of the 37,500 elementary schools were to have ONE Guidance Counselor, the present number of licensed Guidance Counselors would simply be TOO SMALL! We will be TOO FEW who are legitimate Guidance and Counseling practitioners at the beginning of this school year 2009-2010. Haven't I prophesied (if it can be used here) that there will be Guidance and Counseling practitioners who are not licensed, and their number will be more than those who are licensed. Quo vadis, ma'ams, sirs? The said meeting at the Congress was called by the Committee on Civil Service and Professionalization. I pray that we won't have to go for a full blown congressional inquiry because this would reveal what you, my readers and colleagues have been reporting in your comments to this blog.
Guess what? The CPE or Continuing Professional Education is something that is not to be monopolized by one organization, as we were meant to believe. In fact, at the said meeting where the PRC and the PRBGC attended, it became clear as day that while our regulatory law (RA 9258) mentions something about the CPE, there are currently no guidelines yet promulgated by the PRBGC. Remember, the CPE is for updating and NOT OUTDATING! And, what was really heart warming was the fact that non-attendance at the CPE will never be a reason for non-renewal of license. Thanks God. Legislative history shows us that then Senator Nikki Coseteng (kapangalan niya ang namatay kong pusang magaling magmasahe hehe) led the scrapping of the CPE requirement in license renewal. Why? Kasi naman nabibili!!! Talk about diploma mills? There was then "convention certification mills." Meaning to say, those who did not attend the CPE managed to get such certifications for a fee of course. Sa Recto ba nakuha yun? Those among us who follow events are aware of these malpractices. And we do not want these things to happen in our profession.
But of course, for the sake of the updating of our professional practice, the CPE is highly encouraged. But as some commented, how can we be encouraged when the fees have risen like the Risen Lord? Joke only. Kung kailan naghirap ang buhay, tsaka pa tinaasan. I really feel this is regrettable. Someone even told me na medyo kulang ng sensitivity ang action na taasan ang bayad ng pag-attend sa conventions. Of course, we need to remember that our organizations are there NOT TO EARN, NOR TO PROFIT. In fact, it may be best to look into our Constitution and By-Laws again if the word earning is ever mentioned. Remember we are NON-PROFIT, NON-STOCK. So why think of EARNING? Siguro kung ito na lang ang ating means, pagkakakitaan talaga! Please naman! My father would say POR DIOS POR SANTO! And remember, there is a ceiling for non-stock non-profit organiaztions, professional orgs at that! We may not be holding money beyond that limit lest we be questioned by the BIR. Hala ka, puro ka na penalty. Ah, kaya siguro tinataasan kasi may penalting babayaran! What? I will be paying my membership and convention fees to pay for those penalties? Wag naman po.
Present Directions
There are schools whose Guidance Services areas have been tagged differently. Talk about old dog, new collar! There are Student Formation Center, Student Well-Being Center, etc. You know why this has to be done. In fact, it was recommended as a way to skirt the law! (Alam na ngang mali, ire-recommend pa! Por Dios por Santo!)
The problem here is that with a new name, the scope of work will also be affected. With "Student Formation Center" comes the possibilities that the school will include discipline, even the chaplaincy inside the said center, and Guidance Counselors may be given work that will distract from what Guidance and Counseling is all about. How can this profession ever grow? We are in the time of professionalization and yet we are still besieged by these problems. When will we ever learn? Ma'ams, sirs, let's look into these matters because we are serious about our profession that is trying to make a difference for this country!
Solution? Amend the law! Yes, and we have seen areas for amendment. In the next blogs, I shall mention the areas which need immediate amendment. If you have any recommendation, please email me about it AGAD so we can compile them and send them the soonest possible time. The way to do this is of course to read the law, the Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004, or the Republic Act No. 9258 and its Rules and Regulations and compare these in the light of our practice. Please consider too the practice of our fellow active Guidance Counselors. I tell you, madaming dapat ayusin sa batas na ito! For love of Guidance and Counseling!
Ito na muna. God bless and take care
Risky situation?
Yes, risky. At the moment, there may only be more or less 1500 of us who have been granted the license as Registered Guidance Counselors under the Grandfather's Clause and the 1st Board Exam. According to a party-list Congressman we met at the Congress or House of Representatives last May 26, 2009, there are 37,500 elementary schools all over the country. Note that the high schools and colleges have not been included in this count. Even if each of the 37,500 elementary schools were to have ONE Guidance Counselor, the present number of licensed Guidance Counselors would simply be TOO SMALL! We will be TOO FEW who are legitimate Guidance and Counseling practitioners at the beginning of this school year 2009-2010. Haven't I prophesied (if it can be used here) that there will be Guidance and Counseling practitioners who are not licensed, and their number will be more than those who are licensed. Quo vadis, ma'ams, sirs? The said meeting at the Congress was called by the Committee on Civil Service and Professionalization. I pray that we won't have to go for a full blown congressional inquiry because this would reveal what you, my readers and colleagues have been reporting in your comments to this blog.
Guess what? The CPE or Continuing Professional Education is something that is not to be monopolized by one organization, as we were meant to believe. In fact, at the said meeting where the PRC and the PRBGC attended, it became clear as day that while our regulatory law (RA 9258) mentions something about the CPE, there are currently no guidelines yet promulgated by the PRBGC. Remember, the CPE is for updating and NOT OUTDATING! And, what was really heart warming was the fact that non-attendance at the CPE will never be a reason for non-renewal of license. Thanks God. Legislative history shows us that then Senator Nikki Coseteng (kapangalan niya ang namatay kong pusang magaling magmasahe hehe) led the scrapping of the CPE requirement in license renewal. Why? Kasi naman nabibili!!! Talk about diploma mills? There was then "convention certification mills." Meaning to say, those who did not attend the CPE managed to get such certifications for a fee of course. Sa Recto ba nakuha yun? Those among us who follow events are aware of these malpractices. And we do not want these things to happen in our profession.
But of course, for the sake of the updating of our professional practice, the CPE is highly encouraged. But as some commented, how can we be encouraged when the fees have risen like the Risen Lord? Joke only. Kung kailan naghirap ang buhay, tsaka pa tinaasan. I really feel this is regrettable. Someone even told me na medyo kulang ng sensitivity ang action na taasan ang bayad ng pag-attend sa conventions. Of course, we need to remember that our organizations are there NOT TO EARN, NOR TO PROFIT. In fact, it may be best to look into our Constitution and By-Laws again if the word earning is ever mentioned. Remember we are NON-PROFIT, NON-STOCK. So why think of EARNING? Siguro kung ito na lang ang ating means, pagkakakitaan talaga! Please naman! My father would say POR DIOS POR SANTO! And remember, there is a ceiling for non-stock non-profit organiaztions, professional orgs at that! We may not be holding money beyond that limit lest we be questioned by the BIR. Hala ka, puro ka na penalty. Ah, kaya siguro tinataasan kasi may penalting babayaran! What? I will be paying my membership and convention fees to pay for those penalties? Wag naman po.
Present Directions
There are schools whose Guidance Services areas have been tagged differently. Talk about old dog, new collar! There are Student Formation Center, Student Well-Being Center, etc. You know why this has to be done. In fact, it was recommended as a way to skirt the law! (Alam na ngang mali, ire-recommend pa! Por Dios por Santo!)
The problem here is that with a new name, the scope of work will also be affected. With "Student Formation Center" comes the possibilities that the school will include discipline, even the chaplaincy inside the said center, and Guidance Counselors may be given work that will distract from what Guidance and Counseling is all about. How can this profession ever grow? We are in the time of professionalization and yet we are still besieged by these problems. When will we ever learn? Ma'ams, sirs, let's look into these matters because we are serious about our profession that is trying to make a difference for this country!
Solution? Amend the law! Yes, and we have seen areas for amendment. In the next blogs, I shall mention the areas which need immediate amendment. If you have any recommendation, please email me about it AGAD so we can compile them and send them the soonest possible time. The way to do this is of course to read the law, the Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004, or the Republic Act No. 9258 and its Rules and Regulations and compare these in the light of our practice. Please consider too the practice of our fellow active Guidance Counselors. I tell you, madaming dapat ayusin sa batas na ito! For love of Guidance and Counseling!
Ito na muna. God bless and take care
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