As the pandemic wanes and schools shift back to in-person classes, GuidanceNGO adjusts its events by going back to organizing in-person activities. One of which is Career Expedition, a career clinic and college fair event being attended by senior high school students.
It is a fact that not all college programs are being offered in the Philippines. Despite Nanotechnology’s prevalence as a college program offered for many years in some Southeast Asian universities, a Philippine university is yet to offer the program. Now, several countries are offering a bachelor’s program in Artificial Intelligence. Will Philippine higher education institutions be able to catch up with foreign universities? The lack of program diversity in the Philippines can be one of the reasons some Filipino students seek opportunities for higher education in other countries.
For more than 20 years, GuidanceNGO has been attending to career concerns of students and parents in junior and senior high schools. For the Academic Year 2023–2024, GuidanceNGO has lined up seminars designed for parents of Grade 6 students as opportunities for post-elementary education has not been thoroughly explored.
Some students who wish to pursue higher education may not know where to study a college program. While there are more than 2,000 colleges and universities in the Philippines to choose from, they must know if they CAN study in any of these institutions. CAN is the operative word in the previous sentence as students can be limited by various qualifications that hinder the pursuit of a bachelor’s or associate program in some schools.
Schoolguide magazine representatives are visiting higher education institutions (HEIs) in the 16 Philippine regions to compile information that will be disseminated not only nationwide, but also to the other countries in the ASEAN region.