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FOLLOW UP SERVICE
refers to the formal and systematic monitoring of the individual
progress of current students who have undergone academic
advising, counseling, referral, placement, or any special
intervention program
an integral part of guidance services that is concerned with
what happens to students while in school or after they have left
schools
systematic evaluation of guidance services and educational
programs to find out whether it succeeded in satisfying needs
of the students
Without follow-up, the counseling is incomplete. (Evangelista,
2005)
Purpose of Follow Up
1. To ascertain the progress and status of students within the
various classrooms, courses and curricular areas.
2. To gain data which may identify weakness in the various
phases of the school progress.
3. To learn how former graduates are processing.
4. To evaluate the effectiveness of the schools placement activity.
5. To learn why pupils leave before graduation.
6. To discover grade levels at which most dropouts occur
7. To obtain opinions concerning needed modification of the
curriculum in the light of the experiences of former pupils.
The follow-up service performs the following functions:
ensures personal contact and correspondence with the student
even after he leaves the school.
It helps to keep contact with the employer and heads of other
institutions.
It helps to collect information about the student during the
post-placement period.

The information collected about the students progress in the

occupation or course of study provides feedback about the
effectiveness of guidance programme.

Follow-up Service also paves the way for modifying and

improving the guidance programme of the school.

 It may help in replacement or change of subjects/occupation if

the situation arises.
Importance of Follow up
Information obtained through follow-up techniques can be
used for improving the curriculum stimulating better teaching,
increasing the value of the guidance services and establishing
better college and community relationships.

Types of Follow up Service

1. IN-SCHOOL FOLLOW UP
help diminish the number of drop-outs by knowing the
causes/reasons why students leave school
helps students adjust to student life
answers the following questions:
To what extent are pupils utilizing guidance and other school
and non-school services?
What effect have guidance services had upon pupil
planning?
To what extent are curricular and extra class activities
meeting pupils needs?
To what extent are pupils achieving up to capacity?
To what extent are pupils oriented to the next grade or to a
new school situation?
What kind of adjustments are pupils making to part-time,
summer, and permanent jobs?
2. OUT-SCHOOL FOLLOW UP
applies to services extended even to the graduates to
instil in them
a sense of belongingness
helps the school analyse its effectiveness
concerned with:

Where graduates went after leaving school

Where dropouts/school leavers went
Reasons for dropping out or leaving the school
How well graduates are doing in their jobs
What additional needs graduates or dropouts/school leavers have that the
school can still respond to
How long graduates stay in their jobs
Adjustment difficulties and concerns of graduates and dropouts/school
leavers
Additional knowledge and skills required by the job which formal studies
did not offer
Employer satisfaction with graduates
Percentage of high school graduates who go to college and where they go
Where those who do not go to college go and what they do
Problems and concerns of those who did not pursue a college course

ACTIVITIES/ TOOLS IN FOLLOW UP

Surveys/questionnaires
Follow-up letters
Organizing alumni homecoming parties/ alumni associations
Interviews
Parent Conference
Use of telephone/ cell phone

Follow-up Service
It is concerned with what happen to the students after they have left
school.
1. Guidance Counselors visit different companies and Schools where their
alumni are connected to find out how they are, and if employed, some
information about their work and their employers.
2. Tutorial Lessons are academic assistance gives free charge to students
who find difficulty comprehending Math and Physics subjects.
3. Student-Peer-Facilitators (SPF). These are students with potential to
become leaders in the future. They are trained to assist another youth
through the 'buddy' approach.
4. Boarding House Visitation (BHV). BHV are conducted once a month by the
SPFs together with a Guidance Counselor. Problems or concerns
confronting the student-lodgers will be explored through group dynamics
activities. BHV would also serve as an avenue for a continuing counseling
process.

Ways to Conduct Follow-Up Service Programme:


The follow-up services can be organised for pupils studying in
schools, students or pupils who left in the middle of the school session and for
former pupils. Pupils even after leaving the school can come to the school for
help and guidance. The school knows most about the pupil and it is in a better
position to render proper guidance.

It is through follow-up services that the school can keep in touch with
its pupils. The purpose of follow-up service is to help in keeping an efficient
guidance programme for its past pupils.

However the school after receiving proper information about the

various problems of its former pupils can effectively organize follow-up services
to help them for their adjustment.
So this follow-up programme can be conducted in a number of
ways which are given below:
(i) The guidance personnel maintains a list of all the students who have
received placement service.
(ii) The guidance personnel keeps in touch with the educational institution
and the organization which has given employment to the student.
(iii) He collects information from the student about his progress and
difficulties relating to his education, vocational training and employment.
(iv) Such informations can be collected by personal contact with the
student which may be incidental or deliberate, through mailed
questionnaire postal correspondence or in the meeting of old students:
association or indirectly through friends and parents. The guidance
personnel can also contact the employer or the head of the
education/training institution for collecting information about how the
student is doing, what progress he has made and what difficulties he is
facing.
(v) The feedback received about the student creates grounds for
modifying, improving and restructuring the guidance programme of the
school.

PLACEMENT SERVICE
helping a person to get an appropriate place according to his qualifications
and abilities
helping people find a place that will contribute to their physical, mental,
emotional, and spiritual health and well-being (Villar, 2007)

AIMS OF PLACEMENT SERVICE

a. helps in looking for part-time job
b. providing part-time job
c. encouraging extra-class activities

d. proper selection of curriculum

e. helps in training programs
- making desirable training choice
- locating training places
- drawing realistic plan for desirable training for them
- facilitating registration of the student in the institution of his/her choice

Need of placement service in the following heads:

1. After completing a course in a school a pupil may like to pursue a
course of study with certain electives in a college or university. But due to
lack of knowledge about institutions of higher education most pupils
experience, frustration and aimlessness in their life. Sometimes pupils
dont know when to contact, whom to contact and how to prepare for
admission in the institution of their choice. They approach late, fail to
contact the right person and have inadequate preparation and as a result
feel disgusted and frustrated. Placement service in a school or secondary
school is needed to assist pupils in their proper educational placement.
2. After completing education or leaving the school a pupil may look for a
right type of job.
3. Placement service is needed to assist the pupils in their vocational
placement.
4. A pupil may like to continue vocational training in a vocational institute
for getting a good employment in an organisation or for self employment.
5. An organised placement service is needed in every school or secondary
school to assist pupils in their placement in a vocational training institute.
Kinds of Placement Service

1. Educational Placement
related to practically all areas of the educational program such as
academic courses, attendance, work experience, electives, part-time work,
and extra-curricular activities

2. Vocational Placement
also known as job placement
helping students in finding their appropriate place in the occupational field
helps the persons find right kind of job that should be to their liking and
abilities

3. Personal-Social Placement
assistance to pupils/student to find themselves rightly placed at home, in
the school and in the society as a whole
help them have a right type of company of friends and good relationship
to their family, teachers and other members of their community

 ACTIVITIES/ TOOLS IN PLACEMENT

Admission Tests
Career Orientation
Surveys/Tests designed to determine the students suitable specialization
Series of Symposia
OJT/Internship/Trainings
Posters and Printouts for Job Opportunities /Job Fair
Linkages with schools, industries and agencies for academic/ job placements

 REFERENCES:

Guidance Services
by Lera Mie Ramirez
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Guidance Services
Jeel Christine C. de Egurrola, M.Ed. GC
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The Guidance Services

by Everly Ann Mata and Yolangeli Mari Pineda
www.slideshare.com

Placement service
by Lorraine Anoran
www.slideshare.com

Guidance in secondary schools

by Girija Sankar Panda, TGT
www.slideshare.com

SAMPLE
TOOLS/
FORMS
USED FOR
FOLLOW UP
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SAMPLE
TOOLS/
FORMS
USED FOR
PLACEMENT

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