THE MANUEL L.

QUEZON UNIVERSITY
ADMISSIONS AND GUIDANCE OFFICE

The Manuel L. Quezon University is a non-

sectarian, co-educational private institution of learning,
registered with Securities and Exchange Commission as
a stock corporation and operates with the authority of
the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, the
Commission and Skills Department Authority. It offers
Academic programs in the elementary, high school,
undergraduate, graduate levels and Law school.

Goal, Vision and Mission

Goal
Provide functional programs for admissions;
testing, counseling and guidance towards the total
development of students as global citizens.

Vision

The Admissions and guidance office shares and

supports the vision-mission of the Manuel L. Quezon
University established in the ideals of PRO PATRIA ET
JURE and to the philosophy of KNOW THYSELF aims
to help the students become well integrated and
functioning persons, imbued with a deep love for God
and country, respect for law, equipped with employable
skills which is highly competitive locally and globally,
actively participate in the transformation of society and
advancement of humanity.

Mission

Play a dynamic role in the students development

in all areas of life and help them become secured,
integrated, self-directed and self-sufficient individuals
and be productive members of the local and global
community through carefully planned psychological
services and multi-disciplinary approach in testing,
career development, guidance and counseling.

Guidance Objectives

In line with the educational principle and

philosophy of the University, the MLQU Guidance
Center is committed to:

a. the assistance of each student towards the

attainment of maximum adjustment towards
life and schoolwork.

b. the total growth and development of

individual students.

c. the empowerment of the students in order to

contribute to the development of other
persons in their community and together
bring about a humane society, whose vision
is geared towards global harmony and
solidarity.
 AGO Brief History

The Guidance Center was organized in 1950 as

part of the Student Personnel Services of the University.
It was recognized and expanded in 1960 to include
basic research of its functions.

As an educational institution upholding the primary of

Pro Patria et Jure for country and law, it is committed to:

Provide the Filipino Youth with a learning

environment conducive to the wise use
of freedom of inquiry and to the
untrammeled search for truth.

Help students discover their talents

correctly, understand and exercise their
human rights in their effort to use their
freedom wisely.

Attain academic excellence for wise use

of freedom.

Attain academic excellence and

professional competence guided by
deeply rooted Christian Values.

The Guidance Center has there (3) counseling

booths where counselees may express freely
their concern to their counselors. Services of the
counselors are available any time of the day,
 from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Exit interviews and
career counseling are also provided. Counselors
are assigned to different department schools in
order to reach out to all students. Records of
students are systematically kept on file so that all
pertinent data relevant to guidance and
counseling activities maybe readily available.

The extent of the effectiveness of the counseling

program is also continuously evaluated in order to
determine necessary steps for improvement.

Its head was given the title of a Guidance

Director and was allowed to hire guidance counselors
and other staff in order to deliver their basic services.

Among the Guidance centers past Director were

the following:

Dr. Marcelo Ordonez

Dr. Minda L. Concepcion
Prof. Corazon C. Salvosa +
Dr. Elvira Irene G. Ramos
Ms. Carol U. Polet
Prof. Elmerando T. Mores

The Guidance Centers present set-up

The Guidance Center is presently headed by a
Registered Guidance Counselor Jonalyn D. Pamintuan
with Masteral degree major in Guidance and Counseling
and a Bachelors degree in Psychology.
The following are the resent Guidance Personnel:

Guidance Head: Ms. Jonalyn D. Pamintuan,

MA, RGC

Guidance Counselors/: Ms. Jonalyn D. Pamintuan,

MA, RGC

Psychometrician Ms. Grace C. Sereo

Guidance and Counseling:

An Overview

The university is to provide a program of

services that will be purposeful and efficient. The
Guidance and Counseling Services of schools and
colleges is an integral part of the total educational
program. It gives the student access to professional
help in dealing with the many personal problems which
plague young people during this important development
period in life.

The Meaning of Guidance

Guidance is a process that helps the individual in

his total adjustment. It is a process by which a student is
aided to greater stability, insight, and understanding so
that he is more capable of operating as a free and
creative citizen in a democratic society.
 Guidance refers to helping, assisting and
clarifying the problems of those who are disturbed.

Guidance implies the understanding of human

behavior so that preventive action may be taken with
regard to problems and difficulties.

Guidance is concerned with the individual

students and his welfare.

Guidance Services

Individual Assessment. Guidance Counselor

seeks to identify the characteristics and potential of
every client. It provides a data base for more readily
understanding the person in the counseling setting. It
includes the effective planning of group counseling
activities that reflect client interests and needs, the
development of responsive career and human potential
development programs, and the organization of
systematic placement and follow-up programs. This is
also known as individual inventory or individual
programs. Data are gathered through standard testing
results, observation reports, self-reporting techniques
like autobiography.

Individual Counseling. It is the core activity

of guidance and counseling.. It is a one-to-one helping
relationship that focuses on a persons growth and
adjustment and problem-solving and decision-making
needs. It is a client-centered process that demands
confidentiality.
 Group Counseling. It is a routine adjustment
or developmental experiences provided in a group
setting. It focuses on assisting counselees to cope with
their day-to-day adjustment and developmental
concerns. Examples are focused on behavior
modification, developing personal relationship skills,
concerns of human sexuality, values or attitudes, or
career decision making.

Group Guidance. It is an activity designed to

provide individuals with information or experiences that
promote their career or educational understanding and
personal social growth and understanding. Traditional
large guidance activities are career days, college days,
orientation days.

Through group guidance procedures, counselor

can help students become more involved in school and
with classmates, understand themselves and their
feelings, learn to share ideas and feelings, and develop
decision-making and problem solving skills. The
development of such skills will promote self-confidence
in the student and build competencies for more effective
functioning in daily living. Topics for small group
guidance sessions may vary from general to specific. In
school setting, group guidance present information
about study skills, making funds, drugs, or any other
area in which students need can grow and develop in
healthy manner.
 Career Guidance. This is also known as
information service providing occupational and
educational information. Assistance can be done
through computer-based programs, the Internet,
Distance Learning, and Interactive Learning System.

Career Counseling. This is the process of

assisting a student in the assessment and resolution of
his career-related problems.

The process of career development begins in the

preschool years and becomes more direct in the
elementary schools. During the first six years of school
many children develop a relatively stable self-perception
and make a tentative commitment to a vocation.

Career awareness in the elementary school

maybe raised through activities like field trips to local
industries such as manufacturing plants, banks, and
other business establishments. Career counseling and
guidance should focus on awareness than firm decision-
making and should teach children that they have career
choices.

Career activities in high school should be geared

toward awareness and evaluation of individual assets
that include talents and skills, general intelligence,
motivation level, friends, family, life experiences,
appearance and health. More specifically, career
counselor must provide the students with reassurance,
information, emotional support, reality testing, planning
strategies, attitude clarification and work experiences
depending o n a students needs and abilities.

There are three stages to career counseling in

college. 1) Self-exploration, 2) Exploration of the world
or work and 3) Creating a satisfying match between self
and work.

Career counseling begins when the student

walks through the room. The eye contact, posture, self-
presentation and manner of dress may all provide
pieces of information that enhances the counseling
process. Assessing students aptitude and skills, what
he does well facilitates the identification of career-
related skills at which the student may succeed. Values
clarification is an important component of the career
counseling process. In order to make realistic decisions
about future occupational pursuits, an individual should
have a good idea about the relative importance of
values such as family, time, income, prestige,
autonomy, and a wide variety of other values that are
affected by the nature of an occupation.

Schools and universities provide a rich source of

occupational information. Orientation, Lecture-forums,
libraries offer journals and magazines provide current
development in the career centers. Creating a match in
career counseling refers to the process of deciding
which occupations are consistent with the student skills,
interests, and values. The counselor can facilitate this
by assisting the student in making decisions.
 Placement and Follow-up. Job placement in
school counseling programs strives to match students
seeking part-time or regular employment with available
jobs. It also involves a referral in which the individual is
directed to a particular job setting.

Follow-up activities are a way to assess the

effectiveness of a programs placement activities.

Referral. It is the practice of helping clients find

needed expert that the referring counselor cannot
provide. It directs the client to another counselor with a
higher level of training or special expertise related to
students need.

Consultation. It is process of helping a student

through a third party. Example is working with parents
of troubled children or teachers with problem pupils.

Research. It is necessary to the advancement

of the counseling profession. It can provide base data
relevant to goal of implementing effective counseling. It
is a means for producing additional knowledge in the
field providing factual data to reinforce or guide the
counselors professional judgments, and seeking
answers to questions and issues of professional
concern.
 General Functions of a Guidance Director

1. Organizes, administers, and coordinates guidance

program in school system.
2. Formulates guidance policies and procedures.
3. Plans and supervises testing program in school
system and devises and directs use of records, reports,
and other material essential to program.
4. Establishes and supervises maintenance of
occupational libraries in schools.
5. Coordinates guidance activities with community
agencies and other areas of school system.
6. Conducts or supervises research studies to evaluate
effectiveness of guidance program.
7. May counsel students on referral basis relative to
educational and vocational objectives and personal and
social problems.
8. Prepares guidance program annual budget for the
school year.
9. Supervises the development of guidance instructional
materials such as modules, brochures, research tools,
and others.
10. Prepares annual report of guidance program to the
school administration.
11. Participates in the academic planning representing
the student welfare and development area.
12. Recruits and hires qualified school counselors in the
Guidance Office.

Specific Functions of a Guidance Counselor

1. Conduct individual counseling sessions.

2. Conduct group guidance for the purpose of:
 a. Orienting freshmen and new students on
guidance functions and services.
b. Discussing adjustment difficulties of
college freshmen, social personal and
other related problems of students.
c. Helping students gain self-
understanding, enhance their strength
and recognize their weaknesses.
d. Facilitating students growth through
emphatic listening to their concerns,
dreams, fears, confusions, struggles, etc.
e. Establishing rapport and trust between
students and their Counselors.
3. Conduct group dynamics sessions.
4. Conduct vocational guidance and career
information program.
5. Follow-up referrals, confer with parents,
teachers, deans, and other members of the
University, and conduct home visits when
necessary.
6. Conduct action researches.
7. Attend regular staff meetings.
8. Attend/moderate or facilitate Peer Counselors
training and other special Program of the
Guidance Center.
9. Attend seminars and conventions sponsored by
professional organizations.
10. Carry-out other activities assigned to them by the
Officer-in-Charge.

Specific functions of a Psychometrician

1. Assists in administration, scoring and

interpretation of tests given to:
 a. all freshman and transferee students
b. candidates for scholarships
c. foreign students
d. applicants for admission and
employment
e. university personnel
f. other referrals as the case may be.
2. Assists in conducting action researches.
3. In-Charge of safe-keeping of all test materials to
ensure confidentiality.
4. Assists in conducting group guidance sessions.
5. Assists in conducting seminars.
6. Performs other duties that may be assigned by
the Guidance Director.

Specific Functions of a Senior Clerk

1. Attends to telephone calls, arrange appointments

for counselors, prepares correspondence,
answer inquiries, and organize guidance files.
2. Entertains student applicants and assists them
as the case may be.
3. Performs general clerical work.
4. Keeps and inventory of the Guidance Centers
equipment and supplies.
5. Monitors usage and requisitions of office
supplies and keeps records of which.
6. Oversees general upkeep and orderliness of the
office,
 Specific Functions of Peer
Counselors/Facilitators

1. They are chosen with specific role, which is to

extend their helping hands to their fellow
students who are experiencing difficulties,
confusions and adjustment. They are willing to
act as friends, confidantes, counselors,
motivators, influencers, etc. to their student
clienteles.
2. Help new students adjust to their new
environment and serve as caring friends and
colleagues.
3. Listen to students concerns about the University
rules and regulations and to be able to explain
them in positive ways.
4. Provide emphatic listening to students.
5. Act as facilitators in-group learning such as
workshops, group dynamic sessions, group
guidance, etc.
6. Assist the Guidance Center in disseminating
information on drug awareness, sex, and other
related problems of the youth today.
7. Help the school counselors in understanding the
problems and issues of the youth by sharing
insights on their current problems.
8. Refer students or counselees with serious
problems to the guidance counselors for
immediate assistance.
9. Keep personal information shared by a
counselee during the counseling session and
treat them with confidentially. However, if a
counselee is in imminent physical danger (i.e.
contemplating of committing suicide) they have
the immediate responsibility to reveal that
 information to proper authorities (i.e., parents,
counselor, teacher or dean.)

Generally, the Peer Counselors will serve as

linkages between the Guidance Center and the
students. Hence, the services of the Guidance Center
can be availed more easily by students.

Specific Functions of Student Assistants and

Practicumers

1. Act as proctors in the administration of the

University Entrance Test.
2. Assist in the checking of the Entrance Test.
3. Assist in conducting group guidance sessions.
4. Do some clerical works.
5. Attend to office inquiries.
BOARD OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

Resolution No. __
Series of 2007
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT
NUMBERED NINETY-TWO AND FIFTY-EIGHT (R.A.
No. 9258), KNOWN AS
THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
ACT OF 2004

Pursuant to Section 5 (i), Article II and Section 32,

Article V of Republic Act No. 9258: AN ACT
PROFESSIONALIZING THE PRACTICE OF GUIDANCE
AND COUNSELING AND CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE
A PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF GUIDANCE
AND COUNSELING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, known as the
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ACT OF 2004, the
Professional Regulatory Board of Guidance and Counseling,
hereafter referred to as the Board, hereby promulgates,
subject to the approval of the Professional Regulation
Commission, the following rules and regulations to effectively
carry out the provisions of R.A. No. 9258.

RULE I

TITLE: DECLARATION OF POLICY AND DEFINITION

OF TERMS

SEC. 1. Title. This Resolution shall be known in

short as the Rules and Regulations
of the Guidance and Counseling Act
 of 2004, hereinafter referred to as
RR of R.A. No. 9258, RRGCA
2004 or RR.

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby

declared the policy of the State to
promote the improvement,
advancement, and protection of the
guidance and counseling profession
by undertaking and instituting
measures that will result in
professional, ethical, relevant,
efficient and effective guidance and
counseling services for the
development and enrichment of
individuals and groups.

The State recognizes the

important role of Guidance
Counselors in nation building and
promotes the sustained development
of a reservoir of licensed Guidance
Counselors whose competence has
been determined by honest and
credible Licensure Examinations and
whose standards of professional
practice and service are world-class,
and internationally recognized
through preventive regulatory
measures and programs and
activities that foster continuing
professional development.
 This RR of R.A. No. 9258 shall
be interpreted, construed, and
carried out in the light of the
Declaration of Policy in Sec. 2, Art. I
of R.A. No. 9258.

SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. As used in this RR,

these terms are construed as
follows:

a. Guidance and Counseling. The

profession that involves the use of
an integrated approach to the
development of a well-functioning
individual primarily by helping
him/her to utilize his/her potentials
to the fullest and plan his/her
present and future in accordance
with his/her abilities, interests,
and needs.

It includes functions such

as counseling, psychological
testing, (i.e. personality, career,
interest, aptitude, mental ability,
achievement), learning and study
orientation, research, placement,
referral and group processes. It
includes the teaching of guidance
and counseling subjects,
particularly those covered in the
 Licensure Examinations and
necessary in other human
development services.

b. Counseling. In keeping with the

development in the profession,
the term, counseling, to the
layman, is considered
synonymous to and
interchangeable with guidance
and counseling, but to
professional counselors, it is a
face-to-face helping relationship.
It is a mission of service

c. Guidance Counselor. A natural

person who has been registered
and issued a valid Certificate of
Registration and a valid
Professional Identification Card by
the Professional Regulatory
Board of Guidance and
Counseling and Professional
Regulation Commission in
accordance with R.A. No. 9258
and who, by virtue of specialized
training perform for a fee, salary
or other forms of compensation,
the functions of guidance and
counseling under Section 3 (a) of
R.A. No. 9258.
d. Board. Refers to the
Professional Regulatory Board of
Guidance and Counseling created
under Section 4, Art. II of RA No.
9258.

e. Commission. Refers to the

Professional Regulation
Commission created under
Section 3 of R.A. No. 8981,
called as the PRC
Modernization Act of 2000.

f. Interim Accredited Professional

Organization (APO). This refers to
the Philippine Guidance and
Counseling Association, Inc.
(PGCA), an organization of
guidance counselors granted by
the Commission with a Certificate
of Accreditation.
g. Registered and Accredited
National Organization of
Registered and Licensed
Guidance Counselors. This refers
to the one and only integrated
national organization of registered
and licensed guidance counselors
accredited by the Board subject to
approval by the Commission,
issued thereby with a Certificate
of Accreditation as professional
 organization, and known as the
Accredited Professional
Organization (APO).

RULE II

PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD

OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

SEC. 4. Creation of the Professional Regulatory

Board of Guidance and Counseling There
shall be created a Professional Regulatory
Board of Guidance and Counseling
hereinafter referred to as the Board, under
the administrative control and supervision
of the Professional Regulation
Commission,

hereinafter referred to as the Commission,

to be composed of a Chairman and two (2)
Members who shall be appointed by the
President of the Philippines from among a
list of three (3) recommendees for each
position submitted by the Commission from
a list of five (5) nominees for each position
submitted by the accredited and integrated
national organization of registered and
licensed guidance counselors.
SEC. 5 Powers, Functions, Duties and
Responsibilities of the Board. The
Professional Regulatory Board shall have
the following specific powers, functions,
duties and responsibilities:

a. Supervise and regulate the

practice of Guidance and
Counseling;

b. Determine and evaluate the

qualifications of the applicants
for registration with or without
Licensure Examination and for
issuance of special permits;

c. Prepare the examination

questions in accordance with
Section 15 of R.A. No. 9258
hereof or the modifications
thereof, and correct and rate
examination papers through
the process of
computerization;

d. Prepare, adopt, issue or

amend the syllabi for the
subjects in the licensure
examination, in consultation
with the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED), the
Academe, and the Accredited
 Professional Organization
(APO);

e. Register successful
examinees in the Licensure
Examinations and issue the
corresponding Certificates of
Registration;

f. Issue special/temporary permits

to foreign guidance
counselors to practice
guidance and counseling and
to research for specific
projects and for a specific
duration of time for a fee or on
medical mission without fee;

g. Monitor the conditions affecting

the practice of guidance and
counseling, conduct ocular
inspection of places where
Guidance Counselors practice
their profession and adopt
measures for the
enhancement of the
profession and the
maintenance of high
professional technical and
ethical standards;
h. Ensure, in coordination with
CHED, that all educational
institutions offering the
course/program in guidance
and counseling comply with
the policies, standards, and
requirements of the said
course prescribed by CHED in
the areas of curriculum,
faculty, library, practicum
facilities, and student
services;
i. Promulgate rules and
regulations including the
Code of Ethics for Guidance
Counselors, the Code or
Manual of Technical
Standards for Guidance
Counselors, and
administrative policies, orders
and issuances to carry out the
provisions of R.A. No. 9258.
j. Investigate violations of R.A.
No. 9258, this RR thereof, the
Code of Ethics for Guidance
Counselors, Code or Manual
of Technical Standards,
administrative policies, orders
and issuances promulgated by
the Board. The rule on
administrative investigation
promulgated by the
Commission shall govern in
such investigation;
k. Issue subpoena or subpoena
duces tecum to secure the
attendance of the respondents
or witnesses or the production
of documents relative to the
investigation conducted by the
Board.

l. Render decision, order or

resolution on preliminary
investigation or inquiry against
violators of R.A. No. 9258, this
RR, the Code of Ethics for
Guidance Counselors, Code
or Manual of Technical
Standards, or any policies,
and on docketed
administrative cases against
examinees or registrants,
which shall become final and
executory unless appealed
with the Commission within
(15) days from receipt of the
copy thereof;

m. Issue, suspend, revoke or re-

issue any certificate of
registration for the practice of
guidance and counseling as
defined in R.A. No. 9258.
 n. Administer oath necessary for
the effective implementation of
the R.A No. 9258;

o. Initiate criminal action against

any violator of R.A. No. 9258
and/or the RR thereof;

p. Adopt the official seal of the

Board;

q. Prescribe guidelines and

criteria on the continuing
professional education (CPE)
for Guidance
Counselors/educators;

r. Adopt such measures

necessary and proper for the
maintenance of high ethical
and professional standards in
the practice of the profession;
and

s. Perform such other functions

and duties as may be
necessary to effectively
implement this RR of R.A. No.
9258.

The policies, resolutions, rules

and regulations issued or promulgated by
the Professional Regulatory Board shall
 be subject to review and approval by the
Commission; however, the Boards
decisions, resolutions on orders which
are not interlocutory, rendered in an
administrative case shall be subject to
review only if on appeal with the
Commission. The decision of the Board
and/or the Commission may be appealed
to the Court of Appeals in accordance
with the Rules of Court. .

Duties of Chairman and Members. The

chairman shall preside at all meetings
and sign all official documents, letters,
correspondence involving important
matters and policies of the Board
including summons, subpoena or
subpoena duces tecum. In case of
temporary incapacity or absence of the
chairman, it shall be the duty of the
members of the Board to attend all
meetings particularly when the purpose
of such meeting is to deliberate on the
results of examinations or questions
involving important policies of the Board.

Meetings. Regular monthly meetings

shall be held. Special meetings may be
held as often as may be necessary at the
discretion of the chairman or upon the
request of the majority of the Board.
 Quorum. All members shall attend the
meetings of the Board, except for
unavoidable circumstances, in which case
two members of the board may be
sufficient to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of official business.

SEC. 6. Qualification of the Board Members. The

chairman and members of the Professional
Regulatory Board, at the time of their
appointment shall:
a. Be a citizen of the Republic of the
Philippines;
b. Be a resident of the Philippines for at
least five (5) years immediately prior
to his/her appointment;
c. Be of good moral character and must
not have been convicted of any crime
involving moral turpitude;
d. Be a qualified guidance counselor
holding a valid certificate of
registration and a valid professional
identification card: Provided, That in
the case of the first members of the
board, they shall be issued certificate
of registration and professional
identification card as guidance
counselors without prior examination;
e. Be a holder of a doctoral degree in
guidance and counseling from a
reputable and accredited college or
university duly recognized by the
Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) and/or by a duly accredited
 college or university abroad;

f. Have at least ten (10) years of

continuous professional practice as a
guidance counselor and/or counselor
educator under R.A. No. 9258;
g. Not be a member of the faculty of any
school, college or university where
regular and/or review courses in
guidance and counseling education is
taught nor have any pecuniary
interest in such institution; before
taking his/her oath of office, he/she
shall resign from his/her position
therein; and
h. Not be an official or a member of the
Board of Trustees of the integrated
and accredited national organization
of guidance counselors.

SEC. 7. Term of Office. The members of the Board

shall hold office for a term of three (3)
years until their successors shall have
been appointed and qualified: They may,
however, be reappointed for a second
term. Of the members to be appointed for
the first Board, one (1) shall hold office as
chairman for

three (3) years, one (1) as a member for

two years, and one (1) member for a term
of one (1) year. Any vacancy in the Board
shall be filled for the unexpired portion of
 the term only. Each member shall take the
proper oath prior to the assumption of duty.

SEC. 8. Administrative Supervision of the Board,

Custodian of its Records, Secretariat and
Support Services. All records of the Board,
including application for examination and
administrative and other investigative cases
shall be under the custody of the
Commission. The Commission shall
designate the Secretary of the Board and
shall provide the secretariat and support
services to implement the provisions of R.A.
No. 9258.

SEC. 9. Compensation and Allowance of the Board.

The chairman and members of the Board
shall receive compensation and allowances
comparable to the compensation and
allowances received by the chairman and
members of existing Professional Regulatory
Boards under the Commission as provided
for in R.A. No. 8981 and the General
Appropriations Act.

SEC. 10. Grounds for Suspension and Removal of

Board Members. The President of the
Philippines, upon recommendation of the
Commission, after giving the concerned
member an opportunity to defend
himself/herself in a proper administrative
investigation to be conducted by the
 Commission, may remove and suspend any
member on the following grounds:

a. Neglect of duty or incompetence;

b. Violation or tolerance of violation of R.A.
No. 9258, the RR thereof, the code of
ethics and the code or manual of
professional and technical Standards for
Guidance Counselors;
c. Conviction by final judgment of crimes
involving moral turpitude;
d. Manipulation or rigging of the Board
licensure examination for guidance
counselors results, disclosure of secret
information or the examination questions
prior to the conduct of the said
examination, or tampering of grades
therein; or
e. Conviction by final judgment of any
criminal offense by the courts.

The Commission in the conduct of the

investigation shall be guided by Sec. 7(s) of
R.A. No. 8981.

SEC. 11. Annual Report. The chairman of the Board

shall, after the close of the fiscal year, submit
an annual report to the Commission, giving a
detailed accounting of the proceedings of the
Board during the year and embodying such
recommendations as the Body may desire to
make.
 RULE III

EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION, AND LICENSURE

SEC. 12. Examination Required. 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
compliance with the requirements
prescribed by the Commission.

Form of Application. An application for

examination and registration must be
properly accomplished in hand writing of
the applicant on the PRC form, provided
and must 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 the 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 Board or the
Application Division shall satisfy itself that
each applicant possesses the qualifications
prescribed by R.A. No. 9258 and this RR.

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 of the Philippines, or a

foreigner whose country has reciprocity
with the Philippines for the practice of
guidance and counseling; Provided,
that the country of which he/she is a
subject or citizen permits Filipino
Counselors to practice within its
territorial limits on the same basis as
the subject or citizen of such country;
Provided, Further, that the
requirements for admission to and from
said country are substantially the same
as those provided under R. A.. No.
9258;
b. Not have been convicted of an offense
involving moral turpitude; and
c. Be a graduate of a baccalaureate in
guidance and counseling or in other
allied discipline/degree from an
accredited college or university with at
least 18 graduate units in guidance and
counseling core subjects; and a holder
of an MA MAEd, o MAT or MS, MAEd
in guidance and counseling the
curriculum of which covers the core
subject in guidance and counseling on
 the masteral level; 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.

The following documents shall be

submitted in support of the above
requirements:

(a) Certificate of Live Birth in

National Statistics Office (NSO)
Security Paper,
(b) Marriage Contract in NSO
Security Paper for married female
applicants,
(c) College Diploma with indication
therein of graduation date and
Special Order Number unless it is
not required,
(d) Transcript of Records with
indication therein of date of
graduation and Special Order
Number unless it is not required;
and
(e) National Bureau of Investigation
(NBI) Clearance.
(f) The Board may require other
documents in support of the
above qualifications.

SEC. 14. Registration without Examination.

The Board shall grant to any person who
possesses the pertinent qualifications
 which will be evaluated and approved
upon application and payment of the
required fees a Certificate of Registration
and Professional Identification Card as
a Guidance Counselor without taking the
Licensure Examination who ON OR
BEFORE March 2, 2004, the date of the
effectivity of R.A. No. 9258, possess
the requirements contained in Section 14
of R.A. No. 9258 , and who qualifies
under any of the following three (3)
categories .
a. Had been a Doctoral or a Masteral
degree holder in guidance and
counseling with at least three (3) years
of teaching experience in guidance and
counseling courses and/or full time
counseling practice for the same period;
b. Had passed at least eighteen (18) units
of Masteral level core courses in
guidance and counseling such as
Counseling Theories, Tools, and
Techniques, Organization and
Administration of Guidance Services,
Psychological Tests and Measurement,
Group Process/Group Facilitating and
Career Guidance ; and have, at least
seven (7) years of experience in
counseling work; and
c. Had completed academic requirements
for a masters degree in guidance and
counseling and had five (5) years
experience as full-time guidance
counselor/part time guidance counselor
 with officially designated teaching load in
guidance and counseling.

The following documents in addition to

(a) to (e) enumerated in Sec. 13 hereof
shall be submitted in support of the
above requirements:

1. Certificate of Good Moral

Character from the employer, and
two other certifications in her/his
community one of which must be
issued by the Barangay
Captain/Chairman in the
community where the applicant
resides or works;
2. Ombudsman and NBI clearance
for government employed
applicants or NBI clearance for
private-employee applicants;
3. A Certificate of Active
Membership and Good Moral
Character from the Accredited
Professional Organization(APO)
to be issued by the President and
two (2) other officers thereof; and
4. Two (2) copies of Passport size
I.D. pictures with name tag.

Those who qualify under any of the foregoing

categories shall be given two (2) years
starting from the creation of the Board of
 Guidance and Counseling (January 26,
2007) within which to apply for registration
without examination under Sec. 14, Art. III of
R.A. No. 9258.

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

SEC. 16. Report of Ratings. The Board shall

report the ratings obtained by each
candidate to the Commission within ten
(10) days after the last day of the
examination.

SEC. 17. Ratings in the Examination and Re-

examination. To be qualified as having
passed the licensure examination for
Guidance Counselors, a candidate must
have obtained a weighted general
average of seventy-five percent (75%),
 with no grade lower than sixty percent
(60%), in any given subject. However, an
examinee who obtains a weighted
average of seventy five percent (75%) or
higher but obtains a rating below sixty
percent (60%) in any given subject, must
take an examination in the subject or
subjects where he/she obtained a grade
below sixty percent (60%) within two (2)
years from the date of the last
examination. The subject or subjects
retaken must have each a rating of no
less than seventy-five percent (75%) in
order to qualify as having passed the
examination.

The Board may adopt its own internal

procedure on the implementation of this
provision.

SEC. 18. Oath Taking. 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.

SEC. 19. Issuance of Certificate of Registration and

Professional Identification Card.

A Certificate of Registration as a Guidance

Counselor shall be issued to any applicant
who passes the examination, or who is
registered without examination, bearing the
signature of the Commission Chairperson
and the Chairman and Members of the
Board, and the official seal of the Board
and of the Commission.

A Professional Identification Card bearing

the registration number, date of issuance,
expiry date, duly signed by the Commission
Chairperson, shall likewise be issued to
every registrant who has paid the
prescribed fee.

SEC. 20. Roster of Guidance Counselors. The

Board, in coordination with the Accredited
Professional Organization (APO), shall
keep the roster of the names, residences
 and office addresses of all registered and
licensed Guidance Counselors and the said
roster shall be made available to the public
upon request.

SEC. 21. Integration of Guidance Counselors. All

registered and licensed Guidance
Counselors whose names appear in the
roster of Guidance Counselors shall be
united and integrated through their
automatic membership in the one (1) and
only registered and accredited national
organization which the Board, subject to
approval by the Commission, shall
recognize and accredit after
consultation with all existing organizations
of registered and licensed Guidance
Counselors and, if possible with all those
who are not members of any of the said
organization. The members of the said
integrated and accredited national
organization shall receive benefits and
privileges appurtenant thereto upon
payment of prescribed fees and dues.
Membership in the accredited integrated
national organization shall not be a bar to
membership in any other professional
guidance association.

SEC. 22. Indication of Certification and Registration

Number and Professional Tax Receipts
 (PTR). The Guidance Counselor shall be
required to indicate the number of the
certificate of registration, the date of
issuance, the period of validity of the
Professional Identification Card, including
the Professional Tax Receipt (PTR)
number on the documents signed, used or
issued in connection with the practice of
the profession.

SEC. 23. Practice through Special/Temporary

Permit. Special/temporary permit may be
issued by the Board subject to the approval
of the Commission and to the payment of
the fees. The latter has prescribed and
charged thereof, to the following persons:

1. Licensed Guidance Counselors from

foreign countries/states whose services
are either for a fee or free:

(a) If their services are

urgently and importantly
necessary for lack of local
specialists/experts for the
promotion or advancement
of the practice of guidance
and counseling through
transfer of technology.
(b) If they are internationally
well-known Guidance
Counselors or
 outstanding experts in any
branch or specialty of
guidance and counseling;
and
2. Licensed Guidance Counselors from
foreign countries/states whose
services shall be free and limited to
indigent clients in particular
hospitals, centers or clinics;

3. Licensed Guidance Counselors from

foreign countries/states employed
as exchange professors in any
branch or specialty of guidance and
counseling in schools, colleges,
universities offering the course of
guidance and counseling.

The permit shall, among other

things, include the above
mentioned limitations and
conditions for a period of not more
than one (1) year subject to
renewal, the branch of specialty of
guidance and counseling, the
specific place of practice such as
clinic, hospital, center, school,
college/university offering the
course of guidance and counseling.
The Board, subject to the approval
of the Commission, shall prescribe
rules and regulations in the
implementation of this particular
section.
SEC. 24 Denial, Suspension, Revocation of a
Certificate of Registration, Cancellation of
Special Permit. The application for
registration and the issuance of a
Certificate of Registration may be denied
for any of these causes:

a. Conviction of an offense involving

moral turpitude by a competent
court;

b. Finding of guilt by the Professional

Regulatory Board for immoral and
or dishonorable conduct; and

c. Declaration by the court of the

applicant as being insane.

The Certificate of Registration may be

revoked or suspended or the special Permit
may be cancelled for any of the above-
enumerated causes including the following:
fraudulent acquisition of Certificate of
Registration and/or Professional
Identification Card, or Special Permit;
abetment or tolerance of illegal practice by
unqualified persons through the use by the
latter of the Guidance Counselors
Certificate of Registration and/or
Professional Identification Card or Special
Permit; violation of any provisions of R.A.
No. 9258, this RR, Code of Ethics, and
Code or Manual of Technical Standards for
Guidance Counselors; unethical, immoral,
 dishonorable, unprofessional conduct;
malpractice; guilty of drug or alcohol abuse
impairing his/her ability and credibility to
practice the profession; and practice of the
profession during the period of suspension
by one whose Certificate of Registration
had been suspended by the Board.
No certificate shall be denied, revoked or
suspended for any of the reasons herein
provided, not until after a sworn complaint
in writing and sworn to by the person
making it against the applicant or holder
thereof shall have been filed with the Board
through the Legal and Investigation Office
and heard in a public hearing, or upon
request behind closed doors by the Board.
Any person, firm, or association may file
charges in accordance with the provisions
of this section against any registrant, or the
Board may motu proprio investigate and/or
take cognizance of acts and practices
constituting sufficient cause for suspension
or revocation of the Certificate of
Registration by proper resolution or order.
The rules on administrative investigation
issued by the Commission shall govern the
hearing or investigation of the case, subject
to applicable provisions of R.A. No. 9258,
R.A. No. 8981, and the Rules of Court.
SEC. 25. Reinstatement. A person may apply to the
Board for reinstatement of a Certificate of
Registration after the expiration of one (1)
year from the date of revocation of said
 certificate. The application shall be in
writing and shall conform to the
requirements provided by the Board. No
Certificate shall be reinstated unless the
Board is satisfied that a valid cause exists
to warrant such reinstatement.

The Board shall issue a Resolution,

subject to approval by the Commission, in
granting a petition for reinstatement to the
practice of guidance and counseling

SEC. 26. Appeal. The decision on the denial or

refusal to issue a Certificate of Registration
or revocation or suspension of the
Certificate of Registration, or cancellation
of Special Permit by the Board shall be
final unless appealed to the Commission
within fifteen (15) days from receipt of the
decision. The decision of the Board and/or
Commission may be appealed to the Court
of Appeals.

RULE 1V

PRACTICE OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

SEC. 27 Prohibition Against the Practice of

Guidance and Counseling. No person
shall (a) engage in the practice of guidance
and counseling without a valid Certificate of
Registration and a valid Professional
Identification Card or a Special Permit;
(b) represent to the public or to third
persons as

Registered and Licensed Guidance

Counselor during the time that the
Certificate of Registration has been
revoked or suspended; and (c) allow
anybody to use ones Certificate of
Registration and/or Professional
Identification Card, or Special Permit as a
Guidance Counselor to enable such
unqualified individual to engage in the
practice of guidance and counseling;
Provided, that a person without any of the
above-mentioned documents shall practice
the profession with a temporary permit until
after he/her shall have passed the
licensure examination for Guidance and
Counseling in January, 2008 or January
2009 and shall have registered as a
Guidance Counselor; or shall have
registered under Sec. 14, (Registration
Without Examination), Rule III of this RR

No corporation, partnership,
association or entity shall operate a
guidance and counseling office,
center/clinic, testing center, rehabilitation
center, or otherwise engage in the practice
of guidance and counseling without first
securing a permit from the Board. The
 permit shall be issued only after it has
satisfied the Board that such establishment
is properly staffed by duly Registered and
Licensed Guidance Counselors.
The partnership or corporation shall be
registered with the Security and Exchange
Commission (SEC) in accordance with the
Corporation Code.
Any unethical practice of guidance and
counseling as may be defined in the Code
of Ethics and the Code or Manual of
Technical Standards to be prepared by the
Board in consultation with guidance
counselors is prohibited.

Any violation of this Section of this IRR

shall render the official/s concerned liable
under R.A. No. 6713 otherwise known as
the Code of Conduct and Ethical
Standards for Public Officials and
Employees and other pertinent
administration and/or Penal laws.

SEC. 28. Right to Privileged Communication for

Guidance Counselors. A Certified or
Registered and Licensed Guidance
Counselor who is allowed to practice
guidance and counseling in accordance
with R.A. No. 9258 cannot, without the
consent of the client, be examined as to
any communication or information which
has been acquired while attending such
 client. The protection accorded herein
shall also extend to the records and
secretary or clerk of a registered and
licensed Guidance Counselor, who may not
be examined concerning any fact, the
knowledge of which has been acquired in
such capacity.

Any evidence obtained in violation of this

provision shall be inadmissible for any
purpose in any proceeding.
SEC. 29. Foreign Reciprocity. No foreign
Guidance Counselor shall be admitted to
the examination, or be given a Certificate of
Registration, or be entitled to any rights
and privileges under R.A. No. 9258 and
this RR unless the country or state of which
one is a subject or citizen permits Filipino
Guidance Counselors to practice within its
territorial limits on the same

basis as the subject or citizen of said

country or state; provided, that the
requirements for certification of Guidance
Counselors in said foreign state or country
are substantially the same as those
required and contemplated under R.A. No.
9258; Provided, Further, that the laws of
such state or country grant the same
privilege to Filipino guidance counselors on
the same basis as the subjects or citizens
of such foreign state or country.

A foreign citizen, whether he/she studies in

the Philippines or not, who desires to take
the Licensure Examination for Guidance
Counselor through reciprocity shall initiate
the establishment of reciprocity between
his/her country/state and the Philippines by
presenting/submitting a letter or any
document signed and under official seal by
the appropriate official of his/her
country/state requesting the Chairman of
the Board to allow the foreign applicant to
take the Board Licensure Examination for
Guidance Counselors that by express
provision of the law of his/her country/state,
Filipino citizens shall be allowed to take
the Licensure Examination for Guidance
Counselors and to register as Guidance
Counselor in his/her country/state on terms
of strict and absolute equality with the
citizens or subjects of said country or state
including the unconditional recognition of
prerequisite degrees issued by institutions
of higher learning duly recognized or
established by the Government of the
Republic of the Philippines
attaching/appending thereto an authentic or
authenticated official copy of said law
officially translated in the English language.
If the letter/document and the copy of the
law submitted by the applicant is
satisfactory to the Board, the Board shall
issue a Resolution allowing the foreign
applicant to take the Board Licensure
Examination for Guidance Counselors by
requiring him/her to file an application to
take the Licensure Examination and by
submitting the following documents that
shall accompany the application:

a. The original or certified copy of

any official document issued by
the Bureau of Immigration and
Deportation allowing the
applicant to enter and reside in
the Philippines;
b. Present his/her passport for
examination and for
photocopying of pertinent
information about the applicant;
c. Original or authenticated copy of
transcript of records or
equivalent document of the
course for Licensure
Examination issued by the
institution of higher learning
where he/she studied, duly
authorized or accredited by
his/her country/state; and
d. Other documents which may be
required to be submitted by the
Board.
 RULE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 30. Funding Provision .- The Chairperson of the

Professional Regulation Commission shall
include in the Commissions program the
implementation of R.A. No. 9258, the
funding of which shall be included in the
General Appropriation Act (GAA).

The amount necessary to carry out the

initial implementation of R.A. No. 9258
shall be charged against the current years
Appropriations of the Professional
Regulation Commission. Thereafter, such
sums as may be necessary for the
continued implementation of R.A. No. 9258
shall be included in the succeeding GAA.

SEC. 31. Assistance of Law Enforcement Agency. Any

duly authorized law enforcement agency
and officers of national, provincial, city, or
municipal governments shall upon the call
or request of the Commission or the Board
render assistance in enforcing the
provisions of R.A. No. 9258 and this RR
thereof and to prosecute the violators in
 accordance with law and the Rules of
Court.

SEC. 32. Rules and Regulations. Upon the creation

thereof in January 26, 2007, the Board
shall, subject to approval by the
Commission, promulgate the necessary
rules and regulations in coordination with
the Accredited Professional
Organizations(APO), either the Interim
APO or the Integrated and Accredited
National Organization of Registered and
Licensed Guidance Counselors, in
implementing the provisions of R.A. No.
9258.

SEC. 33. Penalty Clause. Any person who violates

any provision of R.A. No. 9258 and this
RR, or who commits fraud in the acquisition
of Certificate of Registration, Professional
Identification Card, or Special Permit shall
be punished with imprisonment of not less
than six (6) months but not more than eight
(8) years or a fine not less than fifty
thousand pesos (P50,000) but not more
than one hundred thousand pesos (P100,
000), or both in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 34. Separability Clause. If any part of this RR

is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the
remaining part(s) not affected thereby, if
 separable, shall continue to be valid,
enforceable, and operational.

SEC. 35. Repealing Clause. Any provision(s) of the

rules, regulations, codes, orders,
resolutions, measures, and other policies
or part(s) thereof issued and promulgated
pursuant to P.D. No. 223 (as amended),
R.A. No. 8981, and other laws which are
inconsistent with this Rules and
Regulations of the Guidance Counseling
Act of 2004, in short the RR of R.A. No.
9258, RR GCA 2004, or RRare hereby
superseded, repealed, or amended
accordingly.

SEC. 36. Effectivity. This RR of R.A. No. 9258 shall

take effect after fifteen (15) days following
its full and complete publication in the
Official Gazette or any newspapers of
general circulation in the Philippines.

The Testing Program

The program has been designed so that

guidance tests can be utilized as a gathering instrument
in order to obtain a more or less general assessment of
students aptitude, attitudes, and personality as well as
value.
 The data gathered from Students
Comprehensive Record Forms may not be sufficient,
thus the necessity for the counselor to administer
various tests in order to establish the general office
profile of students. Tests are also administered as bases
for placement as well as for a comfortable Testing Room
conveniently situated at the ground floor of the Monzon
Hall, with a total capacity of 40 to 50 people. It has
multipurpose functions as it also as a venue for group
guidance activities and support groups (Family Support
Group, Peer Facilitator) activities and get together
gatherings.

Group Test
Administered

Freshman Applicants MLQU College

Entrance Examination Test (Aptitude Test)

Transferees Psychological Examination

(Sacks Sentence Completion Test)

Student Asst./Practicumers General Mental

Ability Test
English Proficiency Test

16 Personality Factors

Sacks Sentence Completion Test

Peer Counselor Applicants General Mental
Ability Test

Money Problem Checklist

16 Personality Factors

Mock Testing SRA, Purdue Non-

Language Test,

Sacks Sentence Completion Test

16 Personality Factors

Faculty Applicants Otis-Lennon

Mental Ability Test (Higher Form)

16 Personality Factors,

Teaching Aptitude Test

English Proficiency Test

Sacks Sentence Completion Test

Non Teaching Applicant General Mental Ability Test

16 Personality Factors,

English Proficiency Test

Sacks Sentence Completion Test,

Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)

(Clerical Speed & Accuracy)

OTHER TESTS AVAILABLE FOR COUNSELING

CASES

Interest Tests: Brainar Occupational Preference

Inventory

Interest Index Occupational

Interest Inventory

Thurstone Interest Schedule

Aptitude Tests: Minnesota Teacher Aptitude

Inventory
FACT, DAT, etc.
Personality Tests: California Test of Personality

Personality Inventory Bernreuter

Minnesota Mutiphasic Personality

Projective Tests: TAT, Rorschach, SSCT,

Bender Gestalt Visual Motor Test

 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF MLQU GUIDANCE CENTER

PRESIDENT

VICE-PRESIDENT
for Academic Affairs

ACADEMIC DEANS
NON-ACADEMIC DEANS
DIRECTOR, Guidance Center PRINCIPAL, Integrated School
ACADEMIC HEADS/DIRECTORS
ACADEMIC NON-TEACHING
HEADS/DIRECTORS

COLLEGE INTEGRATED SCHOOL

COUNSELORS COUNSELOR
PSYCHOMETRICIAN

PEER COUNSELORS Clerk/

Receptionist

S T U D E N T S