OBJECTIVES OF THE WORK IMMERSION
One of the goal of the K to 12 Basic Education Program is to develop in learners the
competencies, work ethic, and values relevant to pursuing further education and/or
joining the world of work. To achieve greater congruence between basic education and
the nations development targets, Work Immersion, a required subject, has been
incorporated into the curriculum. This subject will provide learners with opportunities:
1. To become familiar with the workplace.
2. For employment simulation; and
3. To apply their competencies in areas of specializations/applied subjects in authentic
work environments.
To achieve the above objectives, Work immersion is thus a requirement for
graduation form secondary education. Learners are immersed in actual work environment
such as workshops offices and laboratories in which their prior training is relevant.
Work immersion will help develop among the learner’s life and career skills, and
will prepare them to make decisions on post secondary education or employment.
Through partnership building, DepEd hopes that the Partner Institutions will provide
learners with work immersions opportunities, workplace or hands-on experience, and
additional learning resources. It aims to make the learners:
1. Appreciate the importance and application of the principles and theories learned in
school;
2. Enhance their technical knowledge and skills;
3. Enrich their skills in communications and human relations; and
4. Develop good work habits, attitudes, appreciation and respect for work.
By the time learners reach Senior High School, they would have already acquired
almost all the competencies and skills that would prepare them for the curriculum exits
(higher education, employment middle skills development, and entrepreneurship). Work
immersion provides the with an avenue to test themselves and apply what they have
learned in a non-school scenario. In work immersion, learners are not only able to apply
their previous training but are also able to experience the social interactions in a work
environment. Their expectations during work immersion will develop many skills and
values that would help them as they transition from high school to real life. To assure the
achievement of the above objectives of Work Immersion, this policy serves to guide
schools in:
1. Creating flexible work immersion arrangements for their learners;
2. Providing options for work immersion that are relevant learner’s purposes and needs:
3. Organizing work immersion opportunities for learners that are consistent with the
diverse human resource requirements of partner institutions for work immersion.
4. Articulating the scope and limits of work immersion in the context of basic education
when building relationships with work immersion partners.
DEDICATION
This portfolio is dedicated to all the people who accompany me throughout my journey in
this work immersion.First and foremost,I would like to dedicate this portfolio to our
Almighty God,for the guidance,strength,power of the mind,protection and skills he
provided in conducting this portfolio.
I also dedicate this accomplishment to my parents for their unending love,care,and
support.They have been our source of strength when we were about to give up.And they
continue to provide,moral,spiritual,emotional,and financial support for our life goals and
dreams.
Furthermore,I dedicated to our subject teacher,Mrs. Jessabelle D. Dionisio ,who guided
and instructed us on our work immersion despite the numerous obstacles we encountered.
Lastly,I dedicate this portfolio to myself as a trophy for completing the second
semester.Throughout this journey,I have had the opportunity to cry,laugh,feel down,and
learn new things.I dedicate it to myself for not giving up in the face of adversity and for
applying what I've learned in life.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This project would not have been possible without the guidance and the help of several
individuals who in one way or another contributed and extended their valuable assistance
in the preparation and completion of this portfolio.
First and foremost,I would like to give my genuine appreciation to the teachers that
helped me and motivated me in this work immersion:Mrs. Jessabelle D. Dionisio,Mr.
Bello D. Limbauan,and to our school principal,Mrs. Annabelle G. Tacadena and to our
dearest school director Rev. Fr. Teodoro E. Lazo.I thank them with sincerity for giving us
the chance to have this work immersion,and to have the chance broaden our knowledge
in what we aspire to be.
My utmost appreciation to Mr.Edwin E. Besas the LDRRMO Head officer and to all
LDDRMO Staffs who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful work
immersion and for there professional guidance and valuable support,which it is very
useful in the days to come.
To my selected classmates and friend for their building ideas and for their cooperation to
finish this work Immersion,thank you for the short time and memories.
I would like to express also my special thanks of gratitude to my family who supported
me morally and financially.
Last but not the least,the one above all of us,the omnipresent,omniscient,and omnipotent
God,for answering my prayers and for giving me the strength and wisdom,thank you so
much Dear God.
"Thanks again to all who helped me.God bless us!"
INTRODUCTION
Work Immersion is one of the course requirement for graduation.A senior HighSchool
student has to undergo work immersion in a business organization/establishment whose
requirements are related to the specialization.Throughthis work immersion,the students
are exposed to to and become familiarized with work-related environment related to their
field of specialization."Work Immersion is a key feature in the senior high school
curriculum.It can be conducted in different ways depending on the purposes and needs of
the learners."Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.The guidelines said work
Immersion-which can range from 80-320 hours-will enable students to become familiar
with the workplace,experience workplace simulation and apply their competencies in
areas of specialization.
"Work Immersion will help develop among learners life and career skills,and will prepare
them to make decisions on postsecondary education or employment",the guidelines
read."Through partnership building,DepEd hopes that partner institutions will provide
learners with work immersion opportunities,work place or hands-on experience,and
additional learning resources",it added.The agency said school may partner with
recognized institutions to come up with agreements on work immersion for students.As
the students are still minors,DepEd said work immersion requires parental consent.
President Aquino,the different government instructions involved in the education and
Congress have since make K to 12 a really rather than a mere ideal. As I looked over the
paradigm created by the steering committee of K to 12 reform program,however ,I
suddenly realized that we had overlooked a major gap in the system.
The curriculum has been reengineered from pre-school to tertiary general education.It is
now seamless,without disruptions caused previously by trifocalization and bureaucratic
structures.We have firmly agreed on what students should know and be able to do after
12 years of basic education or more(if they go to college).
Our country has had a lot of experience with on-the-job training (OJT) programs on the
collegeiate level.Unfortunately,many (if not most) college OJT students are assigned only
to insignificant jobs in a company (answering the phone,making photocopies,making
coffee- that sort of thing.Rarely are not OJT students expected to produce the sam
products that regular employees produce.
There are sterling exceptions,of course ,one of which is the journalism college that I
heard,where OJT students,like our own students,write news items ina news paper just like
regular reporters.(Excuse me for mentioning that,but then,why not?) Immersion in SHS
students will be useless if it is patterned after most of the OJT experiences currently
being undertaken by college students. In order to make Immersion meaningful and
useful,we need to get the companies- and not just the schools -aware of the educational
objectives and processes of K to 12.
The human resources deparments of companies have to know what it means to handle in
experienced adolescents (still no work ethic but with raging hormones),how to make
them to without a pat,what the design of the curriculum is (Understanding By
Design,remember?),what the role of immersion is in the whole process of lifelong
learning,and so on.That means expertise and funds.
"DepEd,in collaboration with it's partners and stakeholders,shall ensure that all schools
and venues for learning are are conducive to the education and safety of the learners.
