Work immersion in senior high school
Ed.D. Principal I, Camburanan National High School
WITH all the aspects involved like economics, health and education, our country has been experiencing big changes lately. For they say that change is only the constant thing in the world.
In terms of education, the Philippine educational system has been developed to provide the learner’s the best. It happened the moment we changed our own curriculum system from the basic form to widely use one – the K-12 curriculum. And just recently, the Department of Education (DepEd) has released the guidelines for the conduct of work immersion activities for senior high school students in the country.
Work immersion is a key feature in the Senior High School curriculum (SHS) and refers to the part of that consists of 80 hours of hands-on experience or work simulation which Grades 11 and 12 students will undergo to expose them to the actual workplace setting and to enrich the competencies provided by the school under the supervision of the School Head and the designated personnel of the Partner. Work immersion is the counterpart of the internship programs in the tertiary level.
The said learning experience that the students can get from it which can range from 80 to 320 hours will surely enable and help students as they familiarize themselves with the workplace thus experience workplace simulation and apply their competencies in areas of specialization. The completion of work immersion is a prerequisite to graduation under the K-12 program. This is a first rate on the part of DepEd, since young people like to explore and to connect with the people, this work immersion will provide them to acquire relevant skills by performing in actual work setting.
The importance of work immersion must be seen as vital point of giving students a venue to improve themselves through experiencing real stuff firsthand. This is the very highlight of the Senior High School program. It helps students to acquire knowledge and experience that can help them grow as professional individuals.
Furthermore, this program provides opportunities to go through the actual methodologies of a specific job using the real tools, equipment and documents. In effect, the work place becomes a development venue for us student trainee to learn more about their chosen field and practice what we have learn from academy.
Experience is considered to be one of life’s greatest teachers. As trainees they can use it as an inspiration as they gain expertise in their respective fields. This experience will surely help them not only for their present job as a student but also for their future job as a professional employee of this society. (