20th Career Counseling & Guidance Fair: Careers, Education, Options
VICE-PRESIDENT, NOLI DE CASTRO was the Guest of Honor at the “MUST ATTEND” Education Event of the Year – THE 20TH CAREER COUNSELING & GUIDANCE FAIR – on SEPT 15 & 16 at the PICC, Roxas Boulevard and Sept 22 & 23 at the Royale Tagaytay Country Club, in Alfonso, Cavite. Open to all High School Students, more than 10,000 students from 340+ High Schools attended the event.
The Exhibit
The Opening Ceremony of cutting the ribbon was conducted by the Philippine Vice-President, The Honorable Noli De Castro, who has a special interest in mobilizing the youth for the growth and betterment of the country. The Alleviation of Poverty, and the Raising of Standards of Education are priorities on the Vice-President’s agenda in building a just and tolerant society. As such, both the exhibiting colleges and the attendant students were exactly the people that the Vice-President wanted to inspire in the building of a Revitalized and Re-emergent Philippines.
The Career Counseling and Guidance Fair has developed into the largest and best-attended education event in the Philippines. Its purpose is to assist high school students to make well-informed choices when deciding on their Course, College and Career. Both local and international institutions had the opportunity to showcase their capability while advising students about careers and how they need to equip themselves for those careers.
More than 10,000 high school students attended the event as an official Field Trip at its two locations, from more than 380 high schools. Any high school is welcome to attend and can organize a field trip for the September 2009 event by calling Inter-Ed on 819-1001/02.
The continued success of the event and the track record of 20 years of sustained growth, are testament to the organizers’ flair & passion in organizing the event with the highest level of impact and relevance for all participants.
Sponsors
Reflecting the impact of the 20th Career Counseling & Guidance Fair, the event was sponsored by:
Presenters JobsDB.com
Media Partners The Philippine Star, The Manila Times, The Daily Tribune, 98.7 DZFE, Magic 89.9, 702 DZAS
On-Line Media Partner Getzmo.com
Sponsors The Brain Computer Corporation, Selecta Ice-Cream, Sterling Paper Products, Profiles Asia
Electronic on-line Registration System
Provided by our Major Sponsor, JobsDB.com, all visitors were registered electronically with their name, school attending, and contact details. They were then issued with a bar-coded ID. When a student was genuinely interested in the institution, they inserted their ID, and selected the institution and their course of interest.
Exhibiting Institutions
PICC Exhibitors
Local
Academy of International Culinary Arts
Adamson University
Asia Pacific College
Assumption College
Center for Asian Culinary Arts
Central Colleges of the Philippines
Centro Escolar University
Cosmopoint International Institute of Technology
De la Salle – College of St. Benilde
Emilio Aguinaldo College
Enderun Colleges
FEATI University
Federation of Philippine Photographers
Far Eastern University – East Asia
Far Eastern University – Manila
First Academy of Computer Arts
First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities
iAcademy
Janice Cruz Culinary Studio
Lyceum of the Philippines
Magsaysay Institute of Hospitality and Culinary Arts
Manila Times School of Journalism
Mapua Institute of Technology
Miriam College
National University
New England College
Philippine College of Health Sciences
Philippine State College of Aeronautics
Profiles Asia Pacific
Ricky Reyes Learning Institute
San Beda College Manila
Southville Foreign University
Southville International Schools and Colleges
St. Scholastica’s College, Manila
Techological Institute of the Philippines
TESDA
University of the East
University of the Philippines
Foreign
INTO – Foundation INTO Exeter, Manchester, Newcastle and East Anglia Universities – UK
DeVry University, USA
International College of Hotel Management (ICHM), Australia
IIBIT/University of Ballarat, Australia
At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy, Singapore
Southern New Hampshire University, USA
James Cook University, Singapore
Whitireia Polytechnic, New Zealand
Limkokwing University, Malaysia
RTCC Exhibitors
Local
Asia Pacific College
Assumption College
Colegio de Santa Monica
Emilio Aguinaldo College
Enderun Colleges
First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities
iAcademy
Lyceum of the Philippines
Magsaysay Institute of Hospitality and Culinary Arts
Manila Times School of Journalism
Mapua Institute of Technology
Miriam College
Philippine State College of Aeronautics
Profiles Asia Pacific
Ricky Reyes Learning Institute
Southville Foreign University
Southville International Schools and Colleges
St. Scholastica’s College Manila
TESDA
University of the Philippines
Foreign
INTO – Foundation INTO Exeter, Manchester, Newcastle and East Anglia Universities – UK
DeVry University, USA
IIBIT/University of Ballarat, Australia
At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy, Singapore
Southern New Hampshire University, USA
James Cook University, Singapore
Whitireia Polytechnic, New Zealand
Limkokwing University, Malaysia
International College of Hotel Management, Australia
Objectives
The 20th Career Counseling and Guidance Fair aims to achieve the following:
- Promote world class international education and accredited local education to High School students in the Philippines
- Showcase the capability and range of programs of both the local and international exhibitors
- Assist High School students to make good choices of subject and institution for their higher educational studies
- To assist students, teachers, guidance counselors and school administrators through a range of career talks and seminars
