By Andrew B. Doga-ong
BONTOC, Mountain Province --
About 710 students and out- of -school youth in the province will be employed
this summer under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of
the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
DOLE provincial head Samuel
Lasdacan said Public Employment Service officers in municipalities are now
screening student applicants based on pre-employment documents for their
employment this April.
Lasdacan said their office is now
strictly requiring student-applicants to submit complete pre-employment
documents not only to determine if they are qualified to the program but also
to hasten the release of their wages later on.
The SPES, a yearly job generation
program of the government, is intended to help poor but deserving students to
pursue their studies by providing them employment during vacation to augment
their tuition fees for the coming school year.
Qualified in the program are high
school, college and vocational students and out of school youth ages 15-25 who
intend to enroll in the following school year.
Based on the approved SPES
allocation for the province, DOLE has allotted P1,143,446.08 as its 40 percent
counterpart for the salaries of the students while the different local
government units and some private establishment employers have a total pledge
of commitment of P1,715,169.00 which represents their 60 percent counterpart.
This year, the eastern
municipality of Natonin will employ the most number of 192 students followed by
the office of the provincial governor with 150 students. The office of the vice
governor will also hire 50 students.
The local government unit of
Bauko will employ 96 students, Sabangan – 40; Bontoc – 26; Tadian – 25; Sagada
– 25; Besao – 25; Sadanga – 24, and Barlig – 20.
Four private participating
employers namely the Xijen College of Mt. Province, Episcopal Diocese of
Northern Philippines, Samoki Valley Inn and Restaurant and CYD Enterprise will
employ a total of 33 students.
Lasdacan explained that the SPES
students after getting the 60 percent of their salaries from their employers,
have to get payrolls as basis for the preparation of the remaining 40 percent
wage from DOLE which will be given in the form of checks when they present or
show proof of enrollment for the school year.
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