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Sunday, April 30, 2017
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BACOLOD City – More than 1,700 students were qualified for the summer job program in this city, under the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES).
The SPES assists poor but deserving students and out-of-school youths intending to pursue their education by encouraging employment during summer, Christmas vacation or any time of the year for students in the tertiary, technical, or vocational level.
An orientation was conducted by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) at the Bacolod Arts, Youth, and Sports Center on April 28.
Cong. Greg Gasataya urged the student-beneficiaries to continue pursuing their education despite the obstacles.
He cited as example 28-year-old Babes Irine Venteroso of Barangay Felisa who, despite getting married and giving birth at a very young age, continued to study.
Ventoroso, an incoming senior Information System student at Carlos Hilado Memorial State College-Alijis Campus, is the oldest “summer jobber” this year.
PESO head Anthony Ayco said the program aims to help students pay their tuition next school year, especially those who are high school senior.
Ayco earlier said the DOLE provided Bacolod City only 150 slots because the previous administration failed to liquidate the SPES expenses last year.
The 150 students will be paid by both the city government (60 percent) and the DOLE (40 percent).
Ayco said that to accommodate the other students, PESO hired more than 1,000 students and all of them would be paid by the city government.
Employers include any person or entity with at least 10 workers, including private establishments, national government agencies, local government units, government-owned or controlled corporations, educational institutions, labor unions and other similar organizations and associations may participate in the program. (PNA/PN)
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