DOLE: 2,760 students to be employed to SPES
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=865182
- Thursday, March 10, 2016
- (PNA), LAP/TPGJR/R.G. ANTONET A. GO
ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 10 (PNA) -– The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced that 2,760 students will be employed this summer vacation through the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) in this city.
Eng’r. Wesley Tan, DOLE-Zamboanga City Field Office chief, told the Philippines News Agency that 1,400 of the 2,760 students to be hired are studying in college while the remaining 1,360 are enrolled in high school.
Tan said the college students will comprise the first batch, who will work from April 11 to May 6 while the second batch are the high schools who will be employed from May 5 to May 28.
Tan said each of the students will receive a salary of P280 per day, which is the daily minimum wage here in Region 9.
He said 40 percent of the students’ salary will be shouldered by DOLE through education vouchers and the remaining 60 percent by the employer.
He said DOLE has allocated PhP11 million for this year’s SPES. The funding allocation includes the payment for insurance of the student-workers.
He said students who are interested to avail of the SPES can submit their application with the Public Employment Service Office (PESO).
He said the overall objective of SPES is to give the poor but deserving students an opportunity to pursue their education by encouraging them to work during summer and Christmas vacations.