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==Opportunities await OSYs in DOLE-TESDA convergence program== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1611335504092 | |||
*Friday, April 27, 2012 | |||
:by (DEDoguiles-PIA 12) | |||
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 27 (PIA) -- More help will soon be made available to out-of-school youths in Soccksargen Region as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) joined together two of their flagship programs. | |||
DOLE 12 Regional Director Chona Mantilla yesterday announced they will launch on Labor Day (May 1) in General Santos City the DOLE-TESDA Convergence Program on Poverty Alleviation. | |||
“The program joins together the Special Program for the Employment of Students of DOLE and the Training for Work Scholarship Program of TESDA,” Mantilla explained. “This will be called SPES-TWSP Convergence Program.” | |||
Under the program, qualified OSYs undergo the SPES program but instead of employing in an establishment for a specified duration should instead undergo technical-vocational training. | |||
Forty-two OSYs from Malungon and Alabel towns in Sarangani province are scheduled to receive scholarship grants during the ceremonial launching at the KCC Convention Hall in Gensan. | |||
At least 400 SPES-TWSP scholars are expected to benefit from the program this year. | |||
According to the DOLE-TESDA Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 series of 2012 dated March 23, 2012, “the implementation of the SPES-TWSP convergence program will be nationwide, prioritizing the poorest areas in the 16 regions.” | |||
In region 12, it will be implemented in 21 poor municipalities in the provinces of Sarangani, North Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat. | |||
Mantilla said, they are still requesting for the inclusion of at least three municipalities in South Cotabato, which was not included in the initial list. | |||
For an OSY to qualify, he or she should be 15 to 25 years old and whose parents’ combined income does not exceed the latest annual regional poverty threshold level for a family of six. | |||
“An OSY may also be an occupationally disabled worker, a person with disability, a displaced worker, or a victim of trafficking, illegal recruitment of child labor,” the circular noted. | |||
Based on the existing SPES guidelines, the training program in which the beneficiary can enroll should be for a minimum of 20 days (160 hours) to a maximum of 52 days only. | |||
DOLE will pay for 40 percent of the applicable minimum wage after completion of the training program for the training allowance or starter kit of the OSYs. | |||
The agency will also provide guidance and necessary technical support to capacitate the OSYs to engage in self-employment after the training. | |||
TESDA handles the selection of the OSYs who will undergo the training program and become beneficiaries as well as identification of technical education and skills development institutions where the scholars will enrol. | |||
Interested OSYs may file application and required documents at the Public Employment Service Office or TESDA Provincial/District Office nearest them. | |||
Required documents include duly accomplished SPES Application Form and TESDA Trainee Profile Form; copy of birth certificate or any document that shows his or her date of birth, latest report card (Form 138), income tax return of parents or certification issued by BIR or barangay chairperson indicating that they are exempted from paying taxes, and certificate of good moral character from authorized barangay official. | |||
==8 DAR scholars in So. Cotabato finish in Agri-tech course== | ==8 DAR scholars in So. Cotabato finish in Agri-tech course== | ||
*Source: http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/46744-South-Cotabato-cops-note-improved-operations.html | *Source: http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/46744-South-Cotabato-cops-note-improved-operations.html | ||
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The knowledge and skills they have acquired during their studies should help them become agents in developing their awarded lands and spur progress in their community in general, Quimsing added. | The knowledge and skills they have acquired during their studies should help them become agents in developing their awarded lands and spur progress in their community in general, Quimsing added. | ||
==South Cotabato cops note improved operations== | ==South Cotabato cops note improved operations== | ||