The
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has allocated this year an additional P400,000 for the agency’s
Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) for
Negros Oriental beneficiaries.
The development is expected to hike the number of SPES beneficiaries in the province, which was pegged at 1,100 students in 2011.
Labor and Employment Officer Kendrick Villaluz of the provincial DOLE Office said the SPES program now has a total of P1.4 million which shall be distributed to the local government units and the private sector (called “acceptorsâ€) who will be taking part in the
summer program.
The acceptors are the local government units of Dumaguete, Sibulan, San Jose, Amlan, Tanjay, Bais, La Libertad, Canlaon, Valencia, Sta. Catalina, Bayawan and Basay, Silliman University, Foundation University, St. Paul University of Dumaguete, Cang’s Inc., Holy Child Hospital, and geothermal giant Energy Development Corporation.
Under the SPES, the acceptors pay 60 percent of the salaries of the student workers while the national government, through the DOLE, covers the remaining 40 percent.
College students are prioritized for the SPES although if the quota is unmet, high school students may also apply and qualify for the program that runs not less than 20 days minimum and no more than 45 days maximum, said Villaluz.
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