SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga, April 6, 2011-Department of Labor and Employment Regional Director Leopoldo “Pol” B. de Jesus and information officer Jerry Borja said that the 6,000 Central Luzon deserving college and vocational students from the poor families will be benefited this summer by the government’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) and now have the opportunity to work in private companies and local government units (LGUs).
“Pampanga got the most SPES slots this year at 2,300 followed by Bulacan and Nueva Ecija with 1,000 each; Bataan, Aurora and Zambales with 500 each; and Tarlac with 200,” de Jesus and Borja said, adding that the distribution was based on the SPES provincial performances in the last five years.
They furthered that SPES seeks to help poor but deserving students who pursue their education by enlisting them during summer and/or Christmas vacations where the provincial, Municipal and City Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) are mandated to select the students based on their required qualifications according to their age, grades, income, and other pertinent documents.
According to law, a student must at least be 18 years old but not more than 25 years old. It is also required to submit the combined net income after tax of his/her parents, including his/her income if any, does not exceed the latest annual poverty threshold level for a family of six as determined and provided by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and he/she must have obtained passing grades in the last school term attended.
The duo explained that the tasks they will perform includes tax mappers, barangay survey personnel, encoders, school assistants, food service crew, gasoline attendants and promotion merchandisers where the students salary will be in accordance to the prescribed minimum wage wherein 40 percent will be shouldered by DOLE while the remaining 60 percent will come from the participating companies and LGUs. (Jason de Asis)
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