Over 500 college students in Southern Leyte get employed in DOLE’s summer job program
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – A total of 571 tertiary-level students have been gainfully employed this summer vacation under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
SPES has been a regular, yearly undertaking of the agency in coordination with local government units (LGUs) who are willing to shoulder and share in the salary of the workers, also known as “summer jobbers.”
For this year’s SPES employment season in the province, nine LGUs including the provincial government, plus the Southern Leyte State University – San Juan Campus (SLSU-San Juan), readily accommodated and responded to the DOLE’s call for a partner to accept the young entrants to this summer’s workforce.
Data obtained from the DOLE provincial office here revealed the following entities as DOLE’s SPES co-sponsors, and their corresponding number of student placements: Provincial Government – 100; Maasin City – 163; Macrohon – 22; Limasawa – 15; Malitbog – 111; Sogod – 98; Saint Bernard – 30; Anahawan – 7; Hinundayan – 20; and SLSU-San Juan Campus – 5.
Work for this year’s summer jobbers began last week for a twenty-day employment period, with DOLE sharing 60% of the wages, while the concerned LGU counterpart is 40%.
Among the requirements to qualify in the SPES program is that the student must not be less than 15 years of age at start of work, and not more than 25, a certified college student who is poor but deserving, no failing mark on any subject, and must have an average grade of 80%, it was learned. (PIA-Southern Leyte)
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