By Venus G. Villanueva
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Kalibo, Aklan, in coordination with the provincial government of Aklan has again opened an opportunity to poor students to work this summer so they will have money for enrolment this school year under the scheme called Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES).
SPES, according to Vivian R. Solano, Provincial Employment Service Office (PESO) manager of Aklan, is better known as Summer Job. It was approved on February 6, 1992 and now being implemented yearly.
According Aklan Governor Carlito S. Marquez, the summer job is an opportunity for students to work in local government units and schools so they could earn money from the DOLE and the provincial government to help augment their financial needs for the next school opening.
At a meeting of SPES coordinators of the different towns, summer jobs were equally divided among the 17 towns and two (2) schools. The summer job is for 30 working days which started on April 11. It ended on May 25.
Marlyn Hernandez, DOLE Regional SPES Focal Person emphasized that students and SPES coordinators must complete registration requirements before submission to DOLE office in Iloilo City. Since it started Solano revealed that some 4,790 Aklanon students had been helped and more are still being helped in their studies by this project through the DOLE and provincial government of Aklan.
With this sustained program of the national and provincial governments helping those poor but deserving students obtain college education, poverty in the countryside will diminish and these young people will have better chances of finding employment or put up their own business. /MP
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