DOLE allocates P709 million to program geared to helping out-of-school millenials
The Department of Labor and Employment has allocated P709 million as fund for the youth employment program which is set to be implemented this year. This fund is set to benefit the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES), particularly about 164,000 millenials.
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The said budget, according to Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III, will help the millenials continue their education, may it be in a secondary, tertiary, or technical-vocational institution.
Targeting the poor, out-of-school youth, and displaced workers, SPES is DOLE’s programs geared at providing the youth beneficiaries with short-term job opportunities during summer, Christmas vacation, or at any time of the year.
In an article by the Philippine Information Agency, it was said that “SPES beneficiaries may be employed from 20 to 78 days and may be assigned as service crew, student assistant, clerk, office/administrative assistant, support staff, bookkeeper, or plant nursery helper/assistant.”
According to a Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) report, it was stated that the National Capital Region (NCR) gets the highest allocation of budget, with P106,192,000 intented to help 16,860 beneficiaries.
Bello signed Republic Act No. 10917, or the SPES laws to effectively implement the program, last month.
Source: Department of Labor and Employment
