Background
The Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) is
mandated under Republic
Act No. 7323 otherwise known as "An Act To Help
Poor But Deserving Students Pursue Their Education By Encouraging
Their Employment During Summer and/or Christmas Vacations,
Through Incentives Granted to Employers, Allowing Them to
Pay Only Sixty Per Centum of Their Salaries or Wages and
The Forty Per Centum Through Education Vouchers To Be Paid
By the Government, Prohibiting and Penalizing The Filing
of Fraudulent and Fictitious Claims, and For Other Purposes",
Under this law, the Secretary of Labor and Employment is
designated Program Director of the SPES.
The SPES is a component of the President's Kabataan 2000
Program along with the Work Appreciation Program (WAP) of
the Department of Labor and Employment.
Objective
The objective of the SPES is to develop the intellectual
capacities of children of poor families and harness their
potentials for the country's well being. Specifically, the
Program aims to help poor but deserving students pursue
their education by providing income or augment their income
through encouraging their employment during summer and/or
Christmas vacations.
Coverage
The SPES is open to all qualified high school college or
vocational students or drop-outs and interested employers.
Students and Drop-outs
- 15-25 years old
- enrolled during the present school year/term or during
the school year/term immediately preceeding the summer
vacation
- dropout who intend to continue his education
- parents' combined net income after tax,
including his own, if any, does not exceed P36,000 per
annum
- garnerned a passing grade during the school year/term
referred above or in case of dropout, the last year/term
attended
- his/her parents has been displaced or about to be displaced
due to business closure or work stoppage provided he/she
meets a, b and d above.
Employers
- any person or entity who has employed at least 50 workers
at any given time during the past 12 months.
The Department of Labor and Employment issued Rules
and Regulations Implementing Republic Act 7323.
For more information about this
program,
visit the nearest PESO
in your area or,
the DOLE Regional,
Provincial and District Offices, or, call:
Bureau of Local Employment
Tels.: 528-0108 • 527-2539
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