709 students get summer job

IBA, Zambales — Seven-hundred nine poor but deserving students from Ramon Magsaysay Technological University (RMTU) campuses in this province who were qualified under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) will soon be employed in various government offices and private companies after they signed employment contracts earlier this month.

Beneficiaries will be employed this April of 2016 for 20 days. Each beneficiary will receive P5,700 salary (at P285 per day) which will come from DOLE (40%) and Zambales Provincial Government (60%). The salaries will amount to P4,041,300.

Vice Governor and Provincial PESO Manager Ramon G. Lacbain II who led the orientation of students on April 11 and 12 highlighted major points on the program’s beneficiality and implementation.

“We are actively and continuously implementing SPES to further help students pursue their education at the same time provide them necessary work experience for future job opportunities.”Lacbain said.

From 2013 to 2015, there were 6,111 students from RMTU campuses and other colleges in the province who benefited from the program and a total of P23,078,800 amount of wages paid the beneficiaries.