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Nograles promotes employment for students
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Speaker Prospero C. Nograles yesterday said congress, in close coordination with the agencies of government, is exploring all avenues to promote education while expanding the government's employment generation programe, especially for the youth.
"We have to inculcate the value of education and hardwork in the mindset of the young," Nograles stressed as he endorsed the early enactment of the proposed broadening and expansion of the coverage of the Special Program for the Employment of Students(SPES).
In consonance with the global trend, the Speaker noted that the SPES program mandated under R.A. 7323 has been extending employment opportunities to students taking up vocational and technical education.
"This program would surely expand the benefits derived by the students, their parents and employers," Nograles said.
The amendatory SPES measure under House Bill 5388 lowers the minimum employment size on participating establishments from the current 50 persons to only 11 employees.
Committee on labor and employment chaired by Rep. Mantanggol Codilla Sr. said the Senate and House bicameral conference committee will start formal meeting on Thursday (Feb. 26) to reconcile whatever conflicting provisions found in the two chambers respective approved versions.
However the bill provides that the students enrolled in the secondary level should only be employed during summer and/or Christmas vacations, where those enrolled ion the tertiary level, vocational or technical education may be employed at anytime of the year.
Principal authors of the substitute bill include Rep. Edgar Chatto, Eufrocino Codilla Sr, Mary Ann Susano and Joel Villanueva (for HB 203) and Rufus Rodriguez who filed HB 2340.
HB 5388 provides under section1 that "person or entities employing at least more than 10 persons may employ poor but deserving students 15 years olds, paying them salary or wage not lower that the minimum wage for private employers and the applicable hiring rate for the national and local agencies."
"Provided further, that their period of employment shall be from 20 to 52 working days only, which may be counted us part of the student's probationary period should they apply in the same company or agency after graduation," it added.
The measure also provide that the students employ in activities related to their course may earn equivalent academic credits as may determined by the appropriate government agencies.
The program likewise provides that a percent of their salaries shall paid by the employers in cash and 40 percent by the goverment in the form of vouchers which shall be applicable on the payment of tuition fee and books in any educational institution.
Facilitation services for the applicants to the program shall be done by the Public Employment Service office and no beneficiary of the SPES may avail of any other government emergency or temporary employment program concurrently.
The Secretary of labor and Employment , the Secretary of Budget, the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development and the Secretary of Finance shall issue the corresponding rules and regulations to carry out the provision of the act.
"We have to inculcate the value of education and hardwork in the mindset of the young," Nograles stressed as he endorsed the early enactment of the proposed broadening and expansion of the coverage of the Special Program for the Employment of Students(SPES).
In consonance with the global trend, the Speaker noted that the SPES program mandated under R.A. 7323 has been extending employment opportunities to students taking up vocational and technical education.
"This program would surely expand the benefits derived by the students, their parents and employers," Nograles said.
The amendatory SPES measure under House Bill 5388 lowers the minimum employment size on participating establishments from the current 50 persons to only 11 employees.
Committee on labor and employment chaired by Rep. Mantanggol Codilla Sr. said the Senate and House bicameral conference committee will start formal meeting on Thursday (Feb. 26) to reconcile whatever conflicting provisions found in the two chambers respective approved versions.
However the bill provides that the students enrolled in the secondary level should only be employed during summer and/or Christmas vacations, where those enrolled ion the tertiary level, vocational or technical education may be employed at anytime of the year.
Principal authors of the substitute bill include Rep. Edgar Chatto, Eufrocino Codilla Sr, Mary Ann Susano and Joel Villanueva (for HB 203) and Rufus Rodriguez who filed HB 2340.
HB 5388 provides under section1 that "person or entities employing at least more than 10 persons may employ poor but deserving students 15 years olds, paying them salary or wage not lower that the minimum wage for private employers and the applicable hiring rate for the national and local agencies."
"Provided further, that their period of employment shall be from 20 to 52 working days only, which may be counted us part of the student's probationary period should they apply in the same company or agency after graduation," it added.
The measure also provide that the students employ in activities related to their course may earn equivalent academic credits as may determined by the appropriate government agencies.
The program likewise provides that a percent of their salaries shall paid by the employers in cash and 40 percent by the goverment in the form of vouchers which shall be applicable on the payment of tuition fee and books in any educational institution.
Facilitation services for the applicants to the program shall be done by the Public Employment Service office and no beneficiary of the SPES may avail of any other government emergency or temporary employment program concurrently.
The Secretary of labor and Employment , the Secretary of Budget, the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development and the Secretary of Finance shall issue the corresponding rules and regulations to carry out the provision of the act.
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