DOLE DEPARTMENT ADVISORY NO. 1, S. OF 2009, January 28, 2009
IMPLEMENTING THE YOUTH EDUCATION – YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY PROJECT UNDER THE WORKING YOUTH CENTER PROGRAM
promote gainful employment opportunities, protect workers and promote
their welfare and consistent with the DOLE Roadmap 2008-2010 and the
Philippine Program for Youth Development and Employment 2008-2010, this
Department issues this Advisory on the implementation of the Youth
Education-Youth Employability (YE-YE) Project.
Studies show that lack of education is strongly linked to poverty.
Quality education is expensive. Youth unemployment, underemployment as
well as “under-education” persist, even among some tertiary education
graduates. Hence, the immediate need to create more opportunities for
the youth to study and to enhance their employability, to get
educational assistance and to have some kind of work-related experience
before they join the labor force.
The Bureau of Women and Young Workers (BMYW) and the DOLE Regional
Office shall manage and implement the YE-YE Project, a training
opportunity under the WYC Program, particularly through the Capability
Building and Referral Services Components. Target beneficiaries are the
disadvantaged youth, such as out-of-school youth,
ex-child laborers and those from families with low income or reduce
income due to the global financial crisis, for them to pursue
post-secondary education, whether through academic or technical
vocational courses.
Under the YE-YE project, the DOLE Regional Offices shall collaborate
with Private Corporations/Companies providing educational assistance and
workplace training pro- grams and with Educational Institutions as
Partners. The workplace training program should provide modules,
sessions, topics and other similar opportunities for the youth to
acquire the proper work ethics and values alongside skills training and upgrading.
For effective implementation of the YE-YE project, a DOLE Project Management Team
is hereby constituted. It shall be headed by the Undersecretary for
Workers’ Welfare and Social Protection with the Directors of the BWYW,
Bureau of Rural Workers and the Regional Offices, as members.
For guidance and compliance.
Adopted: 28 Jan. 2009
(SGD.) MARIANITO D. ROQUE
Secretary