College students from low-income families who will volunteer either as early-grade reading tutors or as youth development workers can earn P570 a day under the government’s revamped educational assistance program. | janebautistaINQ /PDI
He said the DSWD had coordinated with 20 state universities to identify target beneficiaries, mainly college students in their junior and senior years who are in need of extra income.
The volunteer teachers will help hone the reading skills of more than 63,000 first graders from 490 elementary schools in Metro Manila. Gatchalian said each tutor will be assigned to 10 pupils for two hours a day for 20 days.
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