I am writ­ing to ex­press my frus­tra­tion with the On-The-Job Train­ing (OJT) pro­gramme. I am a past trainee who is yet to re­ceive my stipend for the last month of ser­vice.What dis­heart­ens me the most is the lack­adaisi­cal man­ner in which the sit­u­a­tion is be­ing dealt with. When­ev­er I voice my con­cern, I am con­stant­ly re­mind­ed by the OJT of­fi­cials that a stipend isn't a salary.

I seek to re­mind them that OJTs are at a dis­ad­van­tage be­cause we work hard and at the end of the month when its time to re­ceive what's right­ful­ly ours, we are un­fair­ly treat­ed.Is it too much to ask that I re­ceive my fi­nal stipend so that I can cov­er ex­pens­es? Is it wrong of me to seek clar­i­fi­ca­tion on why I am yet to be paid? Is it too much for the of­fi­cials at OJT to have some sort of com­pas­sion?

Come on, we can do bet­ter than that, OJT.

S Mor­gan,

San­ta Cruz