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Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 0329

Introduced by AKBAYAN Representative Tomasito S. Villarin

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Southwestern Tagalog Region is home to around 2,963,000 residents
spread over 2 cities and 71 municipalities. This population is what the
national government agencies must serve in order to spur regional
development.

One of the most important component of any economic development agenda
is job generation. Technical and vocational education play a crucial role in
the realization of this goal. Beneficiaries of the government’s technical
education programs have more chances of being employed because they have
better manpower skill sets to market. Moreover, those who are already
employed also benefit from technical training as they are able to upgrade their
skills and in the process, advance their career opportunities.

However, the Region has no regional technical and vocational training center.

In 2016, there were only 12 public technical training provide!
93 private sector providers in the Region.

compared to

As such, there is a need to create a regional training center for vocational and
technical education in the Southwestern Tagalog Region. A regional
tional and technical center can significantly expand the number of
available courses for the Region’s adults and out-of-school youth who can be
beneficiaries of the government's technical-vocational programs.

‘The training center will address the desire of the Region’s constituents for
ac ible quality and affordable education that will make them self-reliant
and economically viable citizens.

In view of the foregoing, the earnest passage of this bil] ought.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 5329

Introduced by AKBAYAN Representative Tomasito S. Villarin

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) REGIONAL TRAINING
CENTER IN THE MIMAROPA REGION, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled.

SECTION 1. Short Title.- This Act shall be known as the “TESDA
Southwestern Tagalog Regional Training Center Act.”

SECTION 2. Establishment.- A Regional Training Center is hereby
established in the Southwestern Tagalog Region, under the supervision of the
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), to be known
as the TESDA Southwestern Tagalog Regional Training Center.

SECTION 3. General Mandate. ~The TESDA Southwestern Tagalog Regional
‘Training Center shall primarily provide technical-vocational training and
skills development programs to students from low-income families and out-
of-school youth in the Southwestern Tagalog Region. It shall also play a
pivotal role in helping the students become productive, self-reliant and to
develop them into becoming globally-competitive middle-level skilled labor
force so as to hasten the social and economic development of Southwestern
‘Tagalog Region, as well as meet the needs of both local and international labor
markets.

‘The TESDA Southwestern Tagalog Regional Training Center shall also serve
as the assessment center for acquired competencies in technical-vocational
skills in the whole Southwestern Tagalog Region. Further, as deemed
necessary and practicable, in coordination with the Department of Education
(DepEd), it shall render relevant teachers’ training assistance and curriculum
design support to the secondary schools in the Region which are offering
technical-vocational education and training (TVET) track under the K to 12
Program of the DepEd.



SECTION 4. Curricular Offerings.- The TESDA Southwestern Tagalog
Regional Training Center shall offer short-term courses in preferred market-
driven and relevant technical-vocational courses within its areas of
specialization in consultation with the Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) and such other relevant agencies, both local and international.

The Regional Training Center may likewise establish research, service and
training centers throughout the Southwestern Tagalog Region to strengthen
linkages between the industry and the technology programs.

SECTION 5. Regional Training Center Site.- The TESDA Southwestern
Tagalog Regional Training Center shall be established on a site in the
Municipality of Sta. Cruz, Province of Occidental Mindoro to be donated by a
concerned person, which is highly accessible pursuant to the purposes of this
Act and to the mutual agreement between the TESDA and the concerned local
government units.

SECTION 6. Administration.— The TESDA Southwestern Tagalog Regional
Training Center shall be headed by a Chief Technical Education and Skills
Development Specialist and to be assisted by a Supervising Technical
Education and Skills Development Specialist and such other technical and
administrative personnel under the supervision of the TESDA. The Chief of
the TESDA Southwestern Tagalog Regional Training Center shall be appointed
by the TESDA Director General. All other personnel shall be appointed in
accordance with TESDA guidelines, the civil service rules and regulations and
the qualification requirements of the TESDA.

‘The Chief Technical Education and Skills Development Specialist shall render
full-time services and shall be responsible for the administration and
operation of the TESDA Southwestern Tagalog Regional Training Center.

SECTION 7. Staffing Pattern. TESDA shall prepare the structure and staffing
pattern of the Regional Training Center in accordance with existing guidelines
of the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service
Commission.

SECTION 8. Appropriations. ~ An initial amount of One-Hundred Million
Pesos (Php 100,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated for the construction of the
Regional ‘Training Center building, procurement of necessary tools and
equipment and salary and compensation of its personnel. Henceforth, the
TESDA Director-General shall include in the Authority’s program the
implementation of the law, the funding of its operations which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act as a separate line item
budget under TESDA.

SECTION 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ~ Within sixty (60) days
after the effectivity of this Act, the TESDA, in coordination with the DOLE, the

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Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the concerned Local Government
Units (LGUs), and such other relevant agencies, shall formulate and issue the
necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act.

SECTION 10. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any section of this
shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provi
hereof shall not be affected and shall thereby remain in force and effect.

SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. - All provisions of existing laws, executive
orders, decrees, instructions, rules and regulations which are contrary to or
inconsistent with any provision of this Act are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in
the Philippines.

Approved,