DATE _O4 Jui 70

Republic of the Philippines TIME 5 .
House of Representatives uy
Quezon City, Metro Manila RY)
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Twentieth Congress
First Regular Session

Introduced by Ako Bicol Partylist Representative Alfredo.A. Garbin Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This measure seeks to establish the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Accreditation Center in Rapu Rapu,
Albay, to be known as the Rapu Rapu, Albay TESDA Training and Assessment
Center. The convenience and availability of the training center in the Municipality of
Rapu Rapu will provide the out-of-school youths and our constituents with the
opportunity to develop themselves to be self-reliant and lea new techniques geared
towards earning a livelihood. Likewise, it provides the necessary atmosphere where
inborn talents are developed into self-reliant individuals. Through the Center, high
schoo] students, college graduates and ordinary citizens who want to continue their
education, will avail of accessible, high quality and efficient technical education and
skills development programs.

‘Thus, the passage of this



Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila

‘Twentieth Congress
First Regular Session

House BitLNo. 1537

Introduced by Ako Bicol Partylist Representative Alfredo A. Garbin Jr.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF RAPU-RAPU,
PROVINCE OF ALBAY, A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, TO
BE KNOWN AS THE RAPU-RAPU, ALBAY TESDA TRAINING AND
ASSESSMENT CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SEC. 1. Establishment of TESDA Assessment Center. - There is hereby established a training
and assessment center, under the supervision of the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA), to be known as the ‘Rapu Rapu, Albay TESDA
Training and Assessment Center". It shall be located in a highly accessible area in the
Municipality of Rapu Rapu, Province of Albay, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and
to the agreement between the TESDA and the concemed local government units
(LGUs).

SEC. 2. General Functions, - The Rapu Rapu, Albay TESDA Training and Assessment
Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide technical-
vocational education and training (TVET) programs to students and local residents
from low-income families and out-of-school youths, including persons with
disabilities and indigenous peoples to help them become productive, self-reliant, and
globally competitive labor assets.

The Center shall provide effective employment interventions through training
programs on relevant skills in trade competencies, craftsmanship, and
entrepreneurship activities to help hasten the development of the host area and its
adjacent localities into human resource and productivity hubs.


The Center shall also provide technical-vocational training for teachers and curriculum
design assistance to the secondary schools in the province offering the technical-
vocational livelihood track under the K to 12 Program, in coordination with the
Department of Education and the TESDA.

SEC. 3. Training Programs. - This Act shall have the following objectives:

SEC. 4. Coverage. - This Act shall apply to all media workers and media entities in the
private sector.

SEC. 5. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act: The Center shall offer short-term
certificate courses and modular trainings in preferred technical-vocational skills and trades
specialization. To this end, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE},
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology
(DOST}, Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DIL.G), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), business-
industry partners, and other relevant agencies and instrumentalities, both local and
international, shall provide the necessary assistance to enable the Center to develop skilled
manpower to achieve a robust and inclusive economy in the host area and its adjacent
localities.

‘The Center may establish research and technology hubs, technology development farms,
satellite or extension training centers, promote mobile training programs, and strengthen
linkages among the industry partners, the academe, and the Center geared towards the
acquisition by residents of practical livelihood, employable skills, gainful employment,
and entrepreneurial capabilities in priority areas in the Municipality of Rapu Rapu and
neighboring localities in the Province of Albay.

‘The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competency assessment leading
to National Certification Levels [-II:

a). Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and steelwork,
machine fabrication and operation, heavy equipment operation, automotive
mechanical assembly, refrigeration and air conditioning, electronics, and operation
of power tools and equipment for both medium skills grade and industrial purposes:

b) Agriculture and aquaculture-related trainings and skills development in such areas
as farming technology, fishing operations technology, backyard farming and home-
‘based aquaculture and propagation innovations, mechanized farming, fishing tools
and equipment operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations,
and relevant training seminars for farmers and fisherfolk to encourage
entrepreneurship and thus increase their productivity;

€) Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and small-
scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in arts and crafts, workmanship
and design, high-speed sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, horticulture, livestock raising
and breeding, food processing technology, home technology, culinary arts and commercial
cooking, cosmetology, and health and wellness training;

4) Basic business literacy training in financial management and marketing, practical
accountancy, bookkeeping and off.ce procedures, business processes and application


procedures, including registration, licensing, documentation, business patent and
intellectual property regulation, business financing and investment opportunities
sourcing, import-export accreditation, online home- based business operation and
social media business marketing;

Technical-vocational occupation and trades skills such as carpentry, masonry,
plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation, automotive servicing,
electronics servicing, personal computer servicing, and such other relevant
practical skills courses;

) Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, digital technology,
web design, animation, photoshop or online photography, computer design and
advertising;

f) Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English and
other languages for business process outsourcing employment and overseas job
placement;

g) Seminars in personality development, career counseling, job placement, and
work ethic and values; and

hh) Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the people of the
Municipality of Rapu Rapu and of adjacent localities to enhance their capacities
for practical livelihood, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial activities.

SET 6. Compliance Requirements - The provisions of this Act notwithstanding, the
Center shall become operational only upon the issuance by the TESDA of a formal
recommendation and certificate of compliance attesting that the Center has
satisfactorily complied with the minimum standards of quality it has prescribed
governing the following:

a) standard procedures and guidelines for the establishment and operation of a
Center;

b) operational sustainability of the Center, in terms of licensed faculty-trainers and
personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities, instructional materials,
and other standard requirements of a Center;

sustainable funding source and allocation of the budgetary requirement;

) full alignment of the training programs offered with the minimum standards of
competency-based quality technical-vocational skills, technology and the needs
of the host area and adjacent communities served within the context of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations integration and the Philippine
Qualification Framework for TVET; and

d) Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards as may be
necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.

SEC. 7. Administration Center. - The Center shall be headed by a Technical-
Vocational Administrator who shall render full-time service and be responsible for its
administration and operation, under the supervision of the TESDA. The Technical-
Vocational Administrator shall be appointed by the TESDA Director General in


accordance with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission and the
qualification requirements for such office.

The Technical-Vocational Administrator may enter into agreements with locally-
based private and public counterpart agencies, instrumentalities or persons, and seek
such assistance as may be necessary to effectively implement this Act, subject to the
approval of the TESDA Director General.

SEC. 8. Separability Chase. - If any part, section, or provision of this Act is declared
invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected by such declaration shall
remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - AU laws, decrees, executive orders, rules, and regulations
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 10. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,