Republic of the Philippines

House of Representatives
‘Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

| HOUSE BILL No.1827

Introduced by Representative Francisco Jose F. Matugas II
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| EXPLANATORY NOTE
This bill was approved on Third Reading and transmitted to the Senate
both during the 17 and 18% Congresses. However, the Upper House was not
able to aet on the same.

Thankfully, on December 7, 2020, through the assistance of the TESDA
Central Office, The Provincial Training Center Siargao (Siargao Manpower and
Livelihood Training Center) was inaugurated in Siargao Island with no less than
then TESDA Director General Isidro Lapefia as Guest of Honor. This bill seeks
to institutionalize the existence of said manpower and livelihood training center
in Siargao.

As we slowly open up and welcome tourists back in the island, we need the
training |center to equip our residents with the skills necessary in
entrepreneurship and other forms of trade and industry. By properly training
them, they will also learn self-reliance, commitment and participation in
community-oriented projects.

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In yiew of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

FRANCISCO JQSE F. MATUGAS II
Surigao del Norte, First District
(Siargao Island)


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives

Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEEN CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE nol827

Introduced by Representative Francisco Jose F. Matugas II

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING
AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
DAPA, SIARGAO ISLAND, PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL
NORTE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SIARGAO, SURIGAO DEL
NORTE TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Siargao,
Surigao del Norte TESDA Training and Assessment Center Act”.

SEC. 2. Establishment. There is hereby established a Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and
Assessment Center in the Municipality of Dapa, Siargao Island, Province
of Surigao del Norte, under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as
the Siargao, Surigao del Norte TESDA Training and Assessment Center.
It shall be established in a highly accessible location in the Municipality of
Dapa, Siargao Island, Province of Surigao del Norte, pursuant to the
purposes of this Act and to the mutual agreement of the TESDA and the

concerned local government units (LGUs).


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SEC. 3. General Mandate. — The Siargao, Surigao del Norte TESDA

provide technical-vocational education and training (TVET)

Training and Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as Center, shall
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aes i to students, local residents from low-income families, and out-of-
school youths, including persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples,
in the Municipality of Dapa, Siargao Island and neighboring localities in
the Pro’ vine of Surigao del Norte, 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 trade competencies,
craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the
effective employment interventions that will help hasten the development
of the host area and adjacent localities in the Province of Surigao del Norte
into human resources and productivity hubs.

The Center shall serve as TESDA- accredited Assessment Center for
acquired competencies in TVET programs in Siargao Island, and adjacent
localities in the Province of Surigao del Norte. It shall also provide
teachers) training and curriculum design assistance to the secondary
schools offering the technical-vocational livelihood track under the K to 12
Programs, in coordination with the Department of Education and the
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SEC. 4. Training Programs. - 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 Interior and Local Government (DILG),
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), business-

industry partners, and other relevant agencies and instrumentalities, both



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local and international, shall provide the necessary assistance to enable
the Center to develop skilled manpower to achieve a robust 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, and promote
mobile training programs to strengthen linkages among the industry
partners, the academe, and the Center geared towards the acquisition of
practical livelihood, employable, skills, gainful employment, and
entrepreneurship in priority areas in Siargao Island, and adjacent
localities in the Province of Surigao del Norte.

7 ie Center shall offer the following TVET programs with
competencies assessment leading to National Certificate Levels I-III:

(a) Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as
metal and steelwork, machine fabrication and operation, heavy equipment
operation, automotive mechanic, 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 farm, fishing tools and equipment
operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and
relevant farmers and fisherfolk’s trainings for increased productivity and
entrepreneurship;

(©) 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,


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food processing technology, home technology, culinary arts and commercial
cooking, cosmetology, and health and wellness training;

(d) Basic business literacy training in financial management,
marketing, practical accountancy, bookkeeping, office 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 use of social
media business marketing;

(e) 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 course;

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

(g) Social communication skills and language proficiency course in
English and other language for business process outsourcing employment
and overseas job placement;

(h) Seminars on personality development, career counseling, job
placement, and work ethic and values; and

(@® Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by
the people of Siargao Island, and of the other localities in the Province of
Surigao del Norte, to enhance their capacities for practical livelihood,
gainful employment, and entrepreneurial activities.

SEC. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of
this Act notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon
the determination and certification by the TESDA, through the issuance of

a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance that the Center has


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satisfactorily complied with the minimum quality standards prescribed by
the TESDA governing the following;

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

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

(c) Sustainable funding source and allocation of the budgetary
requirements;

(d)|Assurance that the training programs offered are fully aligned
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
Asia Nations (ASEAN) Integration and the Philippine Qualifications
framework for TVET; and

(e) Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and
standard, as may be necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.

SEC. 6. Administration. - The Center shall be headed by a
Technical-Vocational Administrator who shall be under the supervision of
the TESDA, render full-time service and be responsible for its
administration and operation.

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 shall enter into agreements
with locally-based private and public counterpart agencies or

instrumentalities and persons, subject to the approval of the TESDA


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Director General, for such assistance as may be necessary to effectively
implement this Act.

SEC. 7. Appropriation. - The TESDA Director General shall include
in the Authority's program the operation of the Center, the funding of
which shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Act.

The LGUs concerned, in consultation with the TESDA shall set aside
from any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual
counterpart fund to support the operation of the Center herein established.

SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90)
days after the approval of this Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with
the DOLE, DTI, DOST, DA Department of Budget and Management,
DILG, NEDA, concerned LGUs, and such other relevant agencies and
industry-business partners of the host locality, prepare and issue the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of the
Act.

SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any section or
provision of this Act shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other
sections or provisions thereof shall not be affected and shall remain in
force and effect.

SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, decrees,
instructions, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any
provision of this Act are repealed or amended accordingly.

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

Approved,