Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Twentieth Congress
First Regular Session

House BILLNo._284

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LAARNI LAVIN ROQUE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Education is fundamental to the realization of inclusive growth, as it begets
knowledge and culture, education finds its practical articulation and demonstration
in the world of work. Thus, knowledge, as it is inextricably embedded with people
replete with ideas and bursting with entrepreneurial spirits, is valued as the key
strategic resource to achieving growth objectives. Commitment to education
acknowledges the different pathways toward acquiring knowledge, of which
technical and vocational education and training, as a path when taken in
conjunction with other education and training pathways, is recognized to be one
primary knowledge building block.

Republic Act No. 7796, otherwise known as the Technical Education and
Skills Development Act of 1994 provides that “It is the declared policy of the State
to provide relevant, accessible, high quality, and efficient technical education and
skills development in support of the development of high-quality Filipino middle-
level manpower responsive to and in accordance with Philippine development
goals and priorities.

This Bill seeks to expand the coverage of TESDA programs by creating a
municipal training center in the Municipality of Pangantucan, Province of Bukidnon.

Creation of this training center will provide relevant, accessible, high quality
and efficient technical education and skills development in support of the
development of Filipino middle level manpower responsive to and in accordance
with Philippine development goals and priorities.

Given the above premises, the urgent passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Twentieth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 284

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LAARNI LAVIN ROQUE

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE PANGANTUCAN TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING CENTER
AND See OPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOS|

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

SECTION 1. TESDA Pangantucan Municipal Training Center. -There shall be
established a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
Municipal Training Center in Pangantucan, Bukidnon under the control and
supervision of the TESDA.

SECTION 2. General Mandate. - The TESDA Municipal Training Center shall
primarily provide technical-vocational training and skills development programs to
students from low-income families and to out-of-school youths in Pangantucan,
Bukidnon. It shall develop the students to become productive, self-reliant, and
globally competitive middle-level skilled labor workers, in order to boost the social
and economic development of Pangantucan, Bukidnon, as well as to meet the
demand of local and international labor markets.

The TESDA Municipal Training Center shall also serve as municipal
competency assessment center for required competencies in technical-vocational
skills in the whole Pangantucan, Bukidnon. In coordination with the Department of
Education (DepEd), it shall render when necessary and practicable, teachers’
capability building programs and curriculum design technical assistance to the
secondary schools in the Municipality of Pangantucan, Bukidnon offering technical-
vocational and livelihood track under the K to 12 Program of the DepEd.

SECTION 3. Curricular Offerings. - The TESDA Municipal Training Center
shall address the skills development priorities of the Pangantucan, Bukidnon. It shail
offer short-term courses in preferred market-driven and relevant technical-
vocational courses or qualifications within its areas of specialization in consultation


with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Local Government Units
(LGUs), the industries and such other relevant agencies, both local and
international.

The TESDA Municipal Training Center may likewise establish research and
development centers, technology development farms, and mobile training
programs throughout the Municipality to strengthen linkages between the industry,
academe, and the technology programs.

SECTION 4. Site. The TESDA Municipal Training Center shall be established
in the Municipality of Pangantucan, Bukidnon, pursuant to the mutual agreement
between TESDA and the Municipal Government of Pangantucan, Bukidnon.

SECTION 5. Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern. - The TESDA
Municipal Training Center shall adopt the organizational structure and staffing
pattern of a TESDA Regional Training Center in accordance with the existing
guidelines of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and the Civil
Service Commission (CSC).

SECTION 6. Appropriations. — The amount necessary for the implementation
of this Act shall be taken from the current fiscal year's unexpended and unobligated
appropriations of the agency. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the funding of
the TESDA Municipal Training Center shall be included in the Annual General
Appropriations Act as a separate line-item budget under TESDA.

‘SECTION 7. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act shall be declared
invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining part or provisions not otherwise affected
shall remain in force.

SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. Any law, decree, ordinance, administrative
circulars not consistent with any provision of this Act is hereby amended, repealed
or modified accordingly.

SECTION 9. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.

Approved,