Republic of the Philippines
HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

6110

House Bill No.

Introduced by REP. CONRADO M. ESTRELLA III

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Constitution mandates that the government make education a priority
with the promotion and protection of the right of all citizens to accessible quality
education as an overarching and continuing commitment to the people (Section
17, Article II; Sections 1-2, Article XIV).

Further, the Constitution is duty-bound to establish, maintain and
support a complete, adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the
needs of the people and society that includes non-formal, informal, and
indigenous learning systems as well as provide adult citizens, the disabled and
out of school youth with training in civics, vocational efficiency and other skills
(Sections 1-2, Article XIV).

In this connection, the establishment of a Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center for Eastern
Pangasinan to be located the Municipality of Rosales, Pangasinan is strategically
important in ensuring the provision of technical-vocational education and
training (TVET) programs to students and local residents of Eastern Pangasinan
and its immediate environs such as portions of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija,
especially those from low-income families, out-of-school youths, and persons
with disabilities to enable them to learn appropriate income generating skills so
as to become self-reliant and economically productive members of their
respective communities.

The Center proposed in this bill is envisioned to offer training programs on
relevant skills trade competencies, craftmanship and entrepreneurship activities
needed to deliver effective employment and self-propelled income generating
enterprise interventions that will eventually hasten the development not only of
the people as productive citizens, but the area and its contiguous localities into
human resource and productivity hubs.


The Center shall also serve as a TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for
acquired competencies in TVET in the municipality, its environs and the
province, and shall provide teacher's training and curriculum deign assistance
to the secondary schools offering the technical-vocational-livelihood (TVL) track
under the K to 12 program in coordination with the TESDA and the Department
of Education (DepEd).

The land upon which the Center is to be located and the initial facilities
are already in place through a land donation and funding assistance undertaken
and facilitated by the undersigned.

As a concrete manifestation of government’s unmitigated to make
education a dynamic right and democratic blessing for all citizens especially the
less privileged, the immediate approval of this bill is strongly urged.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

6110
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by REP. CONRADO M. ESTRELLA III

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING CENTER TO BE KNOWN
AS THE EASTERN PANGASINAN 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:

Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the Eastern
Pangasinan TESDA Training and Assessment Center Act.

Section 2. Establishment. - There is hereby established a Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment
Center for Eastern Pangasinan to be known as the Eastern Pangasinan TESDA
Training and Assessment Center. It shall be established in the Municipality of
Rosales, Pangasinan pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the agreement
between the TESDA and the concerned local government unit (LGU).

Section 3. General Mandate. - The Eastern Pangasinan TESDA Training
and Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily
provide technical-vocational education and training (TVET) programs to
students, local residents from low-income families and out-of-school youth, and
persons with disabilities in the municipalities of Eastern Pangasinan and
immediate environs such as portions of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to help them
learn skills to become productive, self-reliant and economically competitive
citizens.

The Center shall offer training programs on relevant skills competencies.
craftmanship and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the effective
employment and income generating interventions that will hasten the



development not only of Eastern Pangasinan, but of the whole province and its
immediate environs such as portions of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija as well.

The Center shall also serve as a TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for
acquired competencies in TVET programs and shall provide teachers’ training
and curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools offering the technical
vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 program in coordination with
the Department of Education (DepED) and TESDA.

Section 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 Development Authority (NEDA),
business-industry partners, and such relevant agencies and instrumentalities,
both domestic and international, shall provide the necessary assistance to
enable the Center to develop skilled manpower needed to achieve a robust and
inclusive economy in the municipality and 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 the
municipality, the district and the province.

The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies
assessment leading to National Certification Levels I-III:

a. Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal
and steelwork, machine fabrication and operation, automotive
mechanics, 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 tools and equipment operation, agri-
business, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and relevant
farmers’ and fisherfolks’ trainings for increased productivity and
entrepreneurship;


c. Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment
and small-scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education
in arts and craft, 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;

d. Basic business literacy training in financial management and
marketing, practical accountancy, bookkeeping and 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 the use of social media business marketing;

e. Technical-vocational occupation and trade skills such as carpentry,
masonry, plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation,
automotive servicing, electronics servicing, personal computer (PC)
servicing, and such other relevant practical skills courses;

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

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

h, Seminars on personality development, career counselling and job
placement, work ethic and values; and

i, Other preferred priority skills and trades training that may be needed
by the people of the locality and other municipalities of the province to
enhance their capabilities for practical livelihood, gainful employment,
and entrepreneurial activities.

Section 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 satisfactorily
complied with the minimum requirements for quality standards prescribed by
the TESDA governing the following competency assessment : (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; (c) sustainable funding source and


allocation of budget requirement; (d) assurance that the training programs
offered are fully aligned with the minimum standard of competency-based
quality technical-vocational skills technology and the needs of the host area and
adjacent communities served in the context if the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) Integration and the Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF)
for TVET; and (e) compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and
standards as may be necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.

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

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.

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

Section 7. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to implement the
provisions of this Act, and its continued implementation shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ~ Within ninety (90) days
from the approval of this Act, the TESDA shall prepare and issue the necessary
rules and regulations to implement this Act in coordination with the DOLE, DTI,
DA, and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

Section 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any provision of this
Act is deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions shall remain in
force and effect.

Section 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, decrees,
instructions, rules and regulations and any provision thereof contrary to or
inconsistent with this Act or any provision thereof shall be deemed repealed or
amended accordingly.

Section 11. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect thirty (30) days
after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any two (2) newspapers of gener!
circulation.

Approved,