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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS ENS

First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _ 626

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOEL MAYO Z. ALMARIO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to amend Republic Act (R.A.) No. 10410 entitled “An Act Recognizing the Age
from Zero (0) To Eight (8) Years As The First Crucial Stage Of Educational Development And
Strengthening The Early Childhood Care and Development System, Appropriating Funds Therefore
And For Other Purposes,” otherwise known as the “Early Years Act (EYA) of 2013.”

Section 11 of RA. 10410 provides that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation
shall contribute an amount of Five Hundred Million Pesos (P500,000,000.00) per year for five (5)
years for the establishment of National Child Development Centers (NDCD) and the conversion of
existing Day Care Centers into Child Development Centers in various local government units, an
amount to be directly remitted in four (4) quarterly installments to a special account of the ECCD
Council.

Meanwhile, Section 6 thereof, provides that the National Early Childhood Care and
Development System shall be established in all provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays as
may be determined by the Early Childhood Care and Development Council (ECCDC) to achieve
universal Early Childhood Care and Development (ECD) coverage for all children from zero (0) to
four (4) years of age nationwide.

RA. 10410 was enacted to institutionalize a national system for ECCD that is comprehensive,
integrative and sustainable, which will involve multisectoral and interagency collaboration at the
national and local levels among government units, service providers, non-government
organizations, professional associations, academic institution, communities and families.

As of July 2018, or five years since the enactment of R.A. 10410, a total of 634 new NCDCs
have been established, while 960 existing day care centers have been converted into NCDCs
nationwide. 6

However, there is more to be done in the field of éarly childhood care as nationwide ECCD
has not yet been fully attained. For the purpose of accelerating expansion of the ECCD system and
to achieve universal ECCD coverage, there is an urgent need for an extension of and an increase in
the funding support from PAGCOR for another five (5) years.

Support for this bill is earnestly sought.

. ALMARIO
epresentative
24 District, Davao Oriental


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

626

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOEL MAYO Z. ALMARIO

AN ACT
STRENTHENING EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, REVISING FOR THE
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10410, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE ‘EARLY YEARS ACT OF 2013’, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Section 11 of Republic Act No. 10410 is hereby amended to read:

Section 11. Appropriations. - The amount needed for the
continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act (GAA).
In addition, the Philippine Amusement and Gaining
Corporation shall continue to contribute One Billion Pesos
(P1,000,000,000.00) per year for another five (5) years to fund the
establishment of National Child Development Centers and the
conversion of existing Day Care Centers into Child Development
Centers in various LGUs upon approval of this Act. Said amount shall
be directly remitted in four (4) quarterly installments to a special
account of the ECCD Council.
Be
SECTION 2. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, implementing rules and regulations,
issuances, or any part thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, including Section 11 of

RA. 10410, are deemed repealed and/or amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official

Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.