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Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY

20th Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3457

Introduced by: REP. ROSALIE “MOMMY ROSE” ANG SALVAME

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The 1987 Philippine Constitution declares that, "The State shall promote a just and dynamic
social order that will ensure the prosperity and independence of the nation and free the people
from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, promote full
employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all” (Article I,
Section 9).

Likewise, the fundamental law provides that "The Congress shall give highest priority to the
enactment of measures that protect and enhance the right of all people to human dignity,
reduce social, economic and political inequalities." (Article XH, Section 1) and that "The
promotion of social justice shall include the commitment to create economic opportunities
based on freedom and self: reliance” Article XIII, Section 2).

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), in 2023, 19.6% of families in Palawan
were considered poor. This translates to approximately 48,800 poor Filipino families in the
province. The poverty incidence in Taytay, Palawan was 25.18% in 2021. This means that over
one-fourth of the population in Taytay was living below the poverty line.

With this in mind, this measure seeks to alleviate poverty in the Municipality of Taytay,
Palawan through the establishment of a ‘Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center for its poor residents thereby enabling
them to become economically productive and self-reliant.

In view thereof, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

REP. ROSALIE “MOMMY RO: IG SALVAME
Representative, 1* District of Palawan


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY

20th Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3457

Introduced by: REP. ROSALIE “MOMMY ROSE” ANG SALVAME

AN ACT ESTABLISHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TAYTAY, IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, 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 , “Palawan Province TESDA
Training and Assessment Center Act”.

SEC. 2. Establishment. - There is hereby established Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in the municipalities of
‘Taytay, in the Province of Palawan, under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as,
Palawan Training and Assessment Center;

SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The Taytay, Palawan Province TESDA ‘Training and
Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide technical-
vocational training and skills development programs to students and residents from low-
income families and out-of-school youths, including college dropout and persons with
disabilities, in the island municipality of Taytay, and the other adjacent localities in the
Province of Palawan, geared towards the acquisition of practical livelihood, employable skills,
gainful employment, and entrepreneurship.

The Center shall help train local residents to become productive, self-reliant and
globally competitive middle to high-level skilled labor force to hasten the social and economic
development of these areas, in particular, and to meet the manpower needs of both local and
international labor markets, in general.

The Center shall consider in the design of relevant technical-vocational training
programs to be offered thereat a competency assessment of the socioeconomic profile,
employment conditions and opportunities, business climate, market and industry potentials,
available resources, presence of support structures, including the literacy level and skills


readiness, and the overall development within the host areas and adjacent communities
within the operational radius of the Center established herein.

The Center shall also consider the relevant skills trade competencies, craftsmanship
training programs, and. entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the effective
employment and development interventions required to make these areas as human resource
and productivity hubs.

‘The Center shall also serve as TESDA-accredited assessment centers for acquired
competencies in technical-vocational skills. Preference in admission shall be given to the most
disadvantaged citizens, including persons with disabilities, and to the most economically
depressed areas of the municipality of Taytay and other adjacent localities in the Province of
Quezon with the highest percentage of disadvantaged and indigent citizens.

‘The Center shall, in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the
‘TESDA, offer relevant teachers’ training assistance and curriculum design to the secondary
schools providing the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program
of the DepEd.

SEC. 4, Training Programs. The Center shall offer diverse short-term certificate
courses and modular trainings in relevant technical-vocational skills and trade specialization
to comply with employment standards in preferred and emerging market-driven labor
opportunities, and shall likewise give premium efforts to skills specialization for the local
market employment requirements geared towards achieving the development of a robust
inclusive economy within the host areas and each of the adjacent localities and communities
within the operational radius of the Center, in consultation with the Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE), the Department of Trade and Industry (D1), the Department of Science
and Technology (DOST), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), business-industry partners, and
such other relevant agencies, both local and international.

The Center may establish research and technology hubs, technology development
farms, mobile training programs, and satellite or extension training centers in priority areas
throughout the Province of Palawan within the service radius of the Center to strengthen
linkages among the industry, the academe and the Center.

To address the development and manpower needs of the municipality of Taytay and
the other adjacent localities in the Province of Palawan, the Center shall offer the following
TESDA-registered technical-vocational training programs with competencies assessment
leading to National Certification Levels I-III:

(a) Skills training in industrial technology and hard trade such as metal and
steel works, 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 training and skills development in such
areas as farming-fishing operations technology, backyard farming and home-based
aquaculture and propagation innovation, mechanized farm and fishing tools and
equipment operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and
rolevant farmers and fisherfolks" continuing training for increased productivity and
entrepreneurship;

(0) Social communication skills development, language proficiency courses in
English and other languages for business process outsourcing employment such as
call center and overseas job placement;

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

(e) 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 social media business marketing;

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

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

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

(i) Other preferred priority skills and trade training that may be utilized
by the people of the municipality of Taytay and the other localities in
the Province of Palawan, 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 Taytay Center established herein shall become operationally effective
only upon the determination and declaration of the TESDA, through the issuance of a formal
recommendation and certificate of compliance, that the Center has individually and
satisfactorily complied with the minimum requirements for quality standards prescribed by


the TESDA governing the following competency assessment: Standard procedures and
guidelines (SPGS) for the establishment and operation of a

(a) TESDA-accredited training and assessment center; Operational
sustainability of the Center established herein, such as licensed faculty;

(b) trainers and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities, and
instructional materials; Sustainable funding source and allocation for the budgetary
requirement of the Center

(0) herein established; Assurance that the training programs offered are fuly
aligned with the minimum

(d) standards of competency-based quality technical-vocational skills
technology and the needs of the host site and adjacent localities served in the context
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Philippine Qualifications
Framework (POF) for technical- vocational education; and Compliance with such
other TESDA Conditionalities and standards, as may be necessary.

SEC. 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 of the Center shall be appointed by the TESDA Director General in accordance
with Civil Service Commission rules and regulation and the qualification requirements for
such office.

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

SEC. 7. Appropriations. - The Director General of the TESDA shall include in the
Authority's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act. The LGUs concerned, in consultation with the
TESDA, shall likewise set aside from any available local revenue an amount deemed
appropriate as annual counterpart fund to support the operation of the Center established
herein.

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

SEC. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,