Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

rouse miDPNo. F516

Introduced by REP. EMILIO BERNARDINO L. YULO.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to create the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in the Municipality of Binalbagan, Province of
Negros Occidental, to be known as Binalbagan TESDA Training and Assessment Center.

Republic Act No. 7796, also known as the Technical Education and Skills Development
Act of 1994, provides that the State shall "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."

Through the establishment of this TESDA Center, students and local residents of
Binalbagan and other neighboring municipalities and city, particularly those from low-income
families, out-of-school youths, indigenous people, and persons with disabilities, will have access
to technical-vocational education and training (TVET) programs that will enable them to, learn

appropriate income-generating skills and become economically productive and self-reliant

members of their respective communities. Likewi

;, it will help unlock the potential oof those

who can fully develop their gifts through the skills training, turning them into dynamic agents of

positive change.


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

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REP. EMILIQ BERN:



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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HOUSE BILL" 6.4516

Introduced by REP. EMILIO BERNARDINO L. YULO

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF BINALBAGAN, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL,
TO BE KNOWN AS THE BINALBAGAN TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT
CENTER, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF

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 “Binalbagan 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 a highly
accessible area in the Municipality of Binalbagan, Province of Negros Occidental, under
the supervision of TESDA, to be known as the Binalbagan TESDA Training and
Assessment Center.

SEC. 3. General Mandate. The Binalbagan TESDA Training and Assessment
Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide technical-vocational
education and training (TVET) and skills development programs to students and local
residents from low-income families and out-of-school youth, including persons with
disabilities (PWDs) and indigenous peoples (IPs) in the fifth district of Negros
Occidental, geared towards the acquisition of practical livelihoods, 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 account for the design of relevant technical-vocational training
programs to be offered thereat with a competency assessment of the socioeconomic
profile, employment conditions and opportunities, business climate, market and industry
potentials, available resources and presence of support structures, including the literacy
level and skills readiness, and the overall development needs of the host area and

adjacent communities within the operational radius of the Center established herein.

The Center shall also consider the relevant skills and trade competencies,
craftsmanship training programs, and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the
effective employment and development interventions required to make the area a source
of economic productivity.

The Center shall also serve as a TESDA-accredited assessment center for
acquired competencies in technical-vocational skills. Preference in admission, however,
shall be given to the most disadvantaged citizens, including PWDs, and to the most
economically depressed areas.

Further, as deemed necessary and practicable, in coordination with the
Department of Education (DepEd) and the TESDA, the Center shall render relevant
teachers training assistance and curriculum design to the secondary schools offering the
technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program of the DepEd in
the Municipality of Binalbagan and the areas within the Center’s service and operational
scope.

SEC. 4. Training Programs. The Center shall offer diverse short-term certificate
courses and modular trainings in relevant technical-vocational skills and trades
specialization to comply with employment standards in preferred market-driven labor
opportunities, and shall likewise give premium efforts to skills specialization for local
market employment requirements geared towards achieving the development of a robust
inclusive economy within the host area 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), Department of Trade and Industry
(DTD, Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Interior and
Local Government (DILG), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),
business-industry partners, and such other relevant agencies, both local and international,
shall provide the necessary assistance to enable the Center to develop skilled manpower

to achieve a robust and inclusive economy.

‘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 industry partners, the academe, and the Center geared towards
the acquisition of practical livelihoods, employable skills, gainful employment, and
entrepreneurship capabilities.

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

a. Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and
steelwork, machine fabrication and operation, heavy equipment 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 farming, fishing tools
and equipment operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and
relevant training seminars for farmers and fisherfolk to encourage entrepreneurship and
thus increase their productivity;

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

4. 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 use of

social media business marketing;

€. Technical-vocational occupation and trade skills such as carpentry, masonry,
plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation, automotive servicing, electronics

servicing, personal computer servicing, and such other relevant practical skills courses;

£ Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, web development,

3D digital animation, game development, and computer-aided design applications;

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

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

i. Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the people of
the Municipality of Binalbagan and of adjacent localities to enhance their capacities for
practical livelihoods, 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 issuance by TESDA
of a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance attesting that the Center has
satisfactorily complied with the minimum standards of quality it has prescribed

governing the following:

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 the budgetary requirement;

4. Full alignment of the training programs offered with the minimum standards of
‘competency-based quality technical vocational skills technology and the needs of
the host arcas and adjacent communities served within the context of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) integration and the Philippine
Qualification Framework for TVET; and

¢. Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards, as maybe

necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.

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

be responsible for the Center’s respective 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 for such assistance as may be
necessary to effectively implement this Act, subject to the approval of the TESDA
Director General.

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

SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within ninety (90) days after the
approval of this Act, TESDA shall, in coordination with the DOLE, DTI, DOST, DA,
Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, the concemed LGU, and such
other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host localities, prepare and

issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective 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 thereof


shall not be affected and shall remain in force and in effect.

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