Republic of the Philippines lex
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tJ
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

RECEIVED

ore: OCT_0 3 2019

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

5093
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Every year, the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority
(TESDA) produces graduates imbued with skills qualified for employment.
However, their employment options in the country are limited, even made more so
by the fact that despite the skills they have acquired, they are not qualified to work
in the government due to the required civil service eligibility. Many of the graduates
from the courses that TESDA offers already have the basic training for positions
needed in government service yet they are still required to take the Civil Service
exam, which comes at an additional cost and could be time-consuming as well.

This Act, however, would not only be beneficial to TESDA graduates but to
employees of the government without civil service eligibility that have shown
exemplary service, dependability, and loyalty.

This Act seeks to make a TESDA certification equivalent to the grant of a first

level civil service eligibility to enable a wider scope of employment opportunities for
graduates.

GABRIEL }ORDADO, abla


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

5093
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado Jr.

AN ACT
MAKING TESDA CERTIFICATION AS EQUIVALENT TO FIRST LEVEL CIVIL
SERVICE ELIGIBILITY

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 “TESDA Certification Law

SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all graduates of
courses offered by the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority
(TESDA) shall be deemed to have attained a first level civil service eligibility within
the contemplation of the laws and regulations of the Civil Service Commission.

SEC. 3. Government employees who are not civil service eligible, but who have
served the government for at least 5 years may, upon the recommendation of the
immediate head of said employee, be allowed to apply for a TESDA certification
which will grant said employee a first level civil service eligibility within the
contemplation of the laws and regulation of the Civil Service Commission.

‘SEC. 4. The Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) is
mandated to revise the curriculum of all its course offerings and trainings so that
the most basic skill required in government service is integrated in such curriculum
with due regard to the fact that upon completion of said course offerings and
trainings, the TESDA certification that will be issued will be equivalent to a first level
civil service eligibility.


SEC. 5. The Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA), shall be
furthermore, tasked to formulate the rules and regulations necessary to implement
this Act.

SEC. 6. The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included
in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and
thereafter.

SEC. 7. All laws, orders, issuance rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent
with any provision of this Act are hereby repealed, modified, or amended
accordingly.

SEC. 8, This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved.