EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
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Introduced by SENATOR CYNTHIA A. VILLAR
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF MINALABAC, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, TO BE 
KNOWN AS THE MINALABAC TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT 
CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This bill seeks to establish a Technicai Education and Skills Development 
Authority (TESDA) Training Center in the Municipality of Minalabac, Province of 
Camarines Sur.
In establishing a vocational and technical skills center, we are providing 
windows of opportunities for people under the care of our education system. The 
center will not only cater to the youth sector, but to everyone willing and able to 
learn skills that they need in order to work locally and abroad. Accessible and high- 
Quality technical education and skills development centers will help country produce 
self-reliant and able workers.
This bills hopes to stimulate technical and vocational skills as an element of 
our economic progress. It hopes to uplift the lives of the Filipino people by giving 
them chances to acquire quality education without the economic constraints. With


the proper infrastructure and sustained training programs available in our education 
system, we are able to provide opportunities for our constituents to help themselves 
and make them employable.
I am pleased to file this bill, which Is the Senate counterpart measure of HB 
No. 5875 principally authored by Hon. Luis Raymund "Lray" F. Villafuerte, Jr., the 
Representative of the Second District of Camarines Sur.
In view of the foregoing, I seek the approval of this measure.
CYNTHIA A. VILLAR


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
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20 AUG 25 P3 139
Introduced by SENATOR CYNTHIA A. VILLAR
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF MINALABAC, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, TO BE 
KNOWN AS THE MINALABAC 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:
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Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Minalabac TESDA
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Training and Assessment Center Act".
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Sec. 2. Establishment - There is hereby established a Technical Education
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and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in the
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Municipality of Minalabac, Province of Camarines Sur, under the supervision of the
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TESDA, to be known as the Minalabac TESDA Training and Assessment Center. It
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shall be established in a highly accessible location in the Municipality of Minalabac,
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province of Camarines Sur, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the mutual
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agreement between the TESDA and the concerned local government units (LGUs).


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Sec. 3. General Mandate. - The Minalabas TESDA Training and Assessment
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Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shail primariiy provide technicai-
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vocationai education and training (TVET) programs to students and locai residents
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from iow-income famiiies and out-of-school youths, including persons with
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disabilities and indigenous peoples, in the Municipality of Minalabac and the rest of
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the adjacent localities, to help them become productive, self-reliant and globally
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competitive labor assets.
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The Center shall offer training programs on relevant skills trade
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competencies, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the
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effective employment interventions that will hasten the development of the host
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area adjacent localities in the Province of Camarines Sur into human resource and
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productivity hubs.
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The Center shall also serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for
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acquired competencies in TVET programs in the Municipality of Minalabac and other
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municipalities of the Province of Camarines Sur. It shall also provide teachers'
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training and curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools offering the
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technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program In coordination
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with the Department of Education (DepED) and the TESDA.
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Sec. 4. Training Programs. - The Center shall offer short-term certificate
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courses and modular trainings in preferred technical-vocational skills and trades
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specialization. To this end, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE),
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Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology
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(DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of the Interior and Local
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Government (DILG), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),
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business-industry partners, and such other relevant agencies and instrumentalities,
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both local and international, shall provide the necessary assistance to enable the
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Center to develop skilled manpower to achieve a robust and inclusive economy In
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the host area and its adjacent localities.
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The Center may establish research and technology hubs, technology
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development farms, satellite or extension training centers, and promote mobile
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training programs to strengthen linkages among the industry partners, the academe,
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and the Center geared towards the acquisition of practicai iiveiihood, empioyabie
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skiiis, gainfui empioyment, and entrepreneurship in priority areas in the Municipaiity
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of Minalabac and other municipaiities of the province of Camarines Sur.
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The Center shaii offer the foiiowing TVET programs with competencies
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assessment leading to National Certification Levels Mil:
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a. Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal 
and steelwork, 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 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, 
agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and relevant 
farmers and fisherfolk's 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 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;
d. Basic business literacy training In financial management, marketing 
practical accountancy, bookkeeping and office procedures, business 
process and application procedures including registration, licensing, 
documentation, business patent and intellectual property regulation, 
business financing and Investment opportunities sourcing, import-


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export accreditation, oniine home-based business operation, and use of
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sociai media business marketing;
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e. Technical-vocational occupation and trades skills such as carpentry,
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masonry, plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation,
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automotive servicing, electronics servicing, personal computer (PC)
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servicing, and such other relevant practical skills courses;
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f. Computer literacy and Information technology (IT) related skills, digital
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technology, web design, animation, photoshop/online photography,
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computer design, and advertising;
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g. Social communication skills development and language proficiency
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courses in English and other languages for business process
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outsourcing employment and overseas job placement;
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h. Seminars on personality development, career counseling and job
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placement, work ethic and values; and
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I. Other preferred priority skills and trades training that may be needed
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by the people of the Municipality of Minalabac and other municipalities
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of the Province of Camarines Sur to enhance their capacities for
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practical livelihood, gainful employment, and entrepreneurship
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activities.
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Sec. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act
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notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon the determination
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and certification by the TESDA, through the issuance of a formal recommendation
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and certificate of compliance, that the Center has satisfactorily complied with the
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minimum requirements for quality standards prescribed by the TESDA governing the
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following competency assessment:
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a. Standard procedures and guidelines for the establishment and
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operation of a Center;


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b. Operational sustainability of the Center, in terms of licensed faculty-
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trainers and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities,
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instructional materials, and other standard requirements of a Center;
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c. Sustainable funding source and allocation of budget requirement;
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d. Assurance that the training programs offered are fully aligned with the
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minimum standards of competency-based quality technical-vocational
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skills technology and the needs of the host area and adjacent
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communities served in the context of the Association of Southeast
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Asian Nations (ASEAN) integration and the Philippine Qualifications
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Framework (PQF) for TVET; and
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e. Compliance with such other TESDA conditionality and standards as
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may be necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.
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Sec. 6. Administration. - The Center shall be headed by a Technical-
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Vocational Administrator, under the supervision of the TESAD, who shall render full-
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time service and be responsible for the administration and operation of the Center.
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The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall be appointed by the TESDA
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Director General in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service
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Commission and the qualification requirements for such office.
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The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall enter into agreements with
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locally-based private and public counterpart agencies or instrumentalities and
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persons, subject to the approval of the TESDA Director General, for such assistance
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as may be necessary to effectively implement this Act.
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Sec. 7. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to implement the provisions
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of this Act, and its continued implementation thereafter, shall be Included in the
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annual General Appropriations Act.
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The concerned LGUs in consultation with the TESDA, shall set aside from any
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available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual counterpart fund


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to support the operation of the Minalabac TESDA Training and Assessment Center
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herein estabiished.
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Sec. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days after
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the approval of this Act, the TESDA shali, in coordination with the DOLE, DTI, DOST,
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DA, Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, concerned LCDs, and
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such other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality,
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prepare and issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective
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impiementation of this Act.
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Sec. 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any section of this Act shall
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be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof shail
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not be affected and shall remain in force and effect.
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Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. - Ali iaws, executive orders, decrees, instructions,
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rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are
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repeaied or amended accordingly.
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Sec. 11. Separability OauseEffectivity. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
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days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
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circulation.
Approved.