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

NTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 4222

Introduced by Representative Salvador B, Belaro, Jr

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Philippines is the third largest English speaking country in the world
and that fact presents opportunities for employment for our people, especially in
the area of tourism,

In recent years, such opportunity manifested itself with the large number
of Korean and Chinese tourists coming to the country for the purpose of
learning the English language or practicing spoken English while going on
vacation and checking out the tourist spots in our country.

If we go by the statistics of the number of tourists going to the Philippines
for such purpose, we have here a sunshine industry which the government
should support not only to promote Philippine tourism but also to generate jobs
to our countrymen who can at least speak conversational English. That is the
very objective of this Act

SALVXOOR|B. BELARO, JR.
Reprgsentftive
1-Asg Edukasyon Party List


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

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4220

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr

AN ACT
SUPPORTING THE TRAINING OF ENGLISH TUTOR AND TOUR
GUIDES IN THE COUNTRY

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 “English Tutors and
Tour Guides Act of 2016”.

SEC, 2. Dei
employment of

ation of Policy, It is a policy of the state to promote the full
s citizens, and to take care of their general welfare.

SEC. 3. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is mandated to
formulate for our unemployed citizens who are proficient in the English
language a program for English tutors who can also serve as tour guides for
visiting tourists in the country. Also, the CHED likewise mandated to
formulate a program for conversational English for tourists who would like to
participate in such program.

SEC. 4. The Commission on Higher Education, in coordination with the
Department of Tourism and the Department of Labor and Employment shall
formulate the rules and regulations to implement this Act with the objective that


such rules will make it more attractive for more tourists to come to the
Philippines to participate in such programs, will facilitate and assist said tourists
during their stay in the country, protect their safety and health, and ensure that
such programs redound to increased income, employment and enterprises
generation for our country.

SEC. 5. All state univer
programs mentioned in
implement the said programs

ities and colleges are also mandated to implement the
ction 3 above and to promote and effectively

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

SEC. 7. Separability Clause. If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law ot provision not otherwise affected
shall remain valid and subsisting.

SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. All laws, orders, issuances rules and regulations or
parts thereof inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed,
modified or amended accordingly.

SEC. 9. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.