Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Quezon City

19% Congress
First Regular Session
House Bill Nov

Introduced by Representative Gerardo J. Espina, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The bill was originally filed in the 18" Congress. It was approved by the House in the
third reading and transmitted out. However, the Senate failed to act on the approval of the
said measure. Hence, it is now being re-filed in the 19% Congress.

It seeks to establish the TESDA Training and Assessment Center in the
Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran to be known as Naval, Biliran TESDA
Training and Assessment Center Act. The establishment of an accessible, high quality and
efficient technical education and skills development shall be beneficial not only to the
newly high school graduates but also to college graduates and any ordinary
citizen.

The Lone District of Biliran is composed of eight (8) municipalities, namely: Almeria,
Biliran, Cabucgayan, Caibiran, Culaba, Kawayan, Maripipi and Naval. The only existing
TESDA Training Center in the province is located in the Municipality of Cabucgayan which
is very far from the capital town of Naval that serves as the center of trade and commerce of
the Province. Furthermore, it is ironic that the provincial office of TESDA is located in
Barangay Atipolo, Naval, Biliran while the training center is located in Cabucgayan. The
learners find it very difficult to travel to a far-flung area away from the main island. Not only
costing them more expenses but also the time alone is already onerous for them.

This bill, which aims to equip the citizens with basic practical knowledge and
technical expertise, geared towards a society that would be self-reliant, productive and more
importantly employable. The necessity for the creation of a TESDA Training and
Assessment Center in the Municipality of Naval, province of Biliran shall serve the
three (3) municipalities which composed of Naval, Almeria, and Biliran as well as other
neighboring municipalities and provinces since the existing TESDA Accreditation Centers
located in the municipality of Cabucgayan cannot cater to the whole province of
Biliran.

Inview of the foregoing, approvalof this bill is earnestly sought.

HON. GERARDO “ ‘YBQY” J. ESPINA, JR.

Lone District, Biliran


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

19 Congress
First Regular Session
House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Gerardo “Gerryboy” J. Espina, Jr.

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF NAVAL, PROVINCE OF BILIRAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE
NAVAL, BILIRAN TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines
in the Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title- This Act shall be known as the
“Naval, Biliran 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 the Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran, under the supervision of the
TESDA, to be known as the Naval, Biliran TESDA Training and Assessment Center.
It shall be established in a highly accessible location in the Municipality of Naval,
Province of Biliran, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the mutual agreement
between the TESDA and the concerned local government units (LGUs).

SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The Naval, Biliran TESDA Training and
Assessment Center, hereinafter received to as the Center, shall primarily
provide technical-vocational education and training (TVET) programs to
students and local residents from low-income families and out-of-school
youths, including persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples, in the
Municipality of Naval and the neighboring localities in the Province of
Biliran, to help them become productive, self-reliant and globally competitive
labor assets.

The Center shall offer training programs on relevant skills trade
competencies, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship activities needed to
deliver the effective employment interventions that will hasten the
development of the host area and adjacent localities in the Province of Biliran
into human resource and productivity hubs.


The Center shall serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for
acquired competencies in TVET programs in the Municipality of Naval and
adjacent localities in the Province of Biliran. It shall also provide teachers’
training and curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools offering
the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program in
coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the TESDA.

SEC. 4. Training Program. - The Center shall offer short-term certificate
courses and modular trainings in preferred technical-vocational skills and
trades specialization. To this end, the Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and
Technology (DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Interior
and Local Government (DILG), National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA), business-industry partners, and other relevant agencies
and instrumentalities, both local and international, shall provide the
necessary assistance to enable the Center to develop skilled manpower to
achieve a robust inclusive economy in the host area and its adjacent localities.

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 the industry partners,
the academe, and the Center geared towards the acquisition of practical
livelihood, employable skills, gainful employment, and entrepreneurship in
priority areas in the Municipality of Naval and neighboring localities in the
Province of Biliran.

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

(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 training and skills development
in such areas as farming technology, fishing operations technology,
backyard farming and home-based aquaculture and propagation
innovations, mechanized farm, fishing tools and equipment
operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and
innovations, and relevant farmers and fisherfolks’ 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

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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, 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;

(e) Technical-vocational occupation and trades skills such as carpentry,
masonry, plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation,
automotive servicing, electronic servicing, personal computer (PC)
serving, and such other relevant practical skills courses;

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

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

(h)Seminars on personality development, career counseling, job
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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 Naval and of the adjacent localities of
the Province of Biliran 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 Center shall become operational only upon the
determination and certification by the TESDA, through the issuance of a
formal recommendation and certificate of compliance, that the Center has
satisfactorily complied with the minimum requirements for quality standards
prescribed by the TESDA governing the following competency assessment; (a)
standard procedures and guidelines (SPGs) 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 he budgetary
requirement; (d) assurance that the training programs offered are fully
aligned with the minimum standards or competency-based quality technical-
vocational skills technology and the needs of the host area and adjacent
communities served in the context of the Association of Southeast Asian



Nations (ASEAN) Integration and the Philippine Qualifications Framework
(PQF) for TVET; and e) compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities
and standards, as may be necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.

SEC. 6. Administration. - The Center shall be headed by a Technical-
Vocational Administrator, under the supervision of the TESDA, who shall
render full-time service and be responsible for its 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, subject to the 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 operation of the Center, the funding
of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

The LGUs concerned, in consultation with the TESDA, shall set aside
from any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual
counterpart fund to support the operation of the Center herein established.

SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days
after the approval of this Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with the
DOLE, DTI, DOST, DA, the Department of Budget and Management, DILG,
NEDA, the concerned LGUs, and such other relevant agencies and industry-
business partners of the host locality, 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 - Alllaws, executive orders, decrees, issuances, rules
and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,