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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City , Metro Manila
Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session
HOUSEBILi`N-d.     6100
Introduced by Honorable Romulo ``Kid" V. Pefia, Jr.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Makati  City  continues  to  grow  and  expand  as  the  Philippine's  leading
financial  center  with   its   numerous  and  diversified  businesses  and  economic
opportunities. However, it is evident that there is an uneven growth pattern in terms
of   personal   and   professional   development   especially   among   the   district's
marginalized sectors. Moreover, economic restraints, such as the increasing value of
obtaining   a   formal   education,   have   therefore   lessened   the   chances   of  the
underprivileged and poverty-stricken to seek proper and appropriate employment.
It  is  in  this  light  that  this  bill  seeks  to  create  a  TESDA  Training  and
Accreditation Center in Barangay Santa Cruz, Makati City. Through this bill, we
urge   the   government   to   encourage   and   allow   students   and   residents   with
disadvantaged backgrounds to elevate their living situations through practical and
necessary technical education and skills training. An accessible, high quality, and
efficient center will definitely ensure that there will be a continuous production of
self-reliant   and   skilled   individuals   who   will   eventually   contribute   to   the
advancement of Makati City and to the overall progress of our beloved country.
During  the  18th  Congress, a  similar measure  filed  by  this  Representation
passed on 3rd reading in the House of Representatives. Although transmitted to the
Senate  for  its  consideration,  further  progress  relating  to  the  matter  has  yet  to
materialize. Hence, the attached bill is a refilling of the version approved by the
House of Representatives.
In view of this foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
R.M# " v. PEHA, JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session
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HOUSH BILL NO.
Introduced by Honorable Romulo ``Kid" V. Pefia, Jr.
AN   ACT   ESTABLlsmNG   TECHNlcAL   EDucATION   AND   sKILLs
DEVELOPMENT    AUTHORITY    (TESDA)    TRAINING    AND    ASSESSMENT
CENTER IN BARANGAY SANTA CRUZ, MAKATI CITY, T0 BE KNOWN AS THE
BARANGAY    SANTA    CRUZ,   MAKATI    CITY   TESDA   TRAININING   AND
ASSSESSMENT CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be  i.i  enacted  dy  the  Senate  and House  of Representatives  of the  Phiitppines  in
Congress asserndled..
SHCTION I. Short title. -The act shall be known as the "Barangay Santa Cruz,
Makati  City 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
Barangay Santa Cruz, Makati City, under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as
the Barangay Santa Cruz, Makati City TESDA Training and Assessment Center. It shall be
established in a highly accessible location in Barangay, Santa Cruz, Makati City, pursuant
to the purposes of this Act, and to the agreement between of the TESDA and the concerned
local government units (LGUs).
SEC. 3. General Mandate.  - The Barangay Santa Cruz, Makati City TESDA Training
and  Assessment  Center,  hereinafter  referred  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 Barangay Santa Cruz and the neighboring localities


in Makati City, to help them become productive, self-reliant and globally competitive labor
assets.
The Center shall provide effective employment interventions through training programs on
relevant skills trade competencies, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship activities that will
help hasten the development of the host area and the adjacent localities in Makati City into
human resource productivity hubs.
The   Center   shall   serve   as   a   TESDA-accredited   Assessment   Center   for   acquired
competencies in TVET programs in Barangay Santa Cruz and adjacent localities in the City
of Makati. It shall also provide teachers' training and curriculum design assistance to the
secondary  schools  offering  the  technical-vceational  livelihood  track  under the  K  to  12
Program, in coordination with the Department of Education and TESDA.
SEC.  4.  Training Programs - 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 I.abor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI),  Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA),
Department   of  the   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, the academe, and the Center geared toward the acquisition of
practical livelihood, employable skills, gainful employment, and entrepreneurship in priority
areas in Barangay Santa Cruz and neighboring localities in Makati City.
The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies assessment leading
to National Certification Levels I-Ill:
(a)   Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and steelworks,
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 and farm  technology,  fishing  operations  technology,  backyard
farming  and  home~based  aquaculture  and  propagation  innovations,  mechanized
faming,  fishing  tools  and  equipment  operation,  agribusiness  and  agri-aqua  trade
technology  and  innovations,  and  relevant  farmers'  and  fisherfolks'  traihings  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  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;
(e)   Technical-vocational   occupation   and   trade   skills   such   as   carpentry,   masonry,
plumbing,   wielding,   practical   electricity   and   installation,   automotive   servicing,
electronics servicing, personal computer servicing, and such other relevant practical
skills courses;
(I)   Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, digital technology, web
desi gn, 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 in personality development, career counseling and job placement, and work
ethic and values; and


(i)   Other preferred priority skills and trade training that may be needed by the people of
Barangay  Santa  Cruz  and  of  the  other  lcx=alities  in  Makati  City  to  enhance  their
capacities   for   practical   livelihood,   gainful   employment,   and   entrepreneurship
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 issunnce of a formal recommendation and certificate
of compliance, that the Center has satisfactorily complied with the minimum  standards of
quality  prescribed  by  the  TESDA  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 as a Center; (c)
sustainable funding source and allocation of the budgetary requirement; (d) full alignment of
the  training  programs  offered  with  the  minimum  standards  of competency-based  quality
technical-vocationalskillstechnologyandtheneedsofthehostareaandadjacentcommunities
served within the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) integration
and the Philippine Qualification Framework 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 the administration and operation of the Center.
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 mutual 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.


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SEC 7. Appropriations.  -  The Director General of the TESDA shall include tip 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 apploval of tlris
Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with the DOIE, DTI, DOST, DA, Deparment of Budget and
Management (DBM), DILG, NEDA, the concerned IJ3Us, and such other relevant agencies and
industry-businessparthersofthehastlocality,prepareandissuethenecessaryrulesandregulalousfor
theeffeedveimprementationofthisAct.
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, rules 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 at a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,