EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1659
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT 
CENTER IN QUEZON CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE QUEZON CITY TESDA 
TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article XIV, Section 1 of the Constitution provides that "the State shall protect 
and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take 
appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all." The Constitution further 
mandates that the State establish, maintain and support a compiete, adequate, and 
integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the people and society.
The availability or access to education is the foundation of the development of 
the human capital of any country. The quality of a country's human capital, v\/hich is 
nurtured, through education, determines the course of its national development. 
Likewise, access to education shouid be inclusive and should be afforded to the 
residents of Quezon City to enhance and to formalize their skiils to be used for their 
livelihood and for their locality's economic growth.
This bill seeks to establish a Technical Education and Skills Development 
Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in Quezon City. This measure wiii 
ensure that residents and most especialiy out-of-school youths in Quezon City are 
provided access to technical and vocational education for employment.
Given the abovementioned circumstances, the immediate passage of this bill is 
earnestly sought.
IMEE R. MARCOS
Senator


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 1659
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT 
CENTER IN QUEZON CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE QUEZON CITY TESDA 
TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of die Phiiippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Title. -This Act shall be known as the "Quezon City TESDA
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Training and Assessment Center Act".
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Sec. 2. Establishment -There is hereby established a Technical Education and
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Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in Quezon City,
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under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as the Quezon City TESDA Training
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and Assessment Center. It shall be established in a highly accessible location in Quezon
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City, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the mutual agreement between the
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TESDA and the concerned local government units (LGUs).
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Sec. 3. General Mandate. -The Quezon City TESDA Training and Assessment
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Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide technical-
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vocational education and training (TVET) programs to students, local residents from
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low-income families, and out-of-school youths, including persons with disabilities and
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indigenous peoples, in Quezon City and the neighboring localities in the National
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Capital Region (NCR), to help them become productive, self-reliant and globally
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competitive labor assets.


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The Center shall provide effective employment interventions through the 
training programs on relevant skills trade competencies, craftsmanship, and 
entrepreneurship activities that will help hasten the development of Quezon City and 
its adjacent localities into human resource and productivity hubs.
The Center shall serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for acquired 
competencies in TVET programs in Quezon City and neighboring cities in the NCR. It 
shall also provide teachers' training and curriculum design assistance to the secondary
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schools offering the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12
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Program in coordination with the Department of Education 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 
(DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of the Interior and Local 
Government (DILG), National Economic and Deveiopment Authority (NEDA), business- 
industry partners, and other reievant agencies and instrumentaiities, both local and 
international, shall provide the necessary assistance to enable the Center to develop 
skilled manpower to achieve a robust and 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 Quezon City and neighboring 
cities in the NCR.
The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies 
assessment leading to National Cerftification Levels I-III:


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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 acquaculture-related trainings and skills development in 
such areas as farming technology, fishing operations technology, backyard 
farming and home-based acquaculture and propagation innovations, 
operations, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and 
relevant farmers and fisherfolk's training for increased productivity and 
entrepreneurship;
(c) Liveiihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and 
small-scale entrepreneurship, inciuding 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, 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, welding, practical electricity and installation, automotive 
servicing, electronics servicing, and such other relevant practical skills 
courses;
(f) Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, digital 
technology, web design, animation, photoshop/online photography, 
computer design, and advertising;


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(g) Social communication skills development and language proficiency courses
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In English and other languages for business process outsourcing
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employment and overseas job placement;
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(h) Seminars on personality development, career counseling and job placement,
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and work ethic and values; and
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(i) Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the people
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of Quezon City and the other cities in the NCR to enhance their capacities
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for practical livelihood, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial 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 and
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certification by the TESDA, through the issuance of a formal recommendation and
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certificate of compliance, that the Center has satisfactorily complied with the minimum
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standards of quality prescribed by the TESDA governing the following;
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(a) Standard procedures and guidelines for the establishment and operation of
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the Center;
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(b) Operational sustainability of the Center, in terms of licensed faculty-trainers
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and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities, instructional
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materials, and other standard requirements of a Center;
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(c) Sustainable funding source and all allocation of the budgetary 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 skills
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technology and the needs of the host area and adjacent communities served
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in the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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Integration and the Philippine Qualifications Framework for TVET; and
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(e) Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards, as may
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be necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.
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Sec. 6. Administration. - The Center shall be headed by a Technical-Vocational
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Administrator under the supervision of the TESDA, who shall render full-time service,
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and be responsible for its administration and operation.
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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 TESDA Director General 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
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support the operation of the Center herein established.
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Sec. 8. Impiementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days after 
the approval of this Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with the DOLE, DTI, DOST, 
DA, Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, 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
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Act shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof
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shall not be affected and shall thereby remain in force and effect.
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Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, 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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hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
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Sec. 11. EffectMty. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication In the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
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Approved,