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Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

2406
House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Estrellita B. Suansing

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘This bill seeks to establish Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) Training and Accreditation Centers in the Municipalities
of Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Sto. Domingo, Aliaga, Licab and Quezon, all in the
Province of Nueva Ecija.

The abovementioned municipalities are among the nine municipalities
comprising the First Legislative District of Nueva Ecija. While the nearest city,
Cabanatuan City, provides for better opportunities in terms of availability and
accessibility of training centers, many of the learners, however, come from low
income families, and would rather opt to put food on their tables than to
spend what little money they have on other expenses, such as transportation
fare.

By bringing the TESDA training centers closer to the prople, learners
from low income families and other marginalized individuals will be able to
pursue technical-vocational skills to better prepare them to engage in gainful
employment and entrepreneurship and help them become economically
stable, globally competitive and productive members of society.

This bill has been filed during the 17 Congress and approved on Third
and Final Reading. In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill
is earnestly sought.



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Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session
2406

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Estrellita B. Suansing

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTERS IN THE
MUNICIPALITIES OF NAMPICUAN, CUYAPO, STO. DOMINGO, ALIAGA,
LICAB, AND QUEZON, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Nampicuan,
Cuyapo, Sto. Domingo, Aliaga, Licab, and Quezon, Nueva Ecija TESDA
‘Training and Assessment Centers Act.”

SEC. 2. Establishment. - There are hereby established Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Centers
in the six (6) municipalities of Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Sto. Domingo, Aliaga,
Licab, and Quezon, all in the First Congressional District of the Province of
Nueva Ecija, under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known individually
as follows: (a) Nampicuan Training and Assessment Center; (b) Cuyapo
Training and Assessment Center; (c) Sto. Domingo Training and Assessment
Center; (d) Aliaga Training and Assessment Center; (e) Licab Training and
Assessment Center; and (f) Quezon Training and Assessment Center.

SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The six (6) TESDA Training and Assessment
Centers, hereinafter referred to as the Centers, shall primarily provide
technical-vocational training and skills development programs to students
and residents from low-income families and out-of-school youths, including
college dropouts and persons with disabilities, in the six (6) municipalities of
Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Sto. Domingo, Aliaga, Licab, and Quezon of the First
Congressional District and the adjacent localities of the Province of Nueva
Ecija geared towards the acquisition of practical livelihood, employable skills,
gainful employment, and entrepreneurship.

The Centers shall help train local residents to become productive, self-
reliant and globally competitive middle to high-level skilled labor force to
hasten the social and economic development of these areas, in particular and

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to meet the manpower needs of both local and international labor markets, in
general.

‘The Centers shall consider in the design of relevant technical-vocational
training programs to be offered thereat a competency assessment of the
socioeconomic profile, employment conditions and opportunities, business
climate, market and industry potentials, resources available and presence of
support structures, including the literacy level and skills readiness, and the
overall development within the host areas and adjacent communities within
the operational radius of the Centers established therein. The Centers shall
also consider the relevant skills trade competencies, craftmanship training
programs, and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the effective
employment and development interventions required to make these areas as
human resource and productivity hubs.

The Centers shall also serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Centers
for acquired competencies in technical-vocational skills in the municipalities
of Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Sto. Domingo, Aliaga, Licab, and Quezon, and in the
adjacent areas and localities in the Province of Nueva Ecija.

Preference in admission shall be given to the most disadvantaged
citizens, including persons with disabilities, and the most economically
depressed areas of the municipalities of Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Sto. Domingo,
Aliaga, Licab, and Quezon of the First COngressonal District, and of the
adjacent localities of the Province of Nueva Ecija within the service area of the
Centers.

The Centers shall, in coordination with the Department of Education
(DepEd) and the TESDA, offer relevant teachers’ training assistance and
curriculum design to the secondary schools providing the technical-vocational
livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program of the DepEd in the
municipalities of Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Sto. Domingo, Aliaga, Licab, and
Quezon, respectively, and in the adjacent areas and localities in the Province
of Nueva Ecija within the service are of the Centers.

SEC. 4. Training Programs. - The Centers shall offer diverse short-term
certificate courses and modular trainings in relevant technical-vocational
skills and trade specialization to comply with employment standards in
preferred and emerging market-driven labor opportunities, and shall likewise
give premium efforts to skills specialization for local market employment
requirements geared towards achieving the development of a robust inclusive
economy within the host areas and each of the adjacent localities and
communities within the operational radius of the Centers, in consultation
with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST),
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Economic
and Development Authority (NEDA), business-industry partners, and such
other relevant agencies, both local and international.

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‘The Centers may establish, as deemed necessary and practicable,
research and technology hubs, technology development farms, mobile
training programs, and satellite or extension training centers in priority areas
throughout the Province of Nueva Ecija within the service radius of the
Centers to strengthen linkages among the industry, the academe and the
Centers.

To address the development and manpower needs of the six (6) host
municipalities and the adjacent localities and communities in the Province of
Nueva Ecija within the Centers’ service access, the Centers shall offer the
following TESDA-registered technical-vocational training programs with
competencies assessment leading to National Certification Levels I-III:

(a) Skills training in industrial technology and hard trade such as
metal and steel works, 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-related trainings and farm skills development in such
areas as farming technology and farm operations, backyard farming and
home-based aquaculture and propagation innovations, mechanized farm
tools and equipment operations, agribusiness and agri-trade technology and
innovations, and relevant farmers trainings for increased productivity and
entrepreneurship;

(c) Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills
employment and small-scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills
education in crafts and arts, workmanship and designing, high-speed sewing,
dressmaking and tailoring, horticulture, livestock raining and breeding, food
processing technology, home technology, culinary arts and commercial
cooking, cosmetology, 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, including 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, basic personal computer (PC)
troubleshooting and servicing, and such other relevant practical skills
courses;

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


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

(h) Seminars in personality development, career counseling and job
placement, work ethic and values; and

(i) Other preferred priority skills and trade training that may be
needed by the people of the six (6) municipalities of Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Sto.
Domingo, Aliaga, Licab, and Quezon, and the adjacent localities of the
Province of Nueva Ecija 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 establishment of the TESDA Training and
Assessment Centers in each of the six (6) municipalities of Nampicuan,
Cuyapo, Sto. Domingo, Aliaga, Licab, and Quezon, respectively, all in the First
Congressional District of the Province of Nueva Ecija, shall become effective
only upon the determination and declaration of the TESDA through the
issuance of a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance that the
Centers have individually complied with the minimum requirements
prescribed by TESDA governing the following competency assessment: (a)
standard procedures and guidelines (SPGs) for the establishment and
operation of a TESDA-accredited training and assessment center; (b)
operational sustainability of the Centers established herein, such as licensed
faculty-trainers and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities,
and instructional materials; (c) sustainable funding source and allocation for
the budgetary requirement of the Centers herein established; (d) assurance
that the training programs offered are dully aligned with the minimum
standards of competency-based quality technical-vocational skills technology
and the needs of the host sites and adjacent localities served in the context of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Philippine
Qualifications Framework (PQF) for technical-vocational education; and (e)
compliance with other TESDA conditionalities and standards in establishing
a TESDA-accredited Center as may be necessary and applicable.

SEC. 6. Administration. — Each of the six (6) Centers shall be headed by a
Technical-Vocational Administrator, under the supervision of the TESDA,
who shall render full-time services and be responsible for the administration
and operation of each of the Centers.

The Technical-Vocational Administrator of each of the Centers shall be
appointed by the TESDA Director General in accordance with Civil Service
Commission rules and regulations and the qualification requirements for
such office.

The Technical-Vocational Administrator of each of the Centers shall
enter into mutual agreements with locally-based private and public
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approval by 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 implementation of this Act, the funding of
which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The local
government units (LGUs) concerned, in consultation with the TESDA, shall
likewise set aside from any available local revenue an amount deemed
appropriate as annual counterpart fund to support the operation of the
Centers established herein.

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, NEDA, Department of Budget and Management, DILG, the
concerned LGUs, and such other relevant agencies and industry-business
partners of the host localities, prepare and issue the necessary rules and
regulations for the implementation of this Act.

SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any section of this Act
shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provision
hereof shall not be affected and shall remain in force and 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 hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SEC. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,