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Republic of the Philippines +: CEIVE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE: RECEIVED
Quezon City ve: 2 6 JUL 2016

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

REEISTRATION UNIT
BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE

130:

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HONORABLE MELECIO J. YAP, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This bills seeks to establish a Technical Education and _ skills
Development Authority (TESDA) Training Center in the First District of the
Province of Negros Occidental to be located in the City of Escalante,
province of Negros Occidental.

Geographically, it must be noted that the First District of Negros
Occidental which is comprised of 2 cities namely Escalante City and San
Carlos City, and 3 other municipalities, namely: Toboso, Calatrava and
Salvador Benedicto, is situated more or less 146 kilo meters away from the
Metro Bacolod, the provincial capital which results to limited options for skills
training centers and the like.

The increasing number of drop outs among school children in the
secondary level must also be duly considered attributed mostly to poverty
despite national program interventions such as the Pantawid Program. Most
of our youths being confronted with such predicament would opt to work
rather than pursue academic degree to help provide for their impoverished
family. Economic constraints have truly lessened their chances of acquiring
quality education that will eventually lead to adverse effects on their growth
and development.

As our educational system is on its full swing in the implementation of
the K f012 program, there is a need for us to provide windows of opportunities
for our out-of-school youth and those constituency who would opt to acquire
additional vocational and technical skills to be more competitive and to
keep up with the increasing demands of working skills both locally and
abroad.



Through this undertaking, there would be activities that will strengthen
manpower education and training that will improve our youth's competency
thereby empowering them with new skills and knowledge for better
employment possibility.

Gender equality must also be taken into consideration as there should
be an equal opportunity to advance knowledge and skills suitable both for
men and women alike.

Through this measure, we are paving the way for our youth, particularly
the out-of-school to be productive citizens.

Henceforth, immediate approval of this bill is fervently prayed for.

MELECIO J. YAP, JR.
Representative
15 Distritt of Negros Occidental



SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE BILL NO. _1909

Introduced by HONORABLE MELECIO J. YAP, JR.

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING CENTER IN THE FIRST
DISTRICT OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL TO BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
ESCALANTE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the supervision of
the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), A Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training Center in
the First District of the Province of Negros Occidental to be located in
the City of Escalante.

SECTION 2. The Training Center shall provide technical and
vocational training and skills development programs to low income
families and out-of-school youth in the First District of Negros
Occidental being comprised by the Cities of Escalante and San Carlos,
Municipalities of Toboso, Calatrava, and Salvador Benedicto.

SECTION 3. TESDA, in close coordination with the Department of
Labor and Employment, shall formulate the needed Implementing
Rules and Regulations (IRR) that shall govern the implementation of this
Act.

SECTION 4. The funding necessary in the implementation of this
Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA)
on the year following the approval of this Act and in every year
thereafter.

SECTION 5. Separability Clause. Should there be any section of
this Act that is deemed unconstitutional or in contrast with any existing
laws and regulations, the other sections or provisions thereof shall not
be affected thereby and shall remain in force and effect.


SECTION 6. 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 modified
accordingly.

SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval.

Approved.