Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINHTEENTH CONGRE SS
Second Regular Session
House Bill No. 8975
Introduced by Representative Midy N. Cua
Lone District, Quirino
AN ACT
CONVERTING THE CABARROGUIS NATIONAL SCHOOL 0F ARTS AND TRADE IN
THE MUNICIPALITY 0F CABARROGUIS, PROVINCE 0F QUIRINO, INTO A
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION T0 BE ADMINISTERED AND SUPERVISED BY TIIH
TECHNICAL EDUCATION ANI) SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TO BE KNOWN
AS THE QUIRIN0 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE; AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The  1987  Constitution  mandates  the  right  of all  citizens  to  quality  education  at  all  levels.  In  view
thereof, the State shall take appropriate steps to make quality education accessible to all.
This bill seeks to convert the Cabarroguis National School of Arts and Trade in Cabarroguis, Quirino
into the Quirino Polytechnic Institute.
The  conversion to  a  polytechnic  institute  will provide the people  of Quirino relevant technical  and
vocational programs. This is in line with the provincial govemment's vision of creating employment
opportunities in existing and future industries in the province.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this measure is earnestly sought.


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVHS
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
•.     H.useBillN.. 8975
Introduced by Representative Midy N. Cua
Lone District, Quirino
AN ACT
CONVERTING THE CABARROGUIS NATIONAL SCHOOL 0F ARTS AND TRADE IN
THE MUNlclpALIT¥ oF CABARROGuls, PRoVINCE oF QumlNo, INTo A
POLYTHCHNIC INSTITUTION T0 BE ADMINISTERED AND SUPERVISED BY TIIE
TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPRENT AUTHORITY, TO BE KNOWN
AS THE QumlNo poLyTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AI`m AppRopRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives Of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
I        SHCTION 1. Sfeor/ r!t/a. -This Act shall be known as the "Quirino polytechnic Institute (QPI) Act."
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3        SEC. 2.  Co#tJcrsj.o#.  -The cabarroguis National  school of Arts and Trade (CNSAT)  located  in the
4        Municipality ofcabarroguis, Province of Quirino,  is hereby converted  into a polytechnic institute, to
5       be  known  as  the  "Quirino  Polytechnic  Institute,"  under  the  supervision  and  administration  of the
6       Technical Education and skills Development Authority (TESDA).
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8       SHC. 3. GCHcr¢/ A4l¢"d¢/a. -The Qpl shall restructure its technical-vocational education and training
9       (TVET) curricular programs to respond to the needs  of the  local  and  international  labor markets  for
10        technical skills, and align curriculum with current international skill standards.
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12        To  this  end,  the  QPI  shall  upgrade  its  curricular  standards  as  a  post-secondary  polytechnic  skills
13        educational  institution and provide higher  level competency qualifications for instructors in TESDA-
14       registered TVET programs and certificate courses.  It shall provide relevant skills trainings and trade
15        specialization courses to facilitate the acquisition by the citizenry of the necessary technical skills that
16       will    enhance   their    access    to    gainful    employment,    practical    livelihood,    and    entrepreneurial
17       opportunities,  and  thus  hasten  the  development  of the  host  area  and  the  adjacent  localities  in  the
18        Province ofQuirino into human resource and productivity hubs.
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20       Priority  admission to the Qpl,  including availment  of scholarships,  grants-in-aid and other forms  of
21        student financial assistance,  shall be given to the  most economically disadvantaged students,  out-of-
22        school  youths,  persons  with  disabilities,  and  indigenous  peoples  in  Cabarroguis  and  the  adjacent
23        localities   in  the  Province  of  Quirino  to   ensure  their  development   into  productive  and   globally
24        competitive skilled labor assets.
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1        The   QPI   shall   serve   as   a   TESDA-accredited   assessment   center,   subject   to   the   accreditation
2       requirements  under  the  Philippine  TVET  Competency  Assessment  and  Certification  System,  for
3       acquired competencies  in TVET programs  in the province of Quirino.  It shall also provide teachers'
4       training and assistance to  secondary schools  offering the technical-vocational  livelihood track under
5       the  K to  12  Program  in  the  area  of curriculum  designing,  in  coordination  with the  Department  of
6       Education, the TESDA and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
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8       SEC.  4.  CwrrJ.cw/¢r  Oj7rcrJ.#gr  ¢Hd  rroJ.Hi.#g Progranis.  -  The  QPI  shall  offer  TESDA-registered
9       TVET programs,  undergraduate certificate courses,  and short-term courses and modular trainings on
I 0       preferred technical-vocational skills. It shall aim to meet the competency requirements under Level v
11        of the philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF), which is the diploma level in TVET.
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]3       To  this  end,  the  DOLE,  Department  of  Trade  and  Industry  (DTI),  Department  of  Science  and
14       Technology   (DOST),   Department   of  Agriculture   (DA),   Department   of  the   Interior   and   Local
15       Government  (DILG),  National  Economic  and  Development  Authority  (NEDA),  business-industry
16       partners, and other relevant agencies and instrumentalities, both local and  international,  shall provide
17       the necessary assistance so the Qpl can produce skilled manpower to supply the needs ofa robust and
18        inclusiveeconomy.
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20       The  Qpl  may  establish  research  and  technology  hubs,  technology  development  farms,  satellite  or
21        extension training centers,  promote mobile training programs,  and strengthen  linkages  with  industry
22       partners andthe academe.
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24       It  shall  also  adopt  the  use  of  innovative  training  modes  such  as  information  technology-assisted
25        instruction,  dual  leaming system,  open or distance education,  community  laboratory,  and such other
26       instructional programs that will allow local residents greater access to TVET program offerings of the
27        QPI.
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29       Course completion at the Qpl  shall be credited after a skills  competency assessment under National
30       Certification Levels Ill to v. When applicable, TVET competency shall qualify a student for academic
31        degree  recognition  under  the  ladderized  interface  system  for  tertiary  education,  provided  that  the
32       requirements of the commission on Higher Education (CHED) are complied with.
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34       The  QPI  shall  offer  skills  development  for  higher  competency  qualifications  in  areas  relating  to
35       technical-industrial  education,  trade  technology,  tourism,  agricultural  technology,  business  literacy,
36       and innovation in TESDA-registered skills courses as follows:
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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  mechanical  assembly,
refrigeration and air conditioning, electronics, and operation of power tools and equipment for
both medium skills grade and industrial purposes;
(b)  Tourism and hospitality-related courses relating to hotel, restaurant, and tourism development
management;
(c)  Agriculture and aquaculture-related trainings and skills development in such areas as farming
technology, fishing operations technology, backyard farming and home-based aquaculture and
propagation   innovations,   mechanized   farming,   fishing   tools   and   equipment   operation,
agribusiness  and agri-aqua trade technology and  innovations,  and  relevant training  seminars
for farmers and fisherfolk to encourage entrepreneurship and thus increase productivity;
(d)  Livelihood   skills   development   courses   for   preferred   skills   employment   and   small-scale
entrepreneurship,  including  practical  skills  education  in  arts  and  crafts,  workmanship  and


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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;
(e)  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;
(I)   Technical-vocational  occupation  and  trades  skills  such  as  carpentry,  masonry,  plumbing,
welding,  practical  electricity  and  installation,  automotive  servicing,  electronics  servicing,
personal computer servicing, and such other relevant practical skills courses;
(g)  Computer  literacy and  information technology-related  skills,  basic  computer  operation,  web
development, digital animation, game development and computer aided design application;
(h)  Social  communication  skills  development  and  language  proficiency  courses  in  English  and
other languages for business process outsourcing employment and overseas job placement;
(i)   Seminars  on personality  development,  career counseling and job  placement,  and  work  ethic
and values; and
¢)   Other  preferred  priority  skills  and  trades  training  that  may  be  needed  by  the  people  of
Cabarroguis  and  the  adjacent  localities  to  enhance  their  capacities  for  practical  livelihood,
gainful employment and entrepreneurship skills.
28        SHC.  5.  Coixp/i.a#ce wI.ffe  rESDA Rcqwz.rc;i®e#/s. -The provisions of this Act notwithstanding, the
29        conversion  of the  CNSAT  into  the  QPI  shall  become  operational  only  upon  the  issuance  by  the
30       TESDA  of  a  formal  recommendation  and  certificate  of  compliance  attesting  that  the  QPI  has
31        satisfactorily  complied  with  the  minimum   standards  of  quality   it  has  prescribed  governing  the
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(a)  Standard   procedures   and   guidelines   for   the   conversion   and   operation   of  a   TESDA
polytechnic institute;
(b)  Operational  sustainability  of the  QPI  in  terms  of  licensed  faculty-trainers  and  personnel,
equipment,  training  and   laboratory  facilities,   instructional   materials,   and  other  standard
requirements of a TESDA-accredited and supervised school;
(c)  Sustainable  funding  source  and  regular  allocation  of budgetary  requirement  for  TESDA-
operated schools;
(d)  Full alignment of the training programs offered with the minimum standards of competency-
based  quality  technical-vocational  teehnology  skills  and  the  needs  of the  host  area  and
adjacent  localities  served within the  context  of the  Association  of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) integration and the PQF for TVET; and
(e)  Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards, as may be necessary and
applicable, on the conversion of the CNSAT.
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52        SEC. 6. ,4dmJ.#J.s/rutl.o#. -The Qpl shall be headed by a school superintendent under the supervision
53        of the  TESDA,  who  shall  render  full-time  service  and  be  responsible  for  its  administration  and
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I        operation.   The   School   Superintendent   shall   be   appointed  by  the   TESDA  Director  General   in
2       accordance   with   the   rules   and   regulations   of  the   Civil   Service   Commission   (CSC)   and   the
3        qualification requirements for such office.
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5       The school superintendent shall pursue cooperative undertakings and partnerships with locally based
6       private and public institutions, counterpart agencies or instrumentalities, and other persons as may be
7       necessary to effeetively implement this Act, subject to the approval of the TESDA Director General.
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9       The academic and administrative staff of the Qpl shall be organized following the staffing pattern of
10       the TESDA for such type of schools, pursuant to existing laws, rules and regulations of the csc.
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12       SEC. 7. 4ssc/I, Ii.¢bj./f./i.cs ¢#d Perso#J.a/. -All assets,  flxed and movable,  personnel,  records and
13        documents,  as  well  as  the  liabilities  or  obligations  of the CNSAT,  shall  be transferred to the QPI:
14       Prov/.c7ec7, That the positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty and personnel therein employed
15        prior to its conversion into the QPI, shall not be impaired, pursuant to existing laws.
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17       All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the CNSAT are henceforth declared as
18        property of the Qpl and shall be titled under that name: Prow.c7ec7, That should the Qpl cease to exist
19        or such aforementioned parcels  of land be no longer needed by the QPI, the same shall revert to the
20        local government unit (LGU) concerned, or to the province ofQuirino.
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22       SEC. 8. 4ppraprJ.a/J.our. -The amount necessary for the initial funding of the operations of the QPI
23        shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the CNSAT.  Thereafter, the funding of
24        which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
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26       SEC. 9. Ji7qp/cilce#fz.#g jRw/cs ¢#d jRcg#/a/J.o#s. -Within ninety (90)  days after the approval of this
27       Act, the TESDA shall,  in coordination with the DOLE, DTI,  DOST,  DA, DBM,  DILG, NEDA, the
28        concerned LGUs, and such other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality,
29       prepare and issue rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
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31        SEC.10.  Sap¢rabJ./I.fy  C/¢wsc.  -If,  for  any  reason,  any  section  or  provision  of this  Act  shall  be
32        deemed unconstitutional  or invalid, the other  sections  or provisions  hereof shall  not be affected and
33        shall remain in force and in effect.
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35        SEC.11. Repe¢/J.#g C/¢wse. -All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, rules and regulations
36       contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are repealed or amended accordingly.
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38        SEC.12. E/Tcc/I.vz.ty. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the official
39       Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
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