Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ___________ 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by HON. FERNANDO T. CABREDO 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This measure seeks to establish the Technical Education and Skills Development 
Authority (TESDA) Training and Accreditation Center in Ligao City, Albay, to be known as 
the Ligao City, Albay TESDA Training and Assessment Center. 
The establishment of the Center will provide more options in terms of education and 
career development for the constituencies of the Third District of Albay.   
Through the Center, high school students, college graduates and ordinary citizens who 
want to continue their education, will avail of accessible, high quality and efficient technical 
education and skills development programs. 
The Center shall serve the fifty-five barangays located in the (6) municipalities, namely: 
Guinobatan, Jovellar, Oas, Polangui, Pioduran, Libon and the City of Ligao, all  located in the 
Third District of Albay. Municipalities surrounding the Third District also stand to benefit from 
the Center. 
It is worth noting that during the previous Congress, this bill was approved by the House 
of Representatives on Third Reading and was transmitted to the Senate.  Unfortunately, the 
Senate was not able to act on it on time. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
FERNANDO T. CABREDO!
July 6, 2022
10:00 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ___________ 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by HON. FERNANDO T. CABREDO 
___________________________________________________________________________ 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING IN THE CITY OF LIGAO, PROVINCE OF ALBAY, A 
TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) 
TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, TO BE KNOWN AS THE LIGAO CITY, 
ALBAY TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, 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 "Ligao City, Albay TESDA 
Training and Assessment Center Act". 
SEC. 2. Establishment. - There is hereby established a training and assessment center, 
under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as the Ligao City, Albay TESDA Training 
and Assessment Center.  It shall be located in a highly accessible area in the City of Ligao, 
Province of Albay, pursuant the purposes of this Act and to the agreement between the TESDA 
and the concerned local government units (LGUs). 
SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The Ligao City Albay 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 
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 in trade competencies, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship activities to help 
hasten the development of the host area and its adjacent localities into human resource and 
productivity hubs. 
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The Center shall serve as a TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for acquired 
competencies in TVET programs.  It shall also provide technical-vocational training for 
teachers and curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools in the province offering the 
technical-vocational livelihood track under the K to 12 Program, in coordination with the 
Department of Education and the 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 Labor 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 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, promote mobile training programs, and strengthen 
linkages among the industry partners, the academe, and the Center geared towards the 
acquisition by residents of practical livelihood, employable skills, gainful employment, and 
entrepreneurial capabilities in priority areas in the City of Ligao and  and neighboring localities 
in the Province of Albay. 
 
The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies assessment 
leading to National Certification Levels I-III: 
 
(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) 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, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and relevant training 
seminars for farmers and fisherfolk to encourage entrepreneurship and thus increase their 
productivity; 
 
(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 social media business marketing; 
 
e) 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; 
 
f) Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, digital technology, web 
design, 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, job placement, and work 
ethic and values; and 
 
I) Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the people of the 
City of Ligao and of neighboring localities 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 Center shall become operational only upon the issuance by the TESDA 
of a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance attesting that the Center has 
satisfactorily complied with the minimum standards of quality it has prescribed 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 of 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-vocational skills technology and the needs of 
the host area and adjacent communities served within the context of the Association of 
Southeast Asian Nationals (ASEAN) integration and the Philippine Qualification Framework 
for TVET;  and (e) compliance with such others 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 who shall render full-time service and be responsible for its administration and 
operation, under the supervision of the TESDA. 
 
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, instrumentalities or persons, and seek such assistance 
as may be necessary to effectively implement this Act, subject to the approval of the TESDA 
Director General. 
 
SEC. 7. Appropriations. - The Director General of the TESDA 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 support 
the operation of the Center herein established. 
 
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, DA, 
Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, the 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 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 a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved.