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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

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First Regular Session

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House Bill No.

Introduced by Rep. ANGELO MARCOS BARBA
2" District, locos Norte

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND
ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BANNA,
PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BANNA,
ILOCOS NORTE TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Pursuant to the declared policy of the State to provide relevant, accessible,
high quality and efficient technical education and skills development in
support of the development of high-quality Filipino middle-level manpower
responsive to and in accordance with the Philippine development goals and
priorities, this bill seeks to establish a Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) training and assessment center in the
Province of Ilocos Norte.

The establishment of a TESDA training and assessment center serves an
opportunity not only for students and residents from low-income families and
out-of-school youths, but also persons with disabilities and indigenous
peoples in the Province of Iocos Norte, to become productive, self-reliant and
competitive workers.

The proposed TESDA training and assessment center is to be located in
Banna, Ilocos Norte. The municipality of Banna is the home of the rice coffee,
which has provided the people of Banna, especially women, a sustainable
livelihood. In fact, the rice-coffee making business in Banna has expanded to
cater a bigger market. In addition, Banna has been recognized for its support
and contribution to the development of the Ilocos loom-weaving industry and
organic and artisan soap making.

Thus, the establishment of TESDA training and assessment center in the
Province of Ilocos Norte will further develop these industries and promote
other technical-vocational programs.

While the bill was approved on Third and Final reading by the House of
Representatives in the 18 Congress, the Senate was not able to act on it.


In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly
sought.

ANGE! COS BARBA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2414

House Bill No.

Introduced by Rep. ANGELO MARCOS BARBA
2nd District, Ilocos Norte

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND
ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BANNA,
PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BANNA,
ILOCOS NORTE TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Banna, Ilocos
Norte TESDA Training and Assessment Center Act”.

SECTION 2. Establishment. — There is hereby established a Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) training and
assessment Center in the Municipality of Banna, Province of Ilocos Norte,
under the supervision of TESDA, to be known as the Banna, Ilocos Norte
TESDA Training and Assessment Center. It shall be located in a highly
accessible location in the Municipality of Banna, Ilocos Norte, pursuant to the
purposes of this Act and to the agreement between TESDA and the concerned
local government units (LGUs).

SECTION 3. General Mandate. — The Banna, Ilocos Norte 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 in the
Municipality of Banna and the neighboring localities in the Province of Ilocos
Norte, 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, craftmanship, and
entrepreneurship activities to help hasten the development of the host area
and adjacent localities in the Province of Ilocos Norte into human resource
and productivity hubs.


The Center shall each serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for
acquired competencies in TVET programs in the Municipality of Banna and
adjacent localities in Province of Ilocos Norte. It shall also provide
technical-vocational training for teachers and curriculum design assistance to
secondary schools offering the technical-vocational livelihood track under the
K to 12 Program, in coordination with the Department of Education and the
TESDA.

SECTION 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 Interior and Local Government (DILG), National and
Economic 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 inclusive economy in the host areas and
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 of practical livelihood,
employable skills, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial capabilities in
priority areas in the Municipality of Banna and neighboring localities in the
Province of Ilocos Norte.

The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies
assessment leading to the 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 mechanic, 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 farm, fishing tools and equipment operation,
agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and relevant
farmers and fisherfolks’ trainings for increased productivity and
entrepreneurship;

¢. 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, 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 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, 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 on 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 Municipality of Banna and of the other localities of the
Province of Tocos Norte to enhance their capacities for practical
livelihood, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial activities.

SECTION 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. — The provisions
of this Act notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon
determination and certification by the TESDA, through the issuance of a
formal recommendation and certificate of compliance, that the Center has
satisfactorily complied with the minimum standards of quality prescribed by
TESDA 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
budgetary requirement; (d) full alignment of 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 with the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
integration and the Philippine Qualification Framework for TVET; and (e)
compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards, as may be
necessary and applicable, in establishing a Center.

SECTION 6. Administration. - The Center shall be headed by a
‘Technical-Vocational Administrator who shall be under the supervision of the


‘TESDA, render full-time service, and be responsible for its administration and
operation.

The Technical-Vocational Administrator of the Center shall be appointed
by TESDA Director General in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Civil Service Commission (CSC) 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 or
persons, and seek such assistance as may be necessary to effectively
implement this Act, subject to the approval of the TESDA Director General.

SECTION 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 likewise set
aside from any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as
annual counterpart fund to support the operation of the Center herein
established.

SECTION 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 regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 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 effect.

SECTION 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.

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

Approved,