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INTRODUCED BY REP. MAXIMO, JR. Y. DALOG

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill seeks to establish a Technical Skills and Development Authority
(TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in the municipality of Paracelis,
province of Mountain Province to be known as the “Paracelis TESDA Training
and Assessment Center.”

At present, TESDA- Mountain Province has a Provincial Training Center
(PTC) located at Sabangan, Mountain Province which can only be accessed by
private vehicles from the national road. It is located several kilometers away
from the eastern municipalities of Barlig, Natonin and Paracelis. Hence, due to
the distance and the difficulty of access, a few from said municipalities have
availed of the trainings only offered at the PTC.

The establishment of a TESDA Training and Assessment Center in the
municipality of Paracelis will make high-quality technical education and skills
development accessible to the people of the host municipality and the adjacent
localities. In addition, the establishment of the TESDA Training and Assessment
Center will enable the residents of the host municipality and the adjacent
localities to become productive partners in community and nation building and
address the need for trained, technical and skilled workers. It will also reduce
unemployment by equipping interested residents, adequate entrepreneurial
skills and knowledge.

In view of the foregoing, approval of the bill is earnestly sought.

MAXIMO, JR. Y. mS

DATE: UN 3.0 28s:


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO: 445

INTRODUCED BY REP. MAXIMO, JR. Y. DALOG

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT
CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PARACELIS, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE,
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 “Paracelis TESDA
Training and Assessment Center Act.”

Section 2. Establishment. There is hereby established a Technical
Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment
Center in the municipality of Paracelis, province of Mountain Province, under
the supervision of the TESDA. It shall be established in a highly accessible
location, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the mutual agreement
between the TESDA and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Paracelis.

Section 3. | General Mandate. The Paracelis TESDA Training and
Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily
provide technical-vocational and training (TVET) programs to students and
residents from low-income families and out-of-school youth, including persons
with disabilities in the municipality of Paracelis and adjacent localities to help
them become productive, self-reliant and globally competitive labor assets.

The Center shall offer Training Programs on relevant skills trade
competencies, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver
the effective employment interventions that will hasten the development of the
host area and the adjacent localities into human resource and productivity hubs.


The Center shall provide teacher's training assistance and curriculum
design to the secondary schools offering technical-vocational livelihood (TVL)
track under the K to 12 Program in coordination with the Department of
Education (DepEd) and TESDA.

Section 4. Training Programs. The Center shall offer short-term
certificate courses and modular trainings in technical-vocational skills and
traces specialization. Towards this end, the Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Science and Technology
(DOST), National 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 within the host
area the adjacent localities.

The Center may establish research and technology hubs, mobile training
programs and satellite and extension training centers to strengthen linkages
among the industry, the academe and the Center. In addition, it will be geared
towards the acquisition of practical livelihood, employable skills, gainful
employment, and entrepreneurship in priority areas in the municipality of
Paracelis and adjacent localities.

The Center shall offer the following TVET Programs with competencies
assessment leading to at least 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 and 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 such 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’ training
for increased productivity and entrepreneurship;

c. Livelihood skills development 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, including baking, 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,
business financing and investment opportunities sourcing, import-
export accreditation, 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 installation,
automotive servicing, electronics servicing, personal computer (PC)
servicing and such other relevant practical skills courses;

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

g. Social communications skills development 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 and job
placement, work ethics and values; and

i. Other preferred priority skills and training that may be needed by the
people of the municipality of Paracelis and adjacent municipalities and
local government units to enhance their capacities for practical
livelihood, gainful employment and entrepreneurship skills.

Section 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. The provisions
of this Act notwithstanding, the Center shall be operational only upon the
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 requirements for quality standards it has prescribed
for the following: a) 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 budget requirement of the
Center; d) training programs that are fully aligned with the minimum standards
of competency-based quality technical-vocational skills technology and the
needs of the host area and adjacent communities served in the context of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Integration and the Philippine


Qualifications Framework (PQF) 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, under the supervision of the TESDA, who shall render
full time services and be responsible for the administration and operation of the
Center.

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 mutual
agreements with locally-based private and public counterpart agencies or
instrumentalities and persons, subject to the approval of the TESDA Director
General, for such assistance as may be necessary to effectively implement this
Act.

Section 7. Appropriations. The amount necessary to implement the
provisions of this Act, and its continued implementation thereafter, shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

The concerned LGU, in consultation with the TESDA, shall set aside any
available local revenue, an amount deemed appropriate as annual counterpart
fund to support the operation of the Center established herein.

Section 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within ninety (90)
days after the approval of this Act, the TESDA, in coordination with the DOLE,
DTI, DOST, Department of Budget and Management (DBM), DILG, concerned
LGUs, and such other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the
host locality, shall prepare the necessary rules and regulations for the effective
implementation of this Act.

Section 9. Separability Clause. If, for any reason, any section of this
Act shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions
hereof shall remain in force and in effect.

Section 10. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders, decrees,
instructions, rules and regulations, contrary to or inconsistent with any
provisions of this Act are repealed and amended accordingly.


Section 11. Effectivity. This Act shall effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two newspapers of general
circulation in the Philippines.

Approved,