Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 3319

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LAARNI LAVIN ROQUE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Education is fundamental to the realization of inclusive growth, as it begets
knowledge and culture, education finds its practical articulation and demonstration in
the world of work. Thus, knowledge, as it is inextricably embedded with people replete
with ideas and bursting with entrepreneurial spirits, is valued as the key strategic
resource to achieving growth objectives. Commitment to education acknowledges the
different pathways toward acquiring knowledge, of which technical and vocational
education and training, as a path when taken in conjunction with other education and
training pathways, is recognized to be one primary knowledge building block.

Republic Act No. 7796, otherwise known as the Technical Education and Skills
Development Act of 1994 provides that "It is 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 Philippine development goals and
priorities.

This Bill seeks to expand the coverage of TESDA programs by creating a
municipal training center in the Municipality of Pangantucan, Province of Bukidnon.

Creation of this training center will provide relevant, accessible, high quality and
efficient technical education and skills development in support of the development of
Filipino middle level manpower responsive to and in accordance with Philippine
development goals and priorities.

Given the above premises, the urgent passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

LAARNI/LAVIN|ROQUE
Reptesentitive
4th Distkiet, Bykidnon


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House BiLLNo. 3319 _

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LAARNI LAVIN ROQUE

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE PANGANTUCAN TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING CENTER
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. TESDA Pangantucan Municipal Training Center. -There shall be
established a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
Municipal Training Center in Pangantucan, Bukidnon under the control and
supervision of the TESDA.

SECTION 2. General Mandate. - The TESDA Municipal Training Center shall
primarily provide technical-vocational training and skills development programs to
students from low-income families and to out-of-school youths in Pangantucan,
Bukidnon. It shall develop the students to become productive, self-reliant, and globally
competitive middle-level skilled labor workers, in order to boost the social and
economic development of Pangantucan, Bukidnon, as well as to meet the demand of
local and international labor markets.

The TESDA Municipal Training Center shall also serve as municipal
competency assessment center for required competencies in technical-vocational
skills in the whole Pangantucan, Bukidnon. In coordination with the Department of
Education (DepEd), it shall render when necessary and practicable, teachers’
capability building programs and curriculum design technical assistance to the
secondary schools in the Municipality of Pangantucan, Bukidnon offering technical-
vocational and livelihood track under the K to 12 Program of the DepEd

SECTION 3. Curricular Offerings. - The TESDA Municipal Training Center shall
address the skills development priorities of the Pangantucan, Bukidnon. It shall offer
short-term courses in preferred market-driven and relevant technical-vocational
courses or qualifications within its areas of specialization in consultation with the


Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Local Government Units (LGUs),
the industries and such other relevant agencies, both local and international.

The TESDA Municipal Training Center may likewise establish research and
development centers, technology development farms, and mobile training programs
throughout the Municipality to strengthen linkages between the industry, academe,
and the technology programs.

SECTION 4. Site. The TESDA Municipal Training Center shall be established
in the Municipality of Pangantucan, Bukidnon, pursuant to the mutual agreement
between TESDA and the Municipal Government of Pangantucan, Bukidnon.

SECTION 5. Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern. - The TESDA
Municipal Training Center shall adopt the organizational structure and staffing pattern
of a TESDA Regional Training Center in accordance with the existing guidelines of the
Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and the Civil Service Commission
(CSC)

SECTION 6. Appropriations. — The amount necessary for the implementation
of this Act shall be taken from the current fiscal year’s unexpended and unobligated
appropriations of the agency. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the funding of the
TESDA Municipal Training Center shall be included in the Annual General
Appropriations Act as a separate line-item budget under TESDA.

SECTION 7. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act shall be declared
invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining part or provisions not otherwise affected shail
remain in force.

SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. Any law, decree, ordinance, administrative
circulars not consistent with any provision of this Act is hereby amended, repealed or
modified accordingly

SECTION 9. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.

Approved,