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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

. 4686
House Bill No.

INTRODUCED BY TGP PARTYLIST REP. JOSE “BONG” J. TEVES, JR.

“AN ACT CONVERTING THE CABUGAO SCHOOL OF HANDICRAFT AND
COTTAGE INDUSTRIES (CSHCI) - CABUGAO CAMPUS LOCATED IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF BATO, CATANDUANES INTO A TESDA-SUPERVISED
SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE CATANDUANES POLYTECHNIC SKILLS.
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill seeks to convert the Cabugao School of Handicraft and Cottage Industries
(CSHCI) ~ Cabugao Campus in the municipality of Bato province of Catanduanes into a TESDA
supervised school to be known as Catanduanes Polytechnic Skills Development Institute. The
conversion shall establish the Institute as globally competitive by providing relevant technical
and vocational programs that shall be made available to the people of Catanduanes. As a result of
the conversion, the graduates thereof shall be exposed to diverse opportunities in domestic and
international labor market. Further, it will highly contribute as economic stimulus in the
province.

This Bill is in accordance with the Constitutional mandate of the State to establish and
maintain a complete, adequate, and integrated educational system relevant to the goals of the
national and provincial development.

In view of this, the passage of this Bill is earnestly sought.

JOSE “BONG™S-TEVES, JR.
Representative, TGP Partylist

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 4586

INTRODUCED BY TGP PARTYLIST REP. JOSE “BONG” J. TEVES, JR.

“AN ACT CONVERTING THE CABUGAO SCHOOL OF HANDICRAFT AND
COTTAGE INDUSTRIES (CSHCI) - CABUGAO CAMPUS LOCATED IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF BATO, CATANDUANES INTO A TESDA-SUPERVISED
SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE CATANDUANES POLYTECHNIC SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE 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 “Catanduanes Polytechnic
Skills Development Institute Act”.

SECTION 2. Conversion. ~ The Cabugao School of Handicraft and Cottage Industries
(CSHCI) - Cabugao Campus located in the Municipality of Bato, province of Catanduanes, is
hereby converted into a polytechnic institute to be known as the Catanduanes Polytechnic Skills
Development Institute (CPSDI), hereinafter referred to as the Institute, under the direct
administration and supervision of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

(TESDA).

SECTION 3. General Mandate. - The development of the school has evolved from a
Secondary Vocational High School to a Post Secondary School in 1970, and was later absorbed
as a TESDA administered school in 1997.


With the recent major developments challenging the Philippines higher and technical
skills education priorities and mandates, namely,: (a) the adoption of the Philippines
Qualifications Framework (PQF); (b) the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
economic integration; and rapidly changing demands of the industry and the labor market at
domestic and global market, it becomes imperative for the CSHCI — Cabugao Campus to convert
into a technical-vocational education institute to effect a major curricular program shift towards
the development of world-class Filipino workforce equipped with practical and technical skills of
global competence in programs responsive to labor-driven skills demand at both the domestic
and global market, and aligned with the ASEAN integration framework and other relevant
international agreements for technical-vocational education.

‘The Institute shall continue to upgrade its curricular standards into a tertiary TESDA —
polytechnic institution that shall cater to wide-ranging specialized technical skills courses and
competency-compliant practical knowledge application that will cover 11 towns with 315
barangays in the province.

The Institute shall offer a wide-array of one (1)-year to three (3)- year TESDA- registered
technical-vocational curricular skills training program and certificate courses including short
term courses and modular trainings in relevant technical vocational and industrial technology
education. It shall also aim to meet, as a long-term goal, the maximum competency requirements
under Level V of the PQF, which is the Diploma Level in technical-vocational educational. It
shall primarily provide tertiary undergraduate technical-vocational education, and shall likewise
ensure to provide the various skills trainings and trade specialization relevant to the needs of the
province as well as specifically geared towards the acquisition of employable skills, gainful
employment, practical livelihood and entrepreneurship.

The Institute shall play a pivotal role in primarily helping the community provide
services through technical vocational education which will cater to students, out-of-school
youths, the women, unemployed adults, wage eamers, returning Overseas Filipino Worker's,
drug surrenderees, inmates and detainees among others, all aimed to uplift their welfare and
economic well-being and to further developed globally competitive middle to high-level skilled
labor force which will hasten the social and economic development of the province of
Catanduanes, in particular, as well as meet the manpower placement needs of both local and
international labor market, in general.


‘The Institute shall consider in the design of relevant technical-vocational training
programs and courses that will be offered thereat a competency assessment of the socioeconomic
profile, employment conditions and opportunities, business climate, market and industry
potentials, resources available and presence of support structures, including the literacy level and
skills readiness, and the overall development needs of the host area and the adjacent
communities within the operational radius the Institute established hereto. It shall likewise
consider the relevant skills and trade competencies, craftsmanship training programs and
entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the effective employment and development
interventions required to make the Municipality of Bato and all localities comprising the
Province of Catanduanes as human resource capital and economic productivity hubs.

The Institute shall also serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for acquired
competencies in technical-vocational skills in the entire Province of Catanduanes.

Preferential attention for the admission in the Institute and priority availment of
technical-vocational education thereat, including scholarships and grants-in-aid, shall be given to
the most disadvantaged citizens and to the most economically depressed areas in the province.

Further, the Institute shall continue its implementation, in coordination with the
Department of Education (DepEd) and TESDA, to render relevant teachers’ training assistance
and curriculum design to the secondary schools offering technical-vocational livelihood (TVL),
track under the K to 12 Program of the DepEd, particularly those who are handling Technical
Education Skills and Development component of the program within the operational radius of

the Institute.

SECTION 4. Curricular Offering/Training Programs. — The Institute shall offer one
(1)-year to three (3)-year technical-vocational courses and undergraduate certificate, including
short-term courses and modular trainings in diverse relevant technical-vocational and industrial
technology education to comply with employment standards in preferred market-driven labor
opportunities, but shall give premium efforts, however, to skills specialization for local
employment requirements geared towards achieving the development needs for a robust
inclusive economy of the province including other local governments in the province of

Catanduanes within the operational radius of the Institute, in consultation with the Department of


Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department
of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA), business-industry partners, and such other relevant agencies, both local and
international.

The Institute may establish, as deemed necessary and practicable, research and
technology hubs, mobile training programs, and satellite or extension training centers in priority
areas throughout the Province of Catanduanes to strengthen linkages among the industry, the
academe, and the technology programs thereat.

The Institute shall, as necessary and practicable, offer the following TESDA-registered
technical-vocational courses and short-term training programs with regulations and competencies
assessment leading to National Certification Level I to V, as applicable, to address to
development and manpower needs of all localities in the entire Catanduanes within the
operational radius of the Institute, while offering options for higher level competency
qualifications in technical industry education, trade technology, and innovation, thereby
increasing the livelihood assets and competitive productivity of the Province of Catanduanes, to
wit:

(a) Agriculture and aquaculture-related trainings and skills development in such areas as
farming-fishing operations technology, backyard farming and home-based aquaculture
and propagation innovations, mechanized farm and fishing tools and equipment
operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, relevant farmers and
fisherfolk continuing trainings for increased productivity and entrepreneurship;

(b) Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and steel works,
machines fabrication and operation, and air conditioning, electronics, and operation of
power tools and equipment for both medium skills grade and industrial preferred skills;

(c) Tourism and hospitality-related courses relating to hotel, restaurant and tourism
development and management, including personality development and social
communication skills training, language competence for business outsourcing (call
center) employment and overseas job placement.

(A) Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment, small-scale
income generating opportunities and entrepreneurship training, including practical skills

education in craft and arts, workmanship and designing (fabric, woodwork, jewelry and


metalwork), high speed sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, horticulture, livestock raising
and breeding, food processing, technology, home technology, culinary arts and
commercial cooking, including baking, beauty culture (includes cosmetology, hair and
nail styling,) health and wellness trainings;

(e) Basic business literacy training in: financial management and marketing, practical
accountancy, bookkeeping and office procedure, business processes and application
procedures including registration, licensing, documentation, business patent and
intellectual property regulation, business financing and investment and opportunities
sourcing, import-export accreditation, including online home-based business operation
and use of social media for business marketing;

(f) Technical-vocational occupation and trade skills such as carpentry, masonry, plumbing,

practical electricity and installation, automotive technician and servicing, electronics

technician and servicing, welding technician, personal computer (PC) servicing, and such
other relevant practical technical skills courses;

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

(h) Seminars in personality development, career counseling and job placement, work ethics
and values; and

(i) Other preferred priority skills and trades training courses relevant to the people of Bato
and the other localities served within the operational radius of the Institute and the whole
Province of Catanduanes to enhance their capacities for livelihood, gainful employment

and practical entrepreneurship skills.

SECTION 5. Extension Campuses ~ The Institute shall continue the operation of its
three (3) existing campuses such as: the Viga Campus in the municipality of Viga; the Pandan
Campus in the municipality of Pandan; and the San Andres Campus in the municipality of San
Andres, and in addition thereto, shall be responsible for the establishment of additional two (2)
campuses in the municipality of Virac and Baras in the province of Catanduanes.

To ensure efficiency of its operation, the Institute shall hereby create additional five (5)
manpower complements for each campuses, subject to the existing rules of the government, and

shall increase the Institute’s MOOE budget allocation as well as the provision for capital outlay.


SECTION 6. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. ~ The provisions of this Act
notwithstanding, the conversion of the CSHCI ~ Cabugao Campus into the CPSI shall become
operationally effective only upon the determination and declaration of the TESDA, through the
issuance of a formal recommendation and certification of compliance, that the compliance, that
the Institute has satisfactory complied with the minimum requirements and quality standards
prescribed by TESDA governing the following: (a) standard procedures and guidelines (SPGs)
for the establishment, or conversion and operation of TESDA polytechnic institute of technical
education and TESDA technology institute; (b) operational sustainability of the polytechnic
institute established herein, such as, but not limited to, licensed faculty-trainors and personnel,
equipment, training and laboratory facilities, instructional materials, and other standard
requirements as TESDA-polytechnic institute; (c) sustainable funding source and allocation of
budget requirements of TESDA polytechnic institute hereto established; (d) assurance that the
training programs offered are fully aligned with the minimum standards of competency-based
quality technical-vocational skills technology and needs of the Province of Catanduanes in the
context of the ASEAN and PQF framework for technical-vocational education; as (e) compliance
with such other TESDA conditionalities as may be necessary and applicable in the conversion

establishing the herein TESDA-polytechnic institute.

The Institute, however, shall not offer undergraduate higher education courses without
prior approval of the Commission of Higher Education (CHED) and upon its compliance with
the minimum requirements of CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 46, series of 2012, to
operate as a college or higher education institute (HEI): Provided, That, the Institute shall remain
under the supervision and administration of the TESDA and shall continue to offer one (1) to
three (3)- year technical-vocational courses in the field of aquaculture, fisheries, industrial
education and trade technology, and such other relevant courses to meet the needs of the

province as a whole.

SECTION 7. Administration. — The Institute shall be headed by a School
Superintendent under the supervision of the TESDA, and appointed by the TESDA Director-
General in a accordance with civil service rules and regulations and the qualification

requirements and standards for such office.


‘The School Superintendent shall render full-time service and shall be responsible for the
administration and operation of the Institute. The duties and responsibilities of the School
Superintendent shall follow the position qualification standard of TESDA for such office.

‘As necessary and practicable, and subject to approval by the TESDA Director-General,
the School Superintendent herein appointed shall enter into mutual agreements with local-based
counterpart agencies or instrumentalities and persons, both private and government, for such
assistance as may be necessary to effectively implement this Act.

The academic and administrative staff of the Institute shall be organized following the
staffing pattern of TESDA for such type of schools pursuant to existing laws, rules and
regulations.

SECTION 8. Assets, Liabilities and Personnel. ~ all assets, fixed and movable,
personnel, records and documents of the CSHCI-Cabugao Campus as well as its liabilities or
obligations shall be transferred to the Institute: Provided, That, the position, rights and security to
tenure of faculty and personnel therein employed pursuant to existing laws prior to its conversion
into the Institute shall not be impaired.

All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the CSHCI-Cabugao
Campus are hereby declared property of the CPSDI and shall be titled under that name, provided
that, should the Institute ceases to exist or such aforementioned parcels of land shall be no longer
needed by the Institute, such ownership shall be reverted to the Provincial Government of

Catanduanes.

SECTION 9. Appropriation. — The amount needed to initially implements the
provisions of this Act shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Cabugao
School of Handicraft and Cottage Industries (CSHCI) pursuant to Republic Act No. 6130.
Thereafter, any such amount as may be necessary for the continued operation of the Catanduanes
Polytechnic Skills Development Institute shall be included in the annual General Appropriations
Act.


The local government unit (LGU), in consultation with the TESDA, shall likewise set
aside, from any available local revenue, an amount deemed appropriate as support to the

operation of the Institute established herein.

SECTION 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ~ Within ninety (90) days after the
approval of this Act, the TESDA, in coordination with the DOLE, the DTI, the DA, the
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) , the DILG, concerned LGUs, and such other
relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality shall prepare and issue the

necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 11. Separability Clause. — If, for any reason, any section of this Act shall be
deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof shall not be affected

and shall thereby remain in force and in effect.
SECTION 12. 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 13. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,