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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
| EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

6220
HOUSE BILL No

| Introduced by Rep. Vince J. Garcia
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish a Technical Education and Skills Development Center in
Barangay Malabog, Paquibato District in the Second Congressional District of Davao City.

Paquibato District is home to indigenous tribes. It is also known as a rebel infested area
where poverty incidence is very high. With no viable livelihood and economic opportunities,
the residents have been rendered vulnerable to the advances of the communist rebels and other
outlawed elements.

With intensified military operations, coupled with effective strategies promoting
civilian-military relations, many rebels have come back to the folds of the law to start new lives
with their families. It is for this reason that the establishment of a TESDA training and
assessment center in Paquibato District is doubly important.

Given proper skills training and government assistance, rebel returnees, the indigenous
people and the unemployed youths can tum themselves into productive members of society
that will contribute significantly to the attainment of Davao City’s economic objectives while
attaining peace and order that is conducive for growth and development.

Pursuant to the Government's thrust of increasing access to quality Technical-
‘Vocational Education to the traditionally and perennially marginalized, the establishment of a
TESDA Center in Paquibato District is highly necessary. It will significantly boost the City’s
development objectives by ensuring a steady pool of skilled workers for its industries while
providing employment to residents.

In view of the above, the prompt approval of this measure is highly sought and

recommended.
Vjrsiek Jens

VINCENT J. GARCIA.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 6220
Introduced by Rep. Vincent J. Garcia

“AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNICAL EDUCATION
AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN BRNGY. MALABOG, PAQUIBATO DISTRICT
LOCATED IN THE 2” DISTRICT OF DAVAO CITY 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 was the “Paquibato District, Davao
City, 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 Barangay Malabog,
Paquibato District in Davao City under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as the
Paquibato District, Davao City TESDA Training and Assessment Center.

SECTION 3. General Mandate. ~ The Paquibato District, Davao City TESDA Training
and Assessment Center, shall primarily provide technical-vocational training and skills
development programs to students and residents from low-income families and out-of-school
youths, including college dropouts, indigenous people and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in
Barangay Malabog and the other twelve (12) barangays comprising the Paquibato District of the
Second Congressional District of Davao City and the neighboring barangays of Davao City, geared
towards the acquisition of practical livelihood, employable skills, gainful employment and
entrepreneurship.

The Center shall help train local residents to become productive, self-reliant and globally
‘competitive middle to high-level skilled labor force to hasten the social and economic development
of these areas, in particular, and to meet the manpower needs of both local and intemational labor
markets, in general,

‘The Center shall consider in the design of relevant technical-vocational training programs
to 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 levels and skills readiness, and the overall
development needs of the host area and adjacent communities within the operational radius of the
Center established herein. The Center shall also consider the relevant skills trade competencies,
craftmanship training programs, and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the effective
‘employment and development interventions required to make these areas as human resources and
productivity hubs.

The Center shall also serve as a TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for acquired
competencies in technical-vocational skills in the City of Davao and its neighboring localities in
the Province of Davao del Sur.



Preference in admission shall be given to the most disadvantaged citizens, including
PWDs, and to the most economically depressed areas of Davao City, and the neighboring
localities in the Province of Davao del Sur, within the operational radius of the Center.

In coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the TESDA, the Center
shall offer relevant teachers’ training and curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools
providing the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program of the
DepEd in Davao City and the other localities in the Province of Davao del Sur.

SECTION 4. Training Programs. — The Center shall offer diverse short-term certificate
courses and modular trainings in relevant technical-vocational skills and trades specialization
to comply with employment standards in preferred and emerging market-driven labor
opportunities, and shall likewise give premium efforts to skills specialization for local market
employment requirements geared towards achieving the development of a robust inclusive
economy within the host area of Barangay Malabog and each of the adjacent barangays and
communities within the operational radius of the Center, in consultation with 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, both local and international.

The Center may establish research and technology hubs, technology development
farms, mobile training programs, and satellite or extension training centers in priority areas
throughout Barangay Malabog and other adjacent localities and communities of Paquibato
District and the City of Davao within the operational radius of the Center to strengthen linkages
among the industry, the academe, and the Center.

To address the development and manpower needs of Paquibato District and the City of
Davao, as well as the neighboring localities of the Province of Davao del Sur, the Center shall
offer the following TESDA-registered technical-vocational training programs with
competencies assessment leading to at least National Certifications Levels I-III

(a) Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and steel
works, machine fabrication and operation, heavy equipment operation, automotive
mechanic, reftigeration 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-fishing operations technology, backyard farming and home-based
aquaculture and propagation innovation, mechanized farm and fishing tools and
equipment operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovation, and
relevant farmers’ and fisher-folks’ continuing training for increased productivity
and entrepreneurship;

SECTION 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. — The provisions of this Act
notwithstanding, the Center established herein shall become operationally effective only upon
the determination and declaration of 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 prescribed by TESDA goveming the
following competency assessment: a) standard procedures and guidelines (SPGs) for the


establishment and operation of a TESDA-accredited training and assessment center, b)
operational sustainability of the Center established herein, such as licensed faculty-trainers and
personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities, and instructional materials; c)
sustainable funding source and allocation for the budgetary requirements of the Center herein
established; d) assurance that the training programs offered are fully aligned with the minimum
standards of competency-based quality technical-vocational skills technology and the needs of

ssary and applicable.

ION 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 Civil Service rules and regulations and the qualifications
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 approval by the TESDA Director-General, for such assistance as may be necessary to
effectively implement this Act.

SECTION 7. Appropriations. ~ The Director-General of the TESDA shall include in
the Authority’s program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act. The LGUs concemed, in coordination 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 established herein.

SECTION 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ~ Within ninety (90) days from the
approval of this Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with the DOLE, the DTI, the DOST,
the DA, the DBM, the DILG, the NEDA, the concerned LGU 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.

SECTION 9. Separability Clause. — If, for any reason, any section of this Act shall be
deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions shall not be affected and
shall in force and in effect.

SECTION 19. Effectivity. ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.