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Nineteenth Congress TIMES LT

First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1885

Introduced by: HON. MA. THERESA V. COLLANTES,

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks for the establishment of a Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) training and assessment center in Tanauan City, Batangas to be known as
Tanauan City TESDA training and assessment center.

The Republic Act No. 7796, otherwise known as the Technical Education and Skilis
Development Act of 1994 states 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 the Philippine development goals and priorities.”

The establishment of Tanauan City TESDA Training and Assessment center will serve
the eleven (11) municipalities and one (1) city of the 3” district of Batangas and its neighboring
towns,

This training and assessment center will provide the right skills and knowledge not only
to grade 11| and 12 students, out-of-school youths but also to ordinary citizens who seeks to
equip themselves with skills and technical expertise which will empower them to be self-
reliant, productive and employable. The 3" District of Batangas alone is surrounded by five (5)
Economic Zones and Industrial Parks which would be beneficial to our people who seeks for
immediate employment.

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

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MA. THERESA V. COLLANTES



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| Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

1885

House Bill No.

Introduced by: HON. MA. THERESA V. COLLANTES

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN TANAUAN CITY,
BATANGAS, TO BE KNOWN AS TANAUAN CITY TESDA TRAINING AND
'SSESSMENT CENTER AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
ION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Tanauan City TESDA

Training and Assessment Center Act.”

SEC. 2. Establishment. - There is hereby established a Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in a highly accessible area
in Tanauan City, Batangas under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as the Tanauan
City TESDA Training and Assessment Center.

SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The Tanauan City TESDA Training and Assessment
Center, hereinafter referred to as the 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 and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in
third district of Batangas, 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 and high-level skills labor force to hasten the social and economic


development of these areas, in particular, and to meet the manpower needs of both local and

international local 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,
available resources and presence of support structures, including the literacy level and skills
readiness, and the overall development needs of the host area and adjacent communities with
the operational radius of the Center established herein, The Center shall also 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 area a human resource and economic productivity hub.

The Center shall also serve as a TESDA-accredited assessment center for acquired
competencies in technical-vocational skills. Preference in admission, however, shall be given
to the most disadvantaged citizens, including PWDs, and to the most economically depressed
areas of th 3" district of Batangas.

‘The Center shall, in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the
TESDA, i 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.

SEC. 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 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 and each of the adjacent localities and communities within the operational radius
of the Center, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE),
ote of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST),
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Economic and Development
‘Authority (NEDA), business-industry partners, and such other relevant agencies, both local
and international.



The Center may establish, as deemed necessary and practicable, research and
technology, hubs, mobile training programs, and satellite or extension training centers in
priority areas to strengthen linkages among the industry, the academe and the technology

programs thereat.

To address the development and manpower needs of the 3 District of Batangas, the
Center shall offer the following TESDA-registered technical-vocational training programs with
competencies assessment leading to National Certification levels I-III:

(a)| Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and
steelworks, machine fabrication and operation, heavy equipment operation,
automotive mechanic, refrigeration and air conditioning, electronics and operation

cof power tools and equipment for both medium skills grade and industrial purposes;

(b)|Agriculture-related trainings and farm skills development in such areas 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’
|trainings for increased productivity and entrepreneurship;

(©) Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and small-

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scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in crafts and arts,
workmanship and designing, 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 trainings;

(@|Basic business literacy trainings in financial management and marketing,
practically accountancy, bookkeeping and 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 use of social media business marketing;



(e) Technical-vocational occupation and trades skills such as carpentry, masonry,
plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation, automotive servicing,
electronics servicing, personal computer (PC) servicing, and such other relevant

practical skills courses;

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

(g) Social communication skills development, language proficiency courses in English
and other languages for business process outsourcing employment such as call
center and overseas job placement;

(h)|Seminar in personality development, career counselling and job placement, and
work ethic and values; and

Other preferred priority skills and trades training that may be needed by the people
of the 3“ district of Batangas to enhance their capacities for practical livelihood,

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‘gainful employment and entrepreneurship skills.

SEC. 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 the TESDA governing the
following competency assessment: (a) standard procedures and guidelines (SPGs) for the
establishment and operation of a Center; (b) operational sustainability of the Center established
herein, in terms of licensed faculty-trainers and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory
facilities, instructional materials, and other standard requirements as a Center; (c) sustainable
funding sources and allocation of budget requirement 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 the host area

and = communities served in the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations



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(ASEAN) and Philippine Qualification Framework (PQF) for technical-vocational education;
and (e) compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards in establishing a

Center as may be necessary and applicable.

SEC. 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.

a Technical-Vocational Administrator shall be appointed by the TESDA Director
General in accordance with Civil Service Commission rules and regulations and the

qualification requirements of 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 of TESDA Director General, for such assistance as may be necessary to effectively

implement this Act.

SEC. 7. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to implement the provision of this
‘Act, and its continued implementation thereafter, shall be included in the Annual General
Appropriations Act,

The concerned local government unit (LGU), 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 Tanauan City TESDA Training and

Assessment Center established herein.

SEC. 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, NEDA,
Department of Budget and Management (DBM), DILG, concerned LGUs, and such other
relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality, prepare and issue the

necessary fules and regulations for the implementation of this Act.



SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reasons, any provision of this Act shall be
deemed unponstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof shall not be affected
and shall remain in force and effect.

a 10. Repealing Claus. - All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, rules
and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are repealed and

amended accordingly

SEC. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in the Offi¢ial Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.