EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 1841
DATC
NDFX
Introduced by Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT 
CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABAGAN, PROVINCE OF ISABELA, 
TO BE KNOWN AS THE CABAGAN, ISABELA TESDA TRAINING AND 
ASSESSMENT CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In fulfillment of the policy of the State to provide relevant, accessible, high 
quality and efficient technical education and skills development, this bill seeks 
to establish a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) 
Training and Assessment Center in the Municipality of Cabagan, Province of 
Isabela, to be known as the Cabagan, Isabela TESDA Training and Assessment 
Center.
This measure aims to provide technical-vocational education and training 
programs to students and local residents from low-income families and out-of­
school youths, including persons with disabilities and Indigenous peoples, in the 
Municipality of Cabagan and the neighboring localities in the Province of Isabela, 
to help them become productive, self-reliant and globally competitive labor 
assets.
Also, this measure will help hasten the development of the host area and the 
adjacent localities in the Province of Isabela into human resource and 
productivity hubs.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought
MARIA LOURDES
S. BINAY


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 1841
Introduced by Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay
RECEIVED
FLED
DATE
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AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT 
CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABAGAN, PROVINCE OF ISABELA, 
TO BE KNOWN AS THE CABAGAN, ISABELA TESDA TRAINING AND 
ASSESSMENT CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phiiippines in 
Congress assembied:
Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Cabagan, Isabela TESDA 
Training and Assessment Center Act".
Section 2. Establishment. - There is hereby established a training and 
assessment center, under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as the 
Cabagan, Isabela TESDA Training and Assessment Center. It shall be located 
in a highly accessible area in the Municipality of Cabagan, Province of Isabela, 
pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the agreement between the TESDA 
and the concerned local government units (LGUs).
Section 3. General Mandate. - The Cabagan, Isabela TESDA Training and 
Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide 
technical-vocational education and training (TVET) programs to students and 
local residents from low-income families and out-of-school youths, including 
persons with disabiiities and indigenous peoples, in the Municipality of Cabagan 
and the neighboring localities in the Province of Isabela, to help them become 
productive, self-reliant and globally competitive labor assets.
The Center shall provide effective employment interventions through 
training programs on relevant skills in trade competencies, craftsmanship, and 
entrepreneurship activities to help hasten the development of the host area and 
the adjacent localities in the Province of Isabela into human resource and 
productivity hubs.
The Center shall serve as a TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for 
acquired competencies in TVET programs in the Municipality of Cabagan and


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adjacent localities In the Province of Isabela. It shall also provide technical- 
vocational training for teachers and curriculum design assistance to the 
secondary schools offering the technical-vocational livelihood track under the K 
to 12 Program, in coordination with the Department of Education and the 
TESDA.
Section 4. Training Programs. - The Center shall offer short-term certificate 
courses and modular trainings in preferred technical-vocational skills and trades 
specialization. To this end, 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 and 
instrumentalities, both local and international, shall provide the necessary 
assistance to enable the Center to develop skilled manpower to achieve a robust 
and inclusive economy in the host area and its adjacent localities.
The Center may establish research and technology hubs, technology 
development farms, satellite or extension training centers, promote mobile 
training programs, and strengthen linkages among the industry partners, the 
academe, and the Center geared towards the acquisition by residents of 
practical livelihood, employable skills, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial 
capabilities in priority areas in the Municipality of Cabagan and neighboring 
localities in the Province of Isabela.
The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies 
assessment leading to 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, automotive mechanic, refrigeration 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 technology, fishing operations technology, 
backyard farming and home-based aquaculture and propagation 
innovations, mechanized farm, fishing tools and equipment operation, 
agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and relevant 
farmers and fisherfolk's trainings for increased
productivity and entrepreneurship;
(c) Livelihood skills development courses 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, cosmetology, and health and wellness training;


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(d) Basic business literacy training in financial management and marketing, 
practical 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 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 servicing, 
and such other relevant practical skills courses;
(f) Computer literacy and Information technology-related skills, digital 
technology, web design, animation, photoshop/online photography, 
computer design and advertising;
(g) Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English 
and other languages for business process outsourcing employment and 
overseas job placement;
(h) Seminars in personality development, career counseling, job placement, 
and work ethic and values; and
(i) Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the 
people of the Municipality of Cabagan and of the other localities of the 
Province of Isabela to enhance their capacities for practical livelihood, 
gainful employment, and entrepreneurial activities.
Section 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act 
notwithstanding, the Center shall become 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 standards of quality prescribed by TESDA governing 
the following:
(a) standard 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 the budgetary 
requirement;


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(d) full alignment of the training programs offered with the minimum 
standards of competency-based quality technical-vocational skills 
technology and the needs of the host area and adjacent communities 
served within the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 
(ASEAN) integration and the Philippine Qualification Framework 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 who shall render full-time service and be responsible 
for its administration and operation, under the supervision of the TESDA.
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 agreements with 
locally- based private and public counterpart agencies, instrumentalities or 
persons, and seek such assistance as may be necessary to effectively implement 
this Act, subject to the approval of the TESDA Director General.
Section 7. Appropriations. - The Director General of the TESDA shall include in 
the Authority's program the operation of the Center, the funding of which shall 
be included In the annual General Appropriations Act.
The LGUs concerned, in consultation with the TESDA, shall set aside from 
any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual 
counterpart fund to support the operation of the Center herein established.
Section 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, DA, Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, the 
concerned LGUs, 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.
The non-promulgation of the implementing rules and regulations shall not 
prevent the implementation of this Act upon its effectivity.
Section 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any section or provision of 
this Act shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or 
provisions thereof shall not be affected and 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 provision of this Act 
are repealed or amended accordingly.


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Section 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication in the Officiar Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,