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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
7354

HOUSE BILL NO. _"**

Introduced by the Hon. MA. LUCILLE L. NAVA

EXPLANTORY NOTE

This Bill seeks to create the TESDA Skills Training and Assessment Center in the
Municipality of Jordan, Province of Guimaras, to be known as the Guimaras TESDA Training
and Assessment Center.

The establishment of an accessible, high quality and efficient TESDA Skills Training
and Assessment Center in the Province of Guimaras will expedite and enhance TESDA
trainings to all Guimarasnons in the island province. In this day and age, having an extra
skill gives a person an edge in his endeavors. This bill, which is aimed to equip the youth
and the unemployed or any person with skills training that is geared towards a society that
is self-reliant, productive and employable.

The TESDA training and assessment center shall serve the five (5) municipalities in
the Province of Guimaras, with a total of 98 barangays. The necessity of a TESDA Training
and Assessment Center located in the heart of Guimaras cannot be underscored enough
given that the Province of Guimaras is undergoing rapid development with a constant
demand for highly skilled and technical workers.

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

MA. wet Hh Mn MD.


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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No.__7354

Introduced by: HON. MA. LUCILLE L. NAVA, MD.

“AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE PROVINCE
OF GUIMARAS, TO BE KNOWN AS THE GUIMARAS TESDA TRAINING
AND ASSESSMENT CENTER 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 “Guimaras TESDA Training
and Assessment Center Act”.

SECTION 2. Establishment - There is hereby established a Technical Education and
Skills Development Center in the Municipality of Jordan, Province of Guimaras, under the
supervision of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to be known,
as the Guimaras TESDA Training and Assessment Center.

SECTION 3. General Mandate - The Guimaras TESDA Training and Assessment Center

shall primarily provide technical-vocational training and skills development programs to
students from low income families and out of school youth in all the municipalities in the
Province of Guimaras. It shall also play a pivotal role in helping the students become productive,
self-reliant and to develop into middle-level skilled labor force so as to hasten the social and
economic development of Guimaras as well as to meet the needs of both local and international
markets.


The Guimaras TESDA Training and Assessment Center shall also serve as the assessment
center for acquired competencies in technical-vocational skills in the whole Province of
Guimaras. Further, as deemed necessary and practicable, in coordination with the Department of
Education (DepEd), it shall render relevant teachers’ training and curriculum design to the
secondary schools offering technical-vocational education under the K to 12 Program of the
DepEd

SECTION 4. Curricular Offerings. - The Guimaras TESDA Training and Assessment
Center shall offer short-term courses in preferred market driven and relevant technical-vocational
courses within its areas of specialization in consultation with the Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE) and such other relevant agencies, both local and international

SECTION 5. School Site - The Guimaras TESDA Training and Assessment Center shall
be established on a site which is highly accessible pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the
mutual agreement between the TESDA and the concerned local government unit (LGU).

SECTION 6. Administration, - The Guimaras TESDA Training and Assessment Center
shall be headed by a Technical-Vocational Administrator under the supervision of TESDA. The
Technical-Vocational Administrator shall be appointed by the TESDA Director-General in
accordance with civil service rules and regulations and the qualification requirements of the
TESDA.

The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall render full time services and shall be
responsible for the administration and operation of the Guimaras TESDA Training and
Assessment Center.

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.

SECTION 8. Implementing Rules and Guidelines. - Within sixty (60) days after the
effectivity of this Act, the TESDA, in coordination with DOLE, the Department of Trade and
Industry, and the concerned LGU, and such other relevant agencies, shall formulate and issue the
necessary rules and regulations for the 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 and provisions hereof shall not be affected
and shall thereby remain in force and 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 hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.


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

Approved,