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House Bill No. 6736 SinperzZ

Introduced by Representatives Ria Christina G. Farinas
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

eeks to create the llocos Norte TESDA Training and Assessment Center in
lity of Piddig, Province of llocos Norte which aims to provide technical-
vocational training programs to the constituents of the Municipality of Piddig and its
adjacent localities with the end goal of developing and enhancing their skills.

In virtue of Republic Act No. 7796 or the “Technical Education and Skills
Development Act of 1994," TESDA is mandated to manage and supervise technical
‘education and skills development in the Philippines. Since its establishment, it has offered
relevant programs and trainings with the goal of transforming the Filipino workforce to
self-reliant and productive citizens. It continues to equip them with life-long leaming and
skills necessary for their future endeavors.

With the establishment of an accessible TESDA Training and Assessment Center in
the Province of llocos Norte, it will serve a total of 21 municipalities and 2 cities. The
programs and trainings will not only be beneficial to students of Grades 11 and 12 but to
any interested individual who desires to develop and enhance their skills for their own
development and future possible labor opportunities. Technical and vocational
education is proven to be substantial in all labor aspects as they are also the building
blocks of economic development. Especially now with the rapid developments in the
Province of llocos Norte, it is more than substantial to establish a TESDA Training and
Assessment Center that is par with international standards and boost the socio-economic

status of its citizens.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 6736

Introduced by Representatives Ria Christina G. Farifias
and Rudys Caesar G. Farifias |

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA)
TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PIDDIG, PROVINCE OF
ILOCOS NORTE, TO BE KNOWN AS ILOCOS NORTE 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 “locos Norte 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 the Municipality of
Piddig, Province of llocos Norte, under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as the
locos Norte TESDA Training and Assessment Center. It shall be established in a highly
‘accessible location in the first legislative district of llocos Norte, pursuant of this Act and
to the mutual agreement between the TESDA and the concerned local government units
(Gus).

Sec. 3. General Mandate. - The Ilocos Norte TESDA Training and Assessment Center,
hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide technical-vocational
education and training (TVET) programs to students, local residents from low-income

families, and out-of-school youths, including persons with disabilities and indigenous


peoples, in the Municipality of Piddig and neighboring municipalities of the Province of
llocos Norte, to help them become productive, self-reliant and globally competitive
labor assets.

The Center shall offer training programs on relevant skills trade competencies,
craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the effective
employment interventions that will hasten the development of the host area and
adjacent localities in the Province of llocos Norte into human resource and productive
hubs.

The Center shall also serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for acquired
competencies in TVET programs in the Municipality of Piddig and its neighboring localities
in the Province of llocos Norte. It shall also provide teachers’ training and curriculum
design assistance to the secondary schools offering the technical-vocational livelihood
{TVL) track under the K to 12 Program in coordination with the Department of Education
(DepEd) and the TESDA.

Sec. 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 (DT), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Agriculture
(DA). Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA), business-industry partners, and other relevant agencies
and instrumentaiities, 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, and promote mobile training
programs to strengthen linkages among the industry partners, the academe, and the
Center geared towards the acquisition of practical livelihood, employable skills, gainful
‘employment, and entrepreneurship in priority areas in the Municipality of Piddig and its
adjacent localities in the Province of llocos Norte.

The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies assessment
leading to National Certification Levels lll:


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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;

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 entrepreneurshi

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;

Basic business literacy training in financial management, marketing, practical
accountancy, bookkeeping, 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:

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 (i)-related skills, digital
technology, web design, animation, photoshop/oniine photography, computer
design, and advertising;

Social communication skils and language proficiency courses in English and other
languages for business process outsourcing employment and overseas job
placement;


h)

Seminars on personality development, career counseling and job placement, and
work ethic and values; and

Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the people of
the Municipality of Piddig and adjacent localities of the Province of locos Norte
to enhance their capacities for practical livelihood, gainful employment, and
entrepreneurial activities.

Sec. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act notwithstanding,
the Center shall become operationally effective 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

requirements for quality standards prescribed by the TESDA governing the following

competency assessment:

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b)

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Standard procedures and guidelines (SPGs) for the establishment and operation
of a Center:
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;

Sustainable funding source and allocation of the budgetary requirement;
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 adjacent communities served in the context
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Integration and the
Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) for TVET; and

Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards, as may be
necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.

Sec. 6. Administration. - The Center shall be headed by a Technical-Vocational
‘Administrator, under the supervision of the TESDA, who shall render full-time service and

be responsible for its administration and operation.


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 or instrumentalities and persons, subject
to the approval of the TESDA Director General, for such assistance as may be necessary
to effectively implement this Act.

Sec. 7. Appropriations. - The TESDA Director General 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 concemed, in consultation with the TESDA, shalll set aside from any
available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual counterpart fund to
support the operation of the Center herein established.

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, DA, Department of
Budget and Management (DBM), DILG, NEDA, concerned LGUs, and such otherrelevant
agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality, prepare and issue the
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. - All provisions of existing laws, presidential decrees or
issuances, executive orders, letters of instruction, administrative orders, rules and
regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed,
amended, or modified accordingly.

Sec. 10. Separability Clause. - If any portion of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the
same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other provisions not affected
thereby.


Sec. 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,