NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1772
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23 JAN 25 P4H0
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT 
CENTERS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LIBJO PROVINCE OF DINAGAT 
ISLANDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article XIV, Section 1 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that, "the 
State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all 
levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all. 
Pursuant to this Constitutional mandate. Republic Act No. 7796 or the Technical 
Education and Skills Development Act of 1994, was enacted into law to encourage 
the full participation of and mobilize the industry, labor, local government units and 
technical-vocational institutions in the skills development of the country's human 
resources.
This bill seeks to establish a Provincial TESDA Training and Assessment 
Center in the province of Dinagat Islands. This will certainly advance its agricultural 
sector through accessible, affordable, and quality training, will curb unemployment 
rate, and will also respond to the increasing number of interested students and out- 
of-school youth in the province.
This will arm the learners with fundamental practical knowledge and technical 
expertise that they may use to be self-reliant, productive, and employable. This will 
also strengthen their communities' capacities, allowing them to be more efficient 
and progressive citizens.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought .
eTrT MARCOS


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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1772
Senate
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23 JAN 25 P4:00
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT ESTABLISHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT 
CENTERS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LIB30 PROVINCE OF DINAGAT 
ISLANDS, 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 "Dinagat Provincial 
TESDA Training and Assessment Center Act".
SEC. 2. Establishment. -There is hereby established a Technical Education and 
Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Provincial Training and Assessment Center in the 
Municipality of Libjo, Province of Dinagat Islands, under the supervision of the TESDA, 
to be known as the Dinagat Provincial TESDA Training and Assessment Centers.
The Center shall be established in strategic location in the Municipality of Libjo, 
Province of Dinagat Islands, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the mutual 
agreement between the TESDA and the concerned local government unit (LGU).
SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The Dinagat Provincial TESDA Training and 
Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide 
relevant and quality technical-vocational education and training (TVET), including 
practical short-term specialty courses and one (1) year to three (3) year 
TESDA-registered technical-vocational skills training programs and certificate courses, 
to out-of-school youths, high school students and graduates, unemployed and


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underemployed adults, workers in the informal sector, persons with disabilities and 
ethnic indigenous people, and residents from low-income families in the Municipality of 
Libjo and adjacent municipalities in the Province of Dinagat Islands.
The Center shall play a pivotal role in helping the local residents become 
productive, self-reliant and to develop into competitive middle- to high-level skilled 
labor force so as to hasten the social and economic development of Dinagat Islands, 
as well as meet the needs of both local and international labor markets. The Center 
shall consider, in the design of relevant TVET programs to be offered therein, the 
preferred skills categories based on identified development targets to propel the 
province to becoming a skilled human resource and economic productivity hub.
The Center shall also serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Centers for 
acquired competencies in technical-vocational skills in the Province of Dinagat Islands.
The Center, in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the 
TESDA, shall offer relevant teachers' training assistance and curriculum design to the 
secondary schools providing the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K 
to 12 Program of the DepEd in the Municipality of Libjo and neighboring localities in 
the Province of Dinagat Islands.
SEC. 4. Curricular Offerings/Training Programs. - The Center, in consultation 
with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and 
Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of the Interior and Local 
Government (DILG), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), National 
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), locally and internationally-based 
business industry partners, and other relevant agencies, shall offer diverse short-term 
certificate courses and modular trainings in relevant technical-vocational skills and 
trade specialization to comply with employment standards in preferred and emerging 
market-driven labor opportunities. The Center shall spearhead training programs in 
new skills to respond to market trends towards attaining a robust inclusive economy in 
the host sites and in the adjacent localities and communities in the Province of Dinagat.
The Centers may establish research and technology hubs, technology 
development farms, mobile training programs, and satellite or extension training 
centers in priority areas throughout the Municipality of Libjo and neighboring localities 
in the Province of Dinagat to serve the manpower needs of the area and strengthen 
the linkages among the industry, the academe, and the Center.


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The Center shall offer the following TESDA-registered technical-vocational
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training programs with competencies assessment leading to National Certification
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Levels Mil to increase the livelihood assets and competitive productivity of the
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Municipality of Libjo, and the neighboring localities in the Province of Dinagat:
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(a) Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and
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steelworks, machine fabrication and operation, heavy equipment operation, automotive
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mechanic assembly, refrigeration and air conditioning, electronics, and operation of
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power tools and equipment for both medium skills grade and industrial purposes;
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(b) Agriculture and aquaculture-related trainings and skills development in such
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areas as farming technology, fishing operations technology, backyard farming and
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home-based aquaculture and propagation innovations, mechanized farming, fishing
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tools and equipment operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and
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innovations, and relevant training seminars for famers and fisherfolk to encourage
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entrepreneurship and thus increase their productivity;
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(c) Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and
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small- scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in arts and crafts,
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workmanship and design, high-speed sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, horticulture,
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livestock raising and breeding, food processing technology, home technology, culinary
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arts and commercial cooking, cosmetology, and health and wellness training;
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(d) Basic business literacy training in financial management and marketing
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practical accountancy, bookkeeping and office procedures, business processes and
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application procedures. Including registration, licensing, documentation, business
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patent and Intellectual property regulation, business financing and investment
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opportunities sourcing, import-export accreditation, online home-based business
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operation and social media business marketing;
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(e) Technical-vocational occupation and trades skills such as carpentry,
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masonry, plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation, automotive servicing,
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electronics servicing, personal computer servicing, and such other relevant practical
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skills courses;
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(f) Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, web
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development, animation (3D Digital), game development, and computer-aided design
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application;
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(g) Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English and
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other languages for business process outsourcing employment and overseas job
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(h) Seminars on 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 Province of Dinagat Islands for practical livelihood, gainful employment, and 
entrepreneurial activities.
SEC. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act 
notwithstanding, the Centers shall become operational only upon the issuance by the 
TESDA of a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance attesting that the 
Centers have satisfactorily complied with the minimum standards of quality it has 
prescribed governing the following:
(a) standard procedures and guidelines for the establishment and operation of 
a Center;
(b) operational sustainability of the Centers, in terms of licensed faculty-trainers 
and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities, instructional 
materials, and ether standard requirements of a Center;
(c) sustainable funding source and allocation of the 3 budgetary requirements;
(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 areas and adjacent communities served within the context of 
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) integration and the 
Philippine Qualifications Framework for TVET; and
(e) 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 services 
and be responsible for the administration and operation of the Center.
The Technical-Vocational Administrator of the Center shall be appointed by the 
TESDA Director General in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service 
Commission (CSC) and the qualification requirements for such office.
The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall enter into agreements with locally- 
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to the approval of the TESDA Director General, for such assistance as may be necessary 
to effectively implement this Act.
SEC. 7. Appropriations. -The Director General of the TESDA shall include the 
Authority's program the operation of the Center, the funding of which shall be included 
in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).
The LGUs concerned, 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 Center herein established.
SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days from 
after the approval of this Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with the DOLE, DTI, 
DOST, DA, Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, concerned LGUs, 
and such other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality 
shall prepare and issue the necessary regulations for the implementation of this Act.
SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - In the event that any provision of this Act or any 
portion thereof is declared unconstitutional by a competent court, the other provisions 
shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable.
SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and 
regulations, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed 
or amended accordingly.
SEC. 11. Effectivlty. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,