Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
House Bill No.
9427
Introduced by Representative Albert S. Garcia
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Technical  Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), as created
by  under  Republic  Act  No.   7796,   was  declared   by  the   State  as   provider  of
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  Philippine  development  goals
and priorities.
With  the  rapid  and  major developments  in  the  Province of Bataan  and  the
changing of international  labor requirements and standards,  providing access and
strengthening  technical-vocational  education  is  now  essential  to  equip  Balanga
City  and  its  neighboring  localities  with  globally  competent  and  technically  skilled
manpower responsive to the needs of the province.
The  proposed  Balanga  City  TESDA  Training  and  Assessment  Center will
offer  practical  short-term  certificate  courses  and  modular  trainings  in  technical-
vocational  education  and  trade  technology  in  Balanga  City,  Province  of  Bataan.
The  Center  shall  also  promote  lifelong  learning  as  a  tool  for a  more  sustainable
and  developed  society  by  continually  upgrading  its  programs  and  courses  th.at
would encourage lifelong and life-wide education.
Support for this bill is earnestly requested.
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Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HouseBillNo.          9427
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Introduced by Representative Albert S. Garcia
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AN ACT
ESTABLISHING       A       TECHNICAL       EDUCATION       AND       SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSIVIENT
CENTER IN  BALANGA CITY, PROVINCE 0F BATAAN, TO BE KNOWN
AS   THE   BALANGA   CITY   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:
1                    SECTION  1.  SAorf  77.I/e.  -This  Act  shall  be  known  as  the  "Ba/anga  Ci.fy
2      TESDA Training and Assessment centerAct".
3                  SEC.  2.  Es fab/jshmenf.  -  There  is  hereby  a  training  and  assessment
4      under the  supervision  of the  TESDA,  to  be  known  as  the  Balanga  City,  Bataan
5       TESDA Training and Assessment center.  It shall be located  in a highly accessible
6      area  in the City of Balanga,  Province of Bataan,  pursuant to the purposes of this
7      Act   and   to   the   agreement   between   the   TESDA   and   the   concerned   local
8       governmentunits (LGUs).
9                   SEC.   3.   Genera/  Mandate.   -The   Balanga   City  TESDA  Training   and
1o      Assessment Center,  hereinafter referred  to  as the  Center,  shall  primarily provide
11      technical-vocational education and training (rvET) programs to students and local
12       residents  from  low-income  families  and  out-of-school  youths,  including  persons
13       with   disabilities   and    indigenous   peoples,    in   the   City   of   Balanga,    and   the
14       neighboring  localities  in the  Province of Bataan,  to  help them  become  productive,
15       self-reliant and globally competitive labor assets.
The   Center   shall    provide   effective   employment   interventions   through
training   programs   on   relevant   skills   trade   competencies,   craftmanship,   and
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1      entrepreneurship  activities  to  help  hasten  the  development  of the  host  area  and
2       the   adjacent   localities   in   the   Province   of   Bataan   into   human   resource   and
3       productivity hubs.
4                   The  Center  shall  serve  as  a  TESDA-accredited  Assessment  Center  for
5       acquired   competencies   in   TVET   programs   in   City   of   Balanga   and   adjacent
6       localities   in   the   Province   of  Bataan.   It   shall   also   provide   technical-vocational
7      training  for teachers  and  curriculum  design  assistance  to  the  secondary  schools
8       offering the technical-vocational  livelihood  (ll/L) track under the  K to  12  Program
9       in coordination with the Department of Education and the TESDA.
1o                  SEC.  4.  Ira/.n/.ng Programs -The Center shall offer short-term certificate
11       courses  and  modular trainings  in  preferred  technical-vocational  skills  and  trades
12       specialization.  To  this  end,  the  Department  of  Labor  and  Employment  (DOLE),
13       Department of Trade  and  Industry (DTl),  Department of science and Technology
14       (DOST),  Department  of  Agriculture  (DA),   Department  of  the  Interior  and  Local
15       Government   (DILG),   National   Economic   and   Development   Authority   (NEDA),
16       business-industry partners, and other relevant agencies and instrumentalities, both
17       local  and   international,   shall   provide  the   necessary  assistance  to  enable  the
18       Center to develop skilled  manpower to achieve a  robust inclusive economy in the
19       host area and its adjacent localities.
2o                   The   Center   may   establish   research   and   technology   hubs,   technology
21       development farms, satellite or extension training centers,  promote mobile training
22       programs,  and  strengthen  linkages  among  the  industry  partners,  the  academe,
23       and the center geared towards the  acquisition  by residents of practical  livelihood,
24       employable  skills,  gainful  employment,  and  entrepreneurial  capabilities  in  priority
25       areas in the city of Balanga and neighboring localities in the province of Bataan.
26                    The  Center  shall  offer  the  following  TVET  programs  with  competencies
27       assessment leading to at least National  certification Levels  I-lI[:
28                    a.   Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and
29                           stee[work,    machine    fabrication    and    operation,    heavy    equipment
30                           operation,   automotive   mechanic,    refrigeration   and   air   conditioning,
31                          electronics,   and   operation   of  power   tools   and   equipment   for   both
32                            medium skills grade and industrial purposes;
33                     b.   Agriculture  and  aquaculture-related  trainings  and  skjlls  development  in
34                          such   areas   as   farming   technology,   fishing   operations   technology,
35                          backyard    farming    and    home-based    aquaculture    and    propagation
36                           innovations,  mechanized  farm,  fishing  tools  and  equipment  operation,
37                          agribusiness,  agri-aqua  trade technology and  innovations,  and  relevant
38                           farmers    and    fisherfolks'    trainings    for    increased    productivity    and
39                           entrepreneurship;
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c.   Livelihood  skills  development  courses  for  preferred  skills  employment
and  small-scale  entrepreneurship,  including  practical  skills  education  in
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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.
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     servjcing,      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;
a.   Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English
and  other  languages  for  business  process  outsourcing  employement
and overseas job placement;
h.   Seminars in personality development, career counseling, job placement,
work ethics and values; and
i.     Other  preferred  skills  and  trades  training  that  may  be  needed  by  the
people of the City of Balanga and of the other localities of the  Province
of  Bataan  to  enhance  their  capacities  for  practical  livelihood,  gainful
employment, and entrepreneurial activities.
29                   SEC.  5.  Compliance with  TESDA  Requirements.-The prov'is.ior\s Of th.is
3o      Act    notwithstanding,    the    Center   shall    become    operational    only    upon    the
31       determination  and  certification  by  the  TESDA,  through  the  issuance  of  a  formal
32       recommendation  and  certificate  of compliance,  that  the  Center  has  satisfactorily
33       complied   with   the   minimum   requirements   for   quality   prescribed   by   TESDA
34       governing    the    following:    a)    standard    procedures    and    guidelines    for    the
35       establishment and operation of a center;  b) operational sustainability of the center
36       in   terms   of   licensed   facultyJ`trainers   and   personnel,   equipment,   training   and
37       laboratory  facilities,  instructional  materials,  and  other standard  requirements  of a
38       Center;  c) sustainable funding source and allocation of budget   requirement; d) full
39       alignment   of   the   training   programs   offered   with   the   minimum   standards   of
4o       competency-based  quality technical-vocational  skills  technology and  the  needs of
41      the   host  area     and   adjacent  communities   served     within   the   context  of  the
42       Association  of  Southeast  Asian  Nations  (ASEAN)  integration  and  the  Philippine
43       Qualifications  Framework  (PQF)  for  l\/ET;  and  e)  compliance  with  such  other
44      TESDA  conditionalities  and  standards  as  may  be  necessary  and  applicable  in
45       establishing a center.
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1                   SEC.  6.  Adm/.ni'strafi'on,  -The  Center shall  be  headed  by  a  Technical-
2       Vocational Administrator who shall render full-time services and be responsible for
3       its administration and operation, under the supervision of the TESDA.
4                    The  Technical-Vocational  Administrator  shall  be  appointed  by  the  TESDA
5       Director General  in  accordance with  the  rules  and  regulations  of the Civil  Service
6       Commission and the qualification requirements for such office.
7                    The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall  enter into  mutual  agreements
8       with  locally-based  private  and   public  counterpart  agencies,   instrumentalities  or
9      persons and seek such  assistance as may be necessary to effectively implement
1o       this Act, subject to the approval of the TESDA Director General.
11                    SEC.   7.  Approprf`afi.ons.   -     The  Director  General  of  the  TESDA  shall
12       include jn the Authority's program the operation of the center, the funding of which
13       shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
14                    The  concerned  LGU,  in  consultation  with  the TESDA,  shall  set aside from
15       any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual counterpart
16      fund to support the operation of the center herein established.
17                  SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -W.ithiin n.inety (90) days
18       after  the  approval  of  this  Act,  the  TESDA,  in  coordination  with  the  DOLE,  DTl,
19       DOST,  DA,  Department  of  Budget  and  Management,  DILG,  NEDA,  concerned
2o      LGUs,  and  such  other  relevant  agencies  and  industry-business  partners  of  the
21       host  locality,  shall  prepare  and  issue  the  necessary  rules  and  regulations  for the
22       effective implementation of this Act.
23                   SEC.  9.  Separab/`//-fy c/ause. -lf, for any reason,  any provision of this Act
24       shall  be  deemed  unconstitutional  or  invalid,  the  other  provisions  hereof shall  not
25       be affected and shall remain in force and in affect.
26                   SEC.   10.   Rapea/ing   C/ause.   -   All   laws,   executive   orders,   decrees,
27       instructions,  rules and  regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of
28      this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
29                    SEC.  72.  Effect/.v/.fy.  -This Act shall  take  effect fifteen  (15)  days  after its
3o       publication in the off/.c/.a/ Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
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