Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 3178
Introduced by REP. EMILIO BERNARDINO L. YULO
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This bill seeks to establish a Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in the Municipality of Binalbagan,
Province of Negros Occidental, to be known as the Binalbagan TESDA Training and
Assessment Center.
Republic Act No. 7796, or the “Technical Education and Skills Development Act
of 1994,” affirms the State’s duty to provide relevant, accessible, high-quality, and
efficient technical education and skills development. This mandate supports the
formation of a skilled Filipino workforce aligned with the country’s development goals
and economic priorities.
The proposed center will serve as a vital hub for delivering Technical-Vocational
Education and Training (TVET) programs to students and residents of Binalbagan and
nearby localities. It will particularly benefit individuals from marginalized sectors,
including out-of-school youth, low-income families, indigenous peoples, and persons
with disabilities—offering them opportunities to acquire practical, in-demand skills for
gainful employment or self-sustaining livelihood.
By making skills training more accessible at the local level, this measure
empowers individuals to become economically productive, self-reliant, and engaged
contributors to their communities. Beyond economic upliftment, it also fosters personal
growth and unlocks the potential of those who, with the right training and support, can
become catalysts for positive change.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
REP. EMILIO BERNARDINO L. YULO
August 6, 2025
11:41 am


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 3178
Introduced by REP. EMILIO BERNARDINO L. YULO
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF BINALBAGAN, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Establishment of a Training and Assessment Center. There is
hereby established a training and assessment center, under the supervision of the
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), to be known as the
"Binalbagan, Negros Occidental TESDA aining and Assessment Center". It shall be
located in a highly accessible area in the Municipality of Binalbagan, Province of Negros
Occidental, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and the agreement between the TESDA
and the concerned local government units (LGUs).
SEC. 2. General Mandate. The Binalbagan, Negros Occidental 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
disabilities and indigenous peoples, 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 its adjacent localities into
human resource and productivity hubs.
The Center shall also provide technical-vocational training for teachers and
curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools in the Province offering the
technical-vocational livelihood track under the K to 12 Program, in coordination with the
Department of Education (DepEd) and the TESDA.
SEC. 3. 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
Binalbagan and adjacent localities in the Province of Negros Occidental.
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 mechanical assembly, 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 farming, fishing
tools and equipment operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and
innovations, and relevant training seminars for farmers and fisherfolk to encourage
entrepreneurship and thus increase their productivity;
(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;
(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 or 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) 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 Binalbagan and of adjacent localities to enhance their capacities for
practical livelihood, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial activities.
SEC. 4. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. The provisions of this Act
notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon the issuance by the
TESDA of a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance attesting that the
Center has 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 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; (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 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. 5. Administration of the Center. 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 may 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.
SEC. 6. 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.
SEC. 7. 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, DepEd, DILG, NEDA, the concerned LGUs,
and such other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality,
prepare and issue rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
SEC. 8. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions, which are not affected thereby, shall
continue to be in full force and effect.
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. Any law, decree, ordinance or administrative circular


not consistent with any provision of this Act is hereby amended, repealed, or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 10. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspaper of general
circulation.
Approved,
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