Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

2525

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Hon. Charisse Anne C. Hernandez

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article XIV, Section 1 of the 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.””

Education is the key to escape poverty however, not everyone has access to it. The
development of any nation's human capital is based on the accessibility or availbility of education.
The level of a nation's human capital, which is developed through education, determines how that
nation develops on a global scale. With that said, Calamba City has forty six (46) TESDA
Accredited Schools and Training Centers, in spite of this, most of these accredited TESDA Schools
and Training Centers arc located in the Iowlind arcas which are inconvenient or not accessible to
some people living in the upland areas of Calamba City.

Being a haven for industries and is considered as the heart of CALABARZON due to
numerous employment opportunities, the City of Calamba is one of the premiere industrial hubs
outside Metro Manila and it is imperative upon the governing body to provide mechanisms that will
support the residents of Calamba City, especially those living in the upland areas to have
accessibility to such programs and to become more self-reliant and competitive in the skills market.

This bill seeks to establish a training and assessment center that will help promote
technical-vocational programs for the residents of Calamba City living in remote areas and for them
to have equal access to these learning opportunities.

CHARISSE ANNE C. HERNANDEZ
Representative
Lone District, Calamba City


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO, 2525

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN CALAMBA
CITY, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA, TO BE KNOWN AS THE “CALAMBA 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.

SECTION 1. Title - This Act shall be known as the “Calamba City TESDA Training and
Assessment Center Act”

SEC. 2. Establishment - There is hereby established a Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) in Calamba City, Province of Laguna, to be known as the
Calamba City TESDA Training and Assessment Center, hereinafer referred to as the Center. It shall
be established in a highly accessible location in Barangay Canlubang, Calamba City, Province of
Laguna pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the mutual agreement between TESDA and the
concerned local government units (LGUs)

SEC. 3. General Mandate - The Center shall primarily provide technical-vocational
education training (TVET) programs ( students and local residents from low-income families and
out-of-school youths, including persons with disabilities and indigenous people, in Calamba City and


the neighboring localities in the Province of Laguna, to help them become productive, self-reliant and
globally competitive abor assets.

The Center shall offer training programs on relevant skills, trade competencies,
crafismanship, and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the effective employment
interventions that will hasten the development of the host area and the adjacent localities in the
Province of Laguna into a human resource and productivity hub.

‘The Center shall serve as a TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for acquired
competencies in TVET programs in Calamba City and adjacent localities in the Province of Laguna
It shall also provide teachers' training and curriculum design assistance to secondary schools offering
the technical vocational livelihood (TVL) wack under the K to i2 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
modudsr (raining in preférred technica vocational skilis and trades specialization. To this end, the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTN,
Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG), National and Economic 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 areas and adjacent localities.

SEC. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act
notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon determination and declaration of the
‘TESDA, through the issuance of a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance that the
Center has individually and satisfactorily compiled with the tninimam requirements for quality

standards prescribed by TESDA.

SEC. 6. Administration - The Calamba City TESDA Training and Accreditation Center
shall be headed by a Technical Vocational Administrator under the supervision of the 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 ‘lechnicai-Vocatonai Admmstrator shail render fili-tme services and shail be
responsible for the administration and operation of the Calamba City TESDA Training and
Accreditation Center.


SEC. 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.

SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within ninety (90) days after the
effectivity of this Act, the TESDA, in coordination with the DOLE, the Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI), the concerned LGU, and such other relevant agencies, shall formulate and issue the
necessary ruics and regulations for the implementation of this Act.

SEC. 9. Separability Clause. — If, for any reason, any section of this Act shall be deemed
unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof shall not be affécted and shall
thereby remain in force and effect.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 11. Effectivity. ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette o in'a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,