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Republic of the Philippines 9
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BILL No. 2953

Introduced by Representative Peter John D. Calderon

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally introduced as House Bill No. 7172 by the undersigned Peter John
Calderon during the 17" Congress where it was approved by the Committee on Rules. It was
‘subsequently approved on 2™ reading, approved on 3" reading and was transmitted to the
‘Senate where it was not acted upon.

‘The establishment of an accessible, high quality and efficient Technical Education and
‘Skills Development Authority and Assessment Center shall be beneficial not only in the
municipality of Ronda but to the entire 7" District of Cebu.

‘The 7" District of Cebu is composed of eight (8) municipalities, namely Ronda, Moalboal,
Alegria, Ginatilan, Dumanjug, Alcantara, Badian, and Malabuyoc. The District has no TESDA
training and Assessment Center.

This bill, which aimed to equip our constituents with the basic practical knowledge and
technical expertise, geared towards a society that is productive, self-reliant and more importantly
employable. The necessity for the creation of Ronda TESDA Training and Assessment Center
shall serve not only fourteen (14) barangays of the municipality of Ronda but likewise all the
‘municipalities of the 7 District

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is eamestly sought

REP. } CALDERON
7™ District - Cebu


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2953

Introduced by Representative Peter John D. Calderon

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF RONDA, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO BE KNOWN AS THE RONDA
TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

Be it adopted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phillippines in
Congress assembled:

SEC. 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Ronda TESDA Training and
Assessment Center Act”.

SEC. 2. Establishment. - This is hereby established a Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in the Municipality of
Ronda, Province of Cebu, under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as the Ronda
‘TESDA Training and Assessment Center.

SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The Ronda TESDA Training and Assessment Center,
hereafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide technical-vocational training and
skills development programs to students and residents from low-income families and out-of
school-youths, including college dropouts and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the
Municipality of Ronda and the rest of the localities comprising the Seventh Congressional
District of the Province of Cebu, geared towards the acquisition of practical livelihood,
employable skills, gainful employment, and entrepreneurship.

‘The Center shall play a pivotal role in helping the students and other residents in the
Municipality of Ronda and the adjacent areas and localities in the Province of Cebu to
become a productive, self-reliant, and globally competitive middle-to high-level skilled labor
force to hasten the social and economic development of these areas, in particular, and
enable the trained local residents to meet the manpower needs of both local and
international labor markets, in general.


The Center shall consider in the design of relevant technical-vocational training
Programs to be offered thereat a competency assessment of the socioeconomic profile,
employment conditions and opportunities, business climate, market and industry potentials,
available resources, and presence of support structures, including the literacy level and skills
readiness, and the overall development needs of the host area and adjacent communities
within the operational radius of the Center established herein. The Center shall also
consider the relevant skills, trade competencies, craftsmanship training programs and
entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the effective employment and development
interventions required to make these areas as human resource capital and productivity hubs.

The Center shall also serve as a TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for required
‘competencies in technical-vocational skills. Preference in admission, however, shall be given
to the most disadvantaged citizens, including PWDs, and to the most economically
depressed areas of the Municipality of Ronda and the other municipalities in the Province of
Cebu.

The Center shall, in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the
TESDA, render relevant teachers’ training assistance and curriculum design to the secondary
schools offering technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program of the
Deped.

‘SEC. 4. Training Programs. - The Center shall offer diverse short-term certificate
courses and modular trainings in relevant technical-vocational skills and trades specialization
to comply with employment standards in preferred market-driven labor opportunities. It
shall also give premium efforts to skills specialization for local market employment
requirements geared towards achieving the development needs for a robust inclusive
economy of the host area and each of the adjacent localities and communities, in
consultation with the Department of labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Department of Interior
and Local Government (DILG), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),
business-industry partners, and such other relevant agencies, both local and international.

‘The Center may establish, as deemed necessary and practicable, research and
technology hubs, mobile training programs, and satellite or extension training centers in
priority areas throughout the Municipality of Ronda and in the Seventh Congressional District
Of the Province of Cebu to strengthen linkages among the industry, the academe, and the
technology centers thereat.

‘The Center shall offer the following TESDA-registered technical-vocational training
programs with competencies assessment leading to at least National Certification Levels I-
IIL, as applicable, to address the development and manpower needs of the Municipality of
Ronda and the other adjacent localities of the Seventh Congressional District of Cebu within
the operational radius of the Center:

(a) Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and steel

works, 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;

(b) Agriculture-related trainings and farm skills development in such areas as farming
technology and farm operations, backyard farming and home-based aquaculture
and propagation innovations, mechanized farm tools and equipment operations,
agribusiness and agri-trade technology and innovations, and relevant farmers
trainings for increased productivity and entrepreneurship;

(©) Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and small-
scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in crafts and arts,
workmanship and designing, high-speed sewing, dressmaking and tailoring,
horticulture, livestock raising and breeding, food processing technology, home
technology, culinary arts and commercial cooking, including baking, beauty
aulture, and health and weliness 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, including online home-based
business operation and use of social media business marketing;

(e) Technical-vocational occupation and trade skills such as carpentry, masonry,
plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation, automotive servicing,
electronics servicing, electronics servicing, personal computer (PC) servicing, and
‘such other relevant practical skills courses;

(f) Computer literacy and information technology (IT)-related skills, digital
technology, web design, animation, photoshop/online photography, computer
design, and advertising;

(g) Social communication skills development, language proficiency courses in English
and other languages for business process outsourcing employment, such as call
center and overseas job placement;

(h) Seminars in personality development, career counseling and job placement, work
ethic and values; and

(0) Other preferred priority skills and trades training that may be needed by the
people of the Municipality of Ronda and other municipalities in the Seventh
Congressional District in the Province of Cebu, to enhance their capacities for
practical livelihood, gainful employment, and entrepreneurship skills.


‘Sec. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements.-The provisions of this Act
notwithstanding, the Center established herein shall become operationally effective only
upon the determination and declaration of the TESDA, through the issuance of a formal
recommendation and a 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: (a) standard procedures and guidelines (SPGs) for
the establishment and operation of a Center; (b) operational sustainability of the Center
established herein, in terms of licensed faculty-trainers and personnel, equipment, training
and laboratory facilities, instructional materials, and other standard requirements as a
‘Center; (c) sustainable funding source and allocation of budget requirement of the Center
herein established; (d) 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 South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Philippines Qualifications Framework
(PQF) for technical-vocational education; 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, shall be appointed by the TESDA Director
General in accordance with Service Commission rules and regulations and the qualification
requirements for such office.

‘The Administrator shall enter into mutual agreements with locally-based private and
Public counterpart agencies or instrumentalities and persons, subject to approval of the
TESDA Director General, for such assistance as may be necessary to effectively implement
this Act.

Sec. 7. Appropriations. ~ The amount necessary to implement the provisions of this
‘Act., and its continued implementation thereafter, shall be included in the annual General
Appropriation Act.

The concerned local government units (LGUs), in consultation with the TESDA, shall
likewise set aside from any available local revenue amount deemed appropriate as annual
counterpart fund to support the operation of the Ronda TESDA Training and Assessment
Center established herein.

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,
Department of Budget and Management, DILG, concerned LGUs, and such other relevant
agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality, prepare and issue the
Necessary rules and regulations for the implementations of this Act.


Sec. 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Act
‘shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof shall not
be affected and shall remain in force and effect.

Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, rules
and regulations contrary to or in consistent with any provision of this Act are repealed or
amended accordingly.

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

Approved,