Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 3268

Introduced by: Hon. Iris Marie D. Montes

AN ACT
PROMOTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
EMPLOYMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AMONG 4Ps ADULT
BENEFICIARIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11310,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM
(4Ps)"

EXPLANATORY NOTE

“To most Filipinos education represents hope for the future. The
farmer in the countryside spends a lifetime working the soil to earn
enough money for his children's schooling. The young factory worker
scrimps on personal expenses and works a second. shift so that she can
send money home for her siblings’ education. The housewife takes in
laundry and sewing or hawks native delicacies, while her child sells
newspapers on street corners to buy school supplies. The average Filipino
man, who earns approximately three dollars a day, believes that
education can elevate him from poverty to prosperity and from a life of
menial drudgery to one of challenging employment. And to the average
Filipino woman, or "Filipina," education is perceived to be the key to a
better life.”*

Investing in education is crucial for women’s empowerment, economic
development, and societal progress.

According to the Philippine Commission on Women, “Educating women is
imperative because it enables women to participate in the labor force and allows
them to sustain herself and the needs of her family. This stems from the fact that in
modern Filipino families, both husband and wife should engage in productive work
to earn enough for their family’s needs.

Education has been a facilitating factor towards women’s economic
empowerment. A mother's level of education has been found to create positive
educational outcomes for her children since she is primarily assigned in rearing of
children. Educated women build smaller families, with lower rate of children dying
in infancy; hence, surviving children are given better access to education.
Furthermore, educated mothers lead a better quality life for their children.”*

Based on the Quarterly Report on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
Implementation 4% Quarter 2023, 3,800,430 grantees of the Program are female or

* Women's Education as an Instrument for Change: The Case of the Philippines, Amaryllis
Tiglao Torres : ph/wp-content/pssc-
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2025
? Education sector ( cw.gov.ph/education/) Accessed on 14 May 2025


85.99% and 619,355 are male or 14.01% of the total active household
beneficiaries nationwide.

Meanwhile, a study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies
reveals a wide gender gap in terms of labor market status, with males being better
off in having a stable work status. In terms of sex, a larger proportion of males
have work or job compared to females. The gender gap in access to employment is
highest for young women (usually the period of childbearing age), and for women
approaching the retirement age. It shows that majority of females exclude
themselves from the labor force to do unpaid work in the form of household and
family duties and for those who did have work, there was less movement across
industries indicating their inability to diversify their skills or preference to remain in
their chosen industry of occupation because of their socially-determined roles in the
household. It also shows the need for sustainable and fully packaged livelihood
programs that targets young women and young mothers in poorer communities.
Moreover, the study suggests that education is an important factor among women
to enter employment because there is a higher proportion of females engaged in an
economic activity among those with tertiary or post-secondary education compared
to those with lower levels of education. On the other hand, there is a higher
proportion of employed among less educated males.?

This bill seeks to promote education among adult 4Ps beneficiaries, many of
whom are women, with the end view of encouraging their participation in the labor
force and providing them with livelihood opportunities towards the economic
empowerment of Filipino families.

It aims to provide adult beneficiaries with opportunities to complete non-
formal education track through Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the
Department of Education; entrepreneurship track of the Department of Trade and
Industry and Department of Social Welfare and Development; and employment
track of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.

Assistance to ensure their pursuit of tertiary education or employment will be
given to those in the non-formal education track; ease of establishing a micro or
small business enterprise will be given to those in the entrepreneurship track; and
job facilitation assistance to those in the employment track.

This bill was approved by the House of Representatives on third and final
reading during the previous Congress.

In view thereof, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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Kababaihan, Kabalikatan para sa Kapakanan
‘at Kauniaran ng Bayan (4K) Party-list,

2 A Descriptive Analysis of the Dynamics of Labor Market Outcomes of 4Ps Beneficiaries,
Aubrey D. Tabuga, Arkin A. Arboneda, and Anna Rita P. Vargas, Philippine Institute of
Development Studies, Discussion Paper Series No. 2021-34, December 2021
( © jo. ph/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/pidsdps2134.pdf) Accessed on 10 May
2025


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 326

Introduced by: Hon. Iris Marie D. Montes

AN ACT
PROMOTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
EMPLOYMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AMONG 4Ps ADULT
BENEFICIARIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11310,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM
(4Ps)"

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 11310 is hereby amended to read as
follows:

"Sec. 2. Declaration of Policies. - The State shall promote a just and dynamic
social order thereby uplifting its citizens and marginalized sectors from poverty
through policies that provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a
rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all.

The State recognizes the need to foster social justice as provided for in Article
XIII of the 1987 Constitution, as follows:

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(g) Improve maternal health; [and]

“(h) Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all [.]; AND

“(I) PROMOTE EDUCATION AMONG ADULT BENEFICIARIES THROUGH
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM, ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING, AND
EMPLOYMENT TRAINING TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

SEC. 2. Section 7 of the same Act is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 7. Conditional Cash Transfer to Beneficiaries. - The Advisory Council shall
determine the amount of conditional cash transfer to beneficiaries with the
following schemes:

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"(c) Conditional cash transfer grant per child enrolled in senior high school shall
not be lower than Seven hundred pesos (P700.00) per month per child for a
maximum often (10) months per year [=]; [and]

"(d) Health and nutrition grant shall not be lower than Seven hundred fifty pesos
(P750.00) per month for a maximum of twelve (12) months per year [=]; AND

"(E) THE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION GRANT, WHICH REFERS TO A
CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER THAT IS USED TO FINANCE MEALS AND


TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE AVAILMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION UNDER
THIS ACT, MUST NOT BE LOWER THAN FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (PS00.00) PER
INSTANCE PER WOMEN BENEFICIARY OF THE WOMEN EDUCATION PROGRAM."

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SEC. 3. Section 11 of the same Act is amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 11. Conditions for Entitlement. - All qualified household-beneficiaries shall
comply with all of the following conditions as a requirement for continued program
eligibility:

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"(e) Children five (5) to eighteen (18) years old must attend elementary or
secondary classes at least eighty-five (85%) of their time; [and]

"(f) At least one (1) responsible person must attend family development
sessions conducted by the DSWD, at least once a month{[-]; AND

"(G) AT LEAST ONE (1) ADULT BENEFICIARY MUST JOIN AND COMPLETE ANY
OF THE FOLLOWING TRACKS:

(1) NON-FORMAL EDUCATION THROUGH THE ALS TRACK OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION (DEPED). THE ALS TRACK REFERS TO A PARALLEL LEARNING
SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE EXISTING FORMAL
EDUCATION INSTRUCTION AND ENCOMPASSES BOTH NON-FORMAL AND
INFORMAL SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS;

(2) ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRACK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND.
INDUSTRY (DTI) AND DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
(DSWD). THIS REFERS TO INTERVENTIONS WHICH FOCUS ON THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF MICRO-ENTERPRISE THROUGH ENHANCEMENT OF SKILLS,
PROVISION OF FINANCIAL CAPITAL AND BUILDING OR RE-BUILDING PHYSICAL
AND NATURAL ASSETS, AND WHICH COVERS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT,
MARKETING, AND BASIC BUSINESS FINANCE; OR

(3) EMPLOYMENT TRACK OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OR THEIR ACCREDITED PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL
SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. THIS REFERS TO PROGRAMS THROUGH WHICH
LEARNERS AND WORKERS ARE PROVIDED WITH LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO
ACQUIRE, UPGRADE, OR BOTH, THEIR ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOR
PATTERN REQUIRED AS QUALIFICATIONS FOR A JOB OR RANGE OF JOBS IN A
GIVEN OCCUPATIONAL AREA.

THE AVAILMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION SHALL COMMENCE ON THE SECOND
YEAR OF ENROLLMENT IN THE 4PS. AS USED IN THIS ACT, ADULT EDUCATION
REFERS TO INTERVENTIONS THAT IMPROVE TECHNICAL OR PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS, FURTHER DEVELOP ABILITIES, ACQUIRE OR ENRICH
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES IN A NEW FIELD THROUGH
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM TRACK, ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRACK OR
EMPLOYMENT TRACK."

SEC. 4. Section 13 of the same Act is amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 13. [Livelihood] POST SKILLS TRAINING Interventions. - [Quatified] THE

ADULT EDUCATION [hesehetd] beneficiaries shall be given priority in the
availment of the modalities and interventions [wader DSWB's Sustainable-tiveliheod


Program (SL? her—appropriate—orsimitar—programs—offered_—by_other
3 3 ddited private institutions ] OF

THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THEIR SELECTED
TRACK OF ADULT EDUCATION.

"(A) ADULT EDUCATION BENEFICIARIES WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRACK SHALL BE GIVEN ASSISTANCE BY THE DTI TO ENSURE
EASE OF ESTABLISHING A MICRO OR SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND THE
LINK TO THE TARGET CLIENTELE OF THE 4PS ENTREPRENEUR.

"(B) ADULT EDUCATION BENEFICIARIES WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE
EMPLOYMENT TRACK SHALL BE GIVEN JOB FACILITATION ASSISTANCE BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT.

"(C) ADULT EDUCATION BENEFICIARIES WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
NON_FORMAL EDUCATION USING THE ALS TRACK BY THE DEPED UNTIL THEY
FINISH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SHALL BE GIVEN ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THEIR
PURSUIT OF HIGHER LEARNING OR EMPLOYMENT.

SEC. 5. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts
hereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed or modified
accordingly.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,