Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
5950
House Bill No.

Introduced by Rep. ANGELO MARCOS BARBA
24 District, [locos Norte

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Pursuant to the declared policy of the State to provide 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 the Philippine development goals and
priorities, this bill seeks to establish a Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) training and assessment center in the
Province of Ilocos Norte.

The establishment of a TESDA training and assessment center serves an
opportunity not only for students and residents from low-income families and
out-of-school youths, but also persons with disabilities and indigenous
peoples in the Province of Ilocos Norte, to become productive, self-reliant and
competitive workers.

‘The proposed TESDA training and assessment center is to be located in
Banna, Ilocos Norte. The municipality of Banna is the home of the rice coffee,
which has provided the people of Banna, especially women, a sustainable
livelihood. In fact, the rice-coffee making business in Banna has expanded to
cater a bigger market. In addition, Banna has been recognized for its support
and contribution to the development of the Ilocos loom-weaving industry and
organic and artisan soap making.

‘Thus, the establishment of TESDA training and assessment center in the
Province of Ilocos Norte will further develop these industries and promote
other technical-vocational programs.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

ANGELO COS BARBA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 5950 _

Introduced by Rep. ANGELO MARCOS BARBA
24 District, Mocos Norte

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND
ASSESSMENT CENTER TO BE LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF BANNA, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Ilocos Norte
TESDA Training and Assessment Center Act”.

SECTION 2. Establishment. — There is hereby established a Technical
and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center
in the Municipality of Banna, Province of Ilocos Norte, under the supervision
of TESDA, to be known as the Ilocos Norte Training and Assessment Center.

SECTION 3. General Mandate. - The Ilocos Norte Training and
Assessment Center, hereinafter 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 persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples in the Province of
locos Norte, to help them become productive, self-reliant and globally
competitive labor assets.

The Center shall offer training programs on relevant skills trade
competencies, craftmanship, and entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver
the effective employment interventions that will hasten the development of
the host areas and adjacent municipalities in the province of locos Norte into
human resource and productivity hubs.

‘The Center shall each serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for
acquired competencies in TVET programs in the Province of Hocos Norte.
They shall, respectively, provide teachers’ training and curriculum design
assistance to the secondary schools offering the technical-vocational
livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program in coordination with the
Department of Education (DepEd) and the TESDA.



SECTION 4. 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 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 inclusive economy in the host areas and
adjacent localities.

The Center may establish research and technology hubs, technology
development farms, satellite or extension training centers, and promote
mobile training programs to strengthen linkages among the industry partners,
the academe, and the Center geared towards the acquisition of practical
livelihood, employable skills, gainful employment, and entrepreneurship in
priority areas throughout the Province of Ilocos Norte.

The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies
assessment leading to the National Certification Levels I-III:

a. Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal
and steelworks, 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 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 farm, fishing tools and equipment operation,
agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and relevant
farmers and fisherfolks’ trainings for increased productivity and
entrepreneurship;

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, marketing,
practical accountancy, bookkeeping, 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 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, 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 and language proficiency courses in
English and other languages for business process outsourcing (call
center) employment and overseas job placement;

h, Seminars on 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 Ilocos Norte to enhance their capacities for practical
livelihood, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial activities.

SECTION 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 have
individually and satisfactorily complied with the minimum requirements for
quality standards prescribed by 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, 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
budgetary requirements; (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 areas and
adjacent communities served in the context of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) Integration and the Philippine Qualifications
Framework (PQF) for TVET; and (e) compliance with such other TESDA
conditionalities and standards, as may be necessary and applicable in
establishing a Center.

SECTION 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 of the Center shall be appointed by
TESDA Director General in accordance with the rules and regulations of the

Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the qualification requirements for such
office.


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

SECTION 7. 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 likewise set aside
from any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual
counterpart fund to support the operation of the Center herein established.

SECTION 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, DA, Department of Budget and Management, DILG,
NEDA, concerned LGU, and such other relevant agencies and
industry-business partners of the host locality shall prepare and issue the
necessary regulations for the implementation of this Act.

SECTION 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.

SECTION 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders,
memorandum circulars inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 11. Effectivity. — This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,