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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
SENATE BILL NO. ~4_1_1_ 
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Introduced by: SENATOR FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The bill seeks to provide an avenue where the State. through its 
instrumentalities. opens itself to the youth and the generations of Filipino students 
who want to work in and for the government during their breaks from school. 
The vision is to promote interaction between the State and the youth of today 
with a goal of presenting public service as a viable option for young and skilled 
professionals in the future. 
The heart of the bill lies in the policy of the State to recognize the vital role 
of the youth in nation-building. to promote and protect their physical. moral, 
spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being and to inculcate in the youth 
patriotism and nationalism. and encourage their involvement in public and civic 
affairs. (Article II. Section 13 of the 1987 Constitution) Through the proposed 
National Internship Program. the State takes an active part in raising the youth's 
civic consciousness. The Governrnent dons the role of both parent and teacher 
to the Filipino youth by engaging their services as trainees on their way to being 
young professionals. 
Through the National Internship Program. the State seeks to establish an 
integrated system of education for the youth who are future leaders and movers 
of the nation. The State encourages an all-inclusive method of learning infused 
with vocational efficiency and development of other skills. and provides access 
to opportunities that empower the youth and strengthen their competencies in 
their chosen fields. 
This legislative measure proposes to create a National Secretariat. which 
shall be the central authority standardizing the National Internship Program. It is 
tasked with approving the Annual Comprehensive Internship Program submitted 
by government agencies. instrumentalities and government-owned-and-
controlled-corporations (GOCC). which endeavors to avail the services of the 
national interns. 
The National Internship Program shall cover all technical, vocational and 
professional fields·of study. The duration of the Program shall not be longer than 
300 hours and shall be available during the summer breaks of schools in the 
months of April and May. It is open to all college or vocational school students 
who have completed 50% of their prescribed curriculum. or its equivalent. 
provided that the student is above 18 years old. 


Funding for the National Internship Program shall be sourced from a 
concomitant budgetary item in the General Appropriations Act of Commission 
on Higher Education, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, 
National youth Commission and Professional Regulations Commission. Funds 
shall be used for the operation of the National Secretariat and shall be allotted 
to the agencies, instrumentalities and GOCCs. 
Through the National Internship Program, the Government opens its doors 
for the Filipino youth to become educated professionals and skilled members of 
the workforce. This creates an opportunity for the State to bolster its forces while 
working hand-in-hand with the young generation. An efficient government 
moves with the times and the Filipino youth is the lifeblood that supplies 
dynamism and vitality to the Institution. 
Approval of this bill is earnestly requested. 
FERDINAN 
R. M.b!RCOS, JR. 


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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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SENATE 
SENATE BILL NO. _4_1_1_ 
Introduced by: SENATOR FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, 
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress Assembled: 
Section 1. 
Short Tit/e. This Act shall be known as the "National Internship 
Act of 2013." 
Section 2. 
Declaration of State Policies. The State sholl: 
(a) Recognize the need of the bureaucracy for highly-trained 
and educated professionals and skilled workers; 
(b) Recognize the vital role of the youth in nation-building and 
shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, 
intellectual, and social well-being. It shall inculcate in the 
youth patriotism and nationalism, and encourage their 
involvement in public and civic affairs; 
(c) Enhance the prestige of govemment service with .the help of 
a nationwide competitive intemship selection process; 
(d) Establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and 
integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the 
people and society; 
(e) Establish and maintain a system of scholarship grants, student 
loan programs, subsidies, and other incentives which shall be 
available to deserving students in both public and private 
schools, especially to the under-privileged; 
(f) Provide opportunity for students from schools outside Metro 
Manila to work as interns for national governrnent agencies, 
instrumentalities and government owned and controlled 
corporations based thereat; 
(g) Provide the youth with training in vocational efficiency and 
other skills; 
(h) Create a National Internship Program designed for the 
benefit of qualified and deserving youth all over the country, 
who have completed at least 50% of their college or 
vocational education from State recognized universities or 
degree awarding institutions; 


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(i) Create a central authority standardizing a National Internship 
Program in order to meet the demands of the government 
and concerned industries and ensure the efficient and 
effective delivery of human capital to job allocations. 
Section 3, 
Implementing Agency. - there shdll be a National Secretariat 
for the implementation of the National Internship Programs composed of the 
Chairperson of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as Chairperson, the 
Director-General of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority 
(TESDA) as Co-Chairperson and the Chairpersons of the National youth 
Commission (NYC) and Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as members. 
The National Secretariat shall be the lead coordinating body in implementing 
this Act and central processing of all applications and appropriate assignments 
of the national interns. Within ninety (90) days from enactment of this Act, the 
National Secretariat shall issue the appropriate and necessary implementing 
rules and regulations. 
Section 4, 
Scope. -
the National Intemship Program shall cover all 
technical, vocational and professional fields of study, except law, and shall 
cater to all students from CHED or TESDA recognized universities or degree 
awarding institutions. 
The program shall be available to all government agencies and 
instrumentalities, 
including government-owned-and-controlled corporations 
(GOCC) upon the prior approval of the National Secretariat of their submitted 
Annual Comprehensive Internship Prograrn, which shall include the following: 
(a) 
Name of Agency, Instrumentality, or GOCC; 
(b) 
Nature of Internship Program; 
(c) 
Objectives and goals of the agency, instrumentality or GOCC in 
sponsoring the program: 
(d) 
Number of Interns expected or needed; 
(e) 
Intern's Field of Study; 
(f) 
Allocation of Interns to specified offices within the agency, 
instrumentality or GOCC, with nature of work of each office; 
(g) 
Lectures, seminars and fora scheduled for the interns; 
(h) 
Allowance for interns, which sholl include transportation and living 
allowance for students coming from outside Metro Manila; 
(i) 
Sample contract of internship with confidentiality 
clause; 
(j) 
Any other pertinent matters as deemed by the 
National Secretariat. 
Section 5. 
Criteria for Student Interns. - the prograrn shall be open to all 
college or vocational school students, 18 years old or older, who have 
completed 50% of their prescribed curriculurn, or its equivalent. 
No student shall be denied opportunity to work for government as an 
intern on the grounds of ethnicity, religion, gender, and physical disability, 
except when the nature of work available to interns in the :sponsoring 
government agency, instrumentality or GOCC is clearly and reasonably limited 
by such, provided that prior approval of such limitation shall be secured from 
the National Secretariat. 


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Student interns shall not be considered as rnernbers of the civil service and 
their internship is in no way creating an ernployer-ernployee relationship 
between thern and the agency, instrurnentality or GOCC they intern in. The 
duration of the internship prograrn shall not be credited as government service. 
Student interns shall not be entitled to salaries and ernolurnents enjoyed by 
regular governrnent ernployees. 
Section 6. 
Duration. -
the National Internship Program shall only be 
available during the sumrner breaks of schools in the months of April and May 
and shall be for a duration of not longer than 300 hours. However, the agency, 
instrumentality or GOCC can apply for different months for the program 
provided that it shall be for a duration of no longer than 300 hours and prior 
approval from the National Committee has been secured. 
No student intern shall be allowed to work for more than 8 hours for every 
24 hours and no student intern shall be allowed to work at night. except when 
the nature of work available to interns in the sponsoring government agency, 
instrumentality or GOCC is clearly and reasonably renders it necessary for 
overtime and night work, provided that prior approval of such shall be secured 
from the National Secretariat. 
Section 7. 
Confidentiality. - Student interns shall keep confidential all 
information and other materials obtained by them, directly or indirectly, in the 
course of the internship program. 
Section 8. 
Pre-termination 
of 
Internship. 
Notwithstanding 
the 
acceptance to the internship program, the host agency, instrumentality and 
GOCC reserves the right to pre-terminate their internship program or internship 
contract of a student intern in case of failure of the student intern qr interns to 
abide by the rules and regulations set forth by the program. 
Section 9. 
Reportorial Requirements. - agencies, instrumentalities and 
GOCCs sponsoring the program shall, at the end of each year's internship run, 
submit to the National Secretariat an Annual Report. The National Secretariat 
shall set parameters and other modes of control to test the effectiveness of the 
program. 
Section 10. Appropriations. -
the necessary appropriation for the 
operation of the National Secretariat shall be equally sourced from a 
concomitant budgetary item in the General Appropriations Act of CHED, TESDA, 
NYC and PRe. 
A minimum of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P 500,000.00) shall be 
allotted for each agency, instrumentality or GOCC for the implementation of 
their Internship Program, sourced from the General Appropriations Act of the 
year following their program's approval by the National Secretariat, and every 
year thereafter, Provided that based on the submission of their reportorial 
requirements, the National Secretariat has not revoked their authority to 
implement an internship program. 
Section 11. Separability Clause. - If for any reason, any provision of this 
Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other parts or provisions hereof 
which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. 


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Section 12. Repealing Clause.-AII laws, presidential decrees, executive 
orders, presidential proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof contrary 
to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
Section 13. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,