Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City
TWENTIETH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

House Bill No.__ 1086

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), as created
by under Republic Act No. 7796, was declared by the State as provider of
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 Philippine development goals
and priorities.

With the rapid and major developments in the Province of Bataan and the
changing of intemational labor requirements and standards, providing access and
strengthening technical-vocational education is now essential to equip Balanga
City and its neighboring localities with globally competent and technically skilled
manpower responsive to the needs of the province.

The proposed Balanga City TESDA Training and Assessment Center will
offer practical short-term certificate courses and modular trainings in technical-
vocational education and trade technology in Balanga City, Province of Bataan.
The Center shall also promote lifelong leaming as a tool for a more sustainable
and developed society by continually upgrading its programs and courses that
would encourage lifelong and life-wide education.

‘Support for this bill is earnestly requested
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. A 'T S. GARCIA
Second District, Bataan


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Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City
TWENTIETH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House BillNo. ‘1036

Introduced by Representative Albert S. Garcia

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT
CENTER IN BALANGA CITY, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, TO BE KNOWN
AS THE BALANGA 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. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Balanga City
TESDA Training and Assessment Center Act’.

SEC. 2. Establishment. - There is hereby a training and assessment
under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as the Balanga City, Bataan
TESDA Training and Assessment Center. It shall be located in a highly accessible
area in the City of Balanga, Province of Bataan, pursuant to the purposes of this
‘Act and to the agreement between the TESDA and the concerned local
government units (LGUs).

SEC. 3. General Mandate. —The Balanga City TESDA Training and
Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide
technical-vocational education and training (TVET) programs to students and local
residents from low-income families and out-of-school youths, including persons
with disabilities and indigenous peoples, in the City of Balanga, and the
neighboring localities in the Province of Bataan, to help them become productive,
self-reliant and globally competitive labor assets.

The Center shall provide effective employment interventions through
training programs on relevant skills trade competencies, craftmanship, and


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entrepreneurship activities to help hasten the development of the host area and
the adjacent localities in the Province of Bataan into human resource and
productivity hubs.

The Center shall serve as a TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for
acquired competencies in TVET programs in City of Balanga and adjacent
localities in the Province of Bataan. It shall also provide technical-vocational
training for teachers 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 and the TESDA.

SEC. 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 the Interior and Local
Government (DILG), National Economic and 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 area and its adjacent localities.

The Center may establish research and technology hubs, technology
development farms, satellite or extension training centers, promote mobile training
programs, and strengthen linkages among the industry partners, the academe,
and the Center geared towards the acquisition by residents of practical livelihood,
employable skills, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial capabilities in priority
areas in the City of Balanga and neighboring localities in the Province of Bataan.

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

a. Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and
steelwork, 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

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1 arts and crafts, workmanship and design, high-speed sewing,
2 dressmaking and tailoring, horticulture, livestock raising and breeding,
3 food processing technology, home technology, culinary arts and
4 commercial cooking, cosmetology, and health and wellness training

5 d. Basic business literacy training in financial management and marketing,
6 practical accountancy, bookkeeping and office procedures, business
7 processes and application procedures including registration, licensing,
8 documentation, business patent and intellectual property regulation,

9 business financing and investment opportunities sourcing, import-export
10 accreditation, online home-based business operation and social media
11 business marketing;

2 e. Technical-vocational occupation and trades skills such as carpentry,
3 masonry, plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation,
rt) automotive servicing, electronics servicing, personal computer
15 servicing, and such other relevant practical skills courses;

16 f. Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, digital
v7 technology, web design, animation, photoshop/online photography,
18 computer design and advertising;

19 g. Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English
20 and other languages for business process outsourcing employement
21 and overseas job placement;

2 h. Seminars in personality development, career counseling, job placement,
2B work ethics and values; and

24 i. Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the
25 people of the City of Balanga and of the other localities of the Province
26 of Bataan to enhance their capacities for practical livelihood, gainful
27 employment, and entrepreneurial activities.

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29 SEC. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements.- The provisions of this

30 Act notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon the
31 determination and certification by the TESDA, through the issuance of a formal
32 recommendation and certificate of compliance, that the Center has satisfactorily
33 complied with the minimum requirements for quality prescribed by TESDA
34 governing the following: a) standard procedures and guidelines for the
35 establishment and operation of a Center; b) operational sustainability of the Center
36 in terms of licensed faculty-trainers and personnel, equipment, training and
37 _ laboratory facilities, instructional materials, and other standard requirements of a
38 Center; c) sustainable funding source and allocation of budget requirement; d) full
39 alignment of the training programs offered with the minimum standards of
40 competency-based quality technical-vocational skills technology and the needs of
41 the host area and adjacent communities served within the context of the
42 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) integration and the Philippine
43 Qualifications Framework (PQF) for TVET; and e) compliance with such other
44 TESDA conditionalities and standards as may be necessary and applicable in
45 establishing a Center.


‘SEC. 6. Administration. - The Center shall be headed by a Technical-
Vocational Administrator who shall render full-time services and be responsible for
its administration and operation, under the supervision of the TESDA.

The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall be appointed by the TESDA
Director General in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service
Commission and the qualification requirements for such office.

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

SEC. 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 concemed LGU, in consultation with the TESDA, shall set aside from
any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual counterpart
fund to support the operation of the Center herein established.

SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within ninety (90) days
after the approval of this Act, the TESDA, in coordination with the DOLE, DTI,
DOST, DA, Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, concemed
LGUs, and such other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the
host locality, shall prepare and issue the necessary rules and regulations for the
effective implementation of this Act

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

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 amended accordingly.

SEC. 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.