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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No._7349

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOEL MAYO Z. ALMARIO

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE CITY OF
MATI, PROVICNE OF DAVAO ORIENTAL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF MATI,
DAVAO ORIENTAL TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

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 “City of Mati,
Davao Oriental TESDA Training and Assessment Center Act”.

SEC. 2. Establishment - There is hereby established a Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority (TEDA) Training and Assessment Center in the
City of Mati, province of Davao Oriental, under the supervision of the TESDA to be
known as the City of Mati, Davao Oriental TESDA Training and Assessment Center.
It shall be established in a highly accessible location in the City of Mati, Davao
Oriental, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the mutual agreement of the
TESDA and the concerned local government units (LGU).

SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The City of Mati, Davao Oriental TESDA
Training and Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall
primarily provide technical-vocational education and training (TVET) programs
to students, local residents from low-income families, and out-of-school youths,
including persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples in the City of Mati and
the neighboring localities in the Province of Davao Oriental 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, craftsmanship, and
entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver the effective employment

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interventions that will help hasten the development of the host area and its
adjacent localities in the Province of Davao Oriental into human resource and
productivity hubs.

The Center shall serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for
acquired competencies in TVET programs in City of Mati, Davao Oriental and
adjacent localities in the Province of Davao Oriental. It shall also provide teachers’
training and curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools offering the
technical-vocational livelihood track under the K to 12 Program, in coordination
with the Department of Education and TESDA.

SEC. 4 Training Programs - The Center shall offer short-term certificate
courses and modular trainings in preferred technical-vocational skills and trade
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 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, 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 in
City of Mati and adjacent localities in the Province of Davao Oriental.

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

(a) Skills training in industry technology and hard trades such as metal and
steelwork, machine fabrication and operation, heavy equipment operation,
automotive mechanic, reftigeration 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
fisherfolk’s trainings for increased productivity and entrepreneurship;

(©) Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and
small-scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in arts and
crafis, 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;

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(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 trades skills such as carpentry
masonry, plumbing, welding, practical electricity and_ installation,
automotive servicing, electronics servicing, personal computer servicing,
and such other relevant practical skills courses;

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

(g) Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English
and other languages for business process outsourcing 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 people of
City of Mati and of other localities in the Province of Davao Oriental to
enhance their capacities for practical livelihood, gainful employment, and
entrepreneurial activities.

SEC. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provision of this Act
notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon the
determination and certification by the TESDA, through the issuance of a formal
recommendation and certificate of compliance, that the Center has satisfactorily
complied with the minimum quality standards prescribed by the TESDA
governing the following: a) standard procedures and guidelines 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 the budgetary
requirement; 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 Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Integration
and the Philippine Qualifications Framework for TVET; 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 who shall be under the supervision of the TESDA, render
full-time services, and be responsible for its administration and operation.


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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 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.

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 LGUs concerned, in consultation with the TESDA, shall set aside from
any available 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 shall, in coordination with the DOLE, DTI,
DOST, DA, the Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, the
concerned LGUs, and such other relevant agencies and industry-business partners
of the host locality, prepare and issue the necessary rules and regulations for
effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any of the sections or
provisions of this Act shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, all other
provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid.

SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, orders, issuances, rules and
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.

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

Approved,