NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE
s.B. No. _22M.
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND 
ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JANIUAY, 
PROVINCE OF ILOILO, TO BE KNOWN AS THE JAN IU AY, ILOILO 
TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article XIV, Section 1 of the Constitution provides that, "The State shall 
protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and 
shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all." Section 2 of 
the same Article provides that "the State shall encourage non-formal, informal, and 
indigenous learning systems, as well as self-learning, independent, and out-of-school 
study programs particularly those that respond to community needs xxx and to 
provide adult citizens, the disabled, and out-of-school youth with training in civics, 
vocational efficiency, and other skills."
Pursuant to the Constitutional mandate. Republic Act No. 7796, otherwise 
known as the "Technical Education and Skills Development Act of 1994" was enacted 
into law to promote and strengthen the quality of technical education and skills 
development programs of the Filipino people to attain international competitiveness, 
focus technical education and skills development on meeting the changing demands, 
and recognize and encourage the complementary roles of learning institutions in 
technical education, skills development, and training systems in the modern society.
The municipality of Janiuay, established in 1769, is a first-class, landlocked 
municipality in the coastal province of Iloilo which is politically subdivided into 60 
barangays. It is located 33 kilometers north-west of Iloilo City. The municipality of 
Janiuay encompasses a total land area of 179.10 square kilometers which amounts 
to 3.58% of the total area of the province. According to the recent data reported by 
the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in 2020, the municipality of Janiuay serves 
as a home to 66,786 residents representing 3.25% of the total population of the 
province of Iloilo and 0.84% of that of the entire Western Visayas region.1
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PhilAtlas. Janiuay; Province of Iloilo. Accessed on 20 June 2023 
from
https://www.philatlas.com/visayas/r06/iloilo/janiuay.html


The number of residents in the municipality of Janiuay grew from 20, 738 in 
1903 to 66, 786 in 2020, depicting an increase of 46, 048 people over the course of 
117 years.
Cultivation of rice, corn, sugar, copra, coffee, banana, abaca fiber, and fowl, 
goat, and cattle raising are the main sources of livelihood for a vast majority of the 
residents in the municipality of Janiuay. Commerce for these products are generally 
brought into the town proper for market. The rainfall generally dictate the commerce 
of these products as the river go dry in summer months. Most of these are coming 
from the west, north-west and south-west parts of the town.
Janiuay can be accessed from all directions with good paved concrete and 
asphalt road infrastructures from the east, north, and south. The primary modes of 
public transportation can either be jeepneys or motorcycles fitted with cabs, locally 
known as tricycles, for inter-barangay transport. Inter-towns are plied by buses, 
jeepneys, and private vans. Within the town, a "trysikad" or a bicycle fitted with a 
cab that can fit two people are commonly available.
Two rivers coming from the north-west cuts in parallel through the 
municipality of Janiuay. One is the Suage River and the other is the Magapa River, 
both providing natural irrigation supporting the mainly agricultural town of Janiuay. 
The Suage River Bridge was once witness to fierce fighting between Japanese 
Imperial forces and the combined Filipino and American troops including the 
recognized Ilonggo guerrilla fighters, while the Magapa River Bridge was built after 
World War II.
Electricity is sourced from electric cooperative Ileco II supplying 75% of the 
town proper and about 25% of the neighboring barangays. Communication Is 
generally available with nationwide carriers such as PLDT, Globelines and Smart 
competing with local and aging analog Pantelco.2
This bill aims to establish a Technical Education and Skills Development 
Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in the Municipality of Janiuay, 
Province of Iloilo. This measure seeks to Improve the quality of life of the people in 
the Province as well as to provide sustainable livelihood for the community's 
underprivileged sector.
In view
sought.
of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly
t/iMEE RTMARCOS
Municipal Profile of Janiuay Province of Iloilo. (2022). Accessed on 20 June 2023 from 
https://alchetron.com/Janiuay,-Iloilo.


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
)
g)C5tatc
23 M 20 P4 *06
SENATE
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND 
ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JANIUAY, 
PROVINCE OF ILOILO, TO BE KNOWN AS THE JANUIAY, ILOILO 
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:
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the ^'Janiuay, lioHo TESDA
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Training and Assessment Center Act"
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SEC. 2. Establishment - There is hereby established a Technical Education and
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Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in the
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Municipality of Janiuay, Province of Iloilo, under the supervision of the TESDA, to be
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known as the Janiuay, Iloilo TESDA Training and Assessment Center. It shall be
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established in a highly accessible location in the Municipality of Janiuay, Province of
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Iloilo, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the mutual agreement of the TESDA
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and the concerned local government units (LGUs).
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SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The Janiuay, Iloilo TESDA Training and Assessment
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Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide technical-
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vocational education and training (TVET) programs to students, local residents from
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low-income families, and out-of-school youths, including persons with disabilities and
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indigenous peoples, in the Municipality of Janiuay and neighboring localities in the
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Province of Iloilo, to help them become productive, self-reliant and globally competitive
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labor assets.


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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 interventions that will help hasten 
the development of the host area and adjacent localities in the Province of Iloilo into 
human resource and productivity hubs.
The Center shall serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for acquired 
competencies in TVET programs in the Municipality of Janiuay, and adjacent localities 
in the Province of Iloilo. 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 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, 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 Municipality of Janiuay, and 
adjacent localities in the Province of Iloilo.
The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies 
assessment leading to 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 the 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 
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(c) Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and
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small-scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in arts and crafts,
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workmanship and design, high-speed sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, horticulture,
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livestock raising and breeding, food processing technology, home technology, culinary
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arts and commercial cooking, cosmetology, and health and wellness training;
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(d) Basic business literacy training in financial management, marketing, practical
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accountancy, bookkeeping, office procedures, business processes and application
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procedures including registration, licensing, documentation, business patent and
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intellectual property regulation, business financing and investment opportunities
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sourcing, import-export accreditation, online home-based business operation, and use
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of social media business marketing;
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(e) Technical-vocational occupation and trades skills such as carpentry,
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masonry, plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation, automotive servicing,
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electronics servicing, personal computer servicing, and such other relevant practical
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skills courses;
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(f) Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, digital
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technology, web design, animation, photoshop/online photography, computer design,
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and advertising;
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(g) Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English and
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other languages for business process outsourcing employment and overseas job
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placement;
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(h) Seminars on personality development, career counseling, job placement, and
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work ethic and values; and
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(i) Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the people
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of Siargao Island, and of the other localities in the Province of Iloilo to enhance their
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capacities for practical livelihood, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial activities.
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SEC. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act
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notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon the determination and
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certification by the TESDA, through the issuance of a formal recommendation and
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certificate of compliance, that the Center has satisfactorily complied with the minimum
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quality standards prescribed by the TESDA governing the following:
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(a) Standard procedures and guidelines for the establishment and operation of
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a Center;
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(b) Operational sustainability of the Center, in terms of licensed faculty-trainers
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and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities. Instructional materials, and
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other standard requirements of a Center;
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(c) Sustainable funding source and allocation of the budgetary requirement;
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(d) Assurance that the training programs offered are fully aligned with the
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minimum standards of competency-based quality technical-vocational skills technology
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the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Integration and the Philippine
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(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 service 
and be responsible for its administration and operation.
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 TESDA Director General 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 local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual counterpart fund to 
support the operation of the Center herein established.
SEC. 8. Impiementing 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 LGUs, and such 
other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality, prepare and 
issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
SEC. 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 thereof 
shall not be affected and shall remain in force and effect.
SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, 
rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are 
repealed or amended 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,