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Introduced by HON. JOSEFINA B. TALLADO

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA ELENA,
CAMARINES NORTE, TO BE KNOWN AS SANTA ELENA TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT
CENTER AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to create a training and accreditation center of Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) in the municipality of Santa Elena, Camarines Norte.

The Municipality of Santa Elena is the farthest municipality in the 1% Congressional District of Camarines
Norte and is nearer to Caluag, Quezon than it is to the town proper of Labo, Camarines Norte which is
its neighboring town. For proper perspective, Calauag is 31 kilometers away while Labo, where the
provincial TESDA is located, is 70 kilometers away.

The increasing number of students in Santa Elena who wishes to avail of TESDA education in Camarines.
Norte impels this humble representation to seek passage of this measure. While there is a Provincial
TESA training Center in Labo, it wil be more beneficial for constituents of the 1* Legislative District to
have its own training and assessment center in the municipality of Santa Elena so that they would not
need to travel far in order to access training and assessment facilities of TESDA.

The TESDA Training and Assessment Center in Santa Elena will also cater the needs of the other
municipalities in the 1 District which presently do not have their own respective training centers
particularly the nearby town of Capalonga.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of ths bills eamestly sought.
HON. JOEFINA B. TALLADO

Representative
45 District, Camarines Norte


Republic ofthe Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No3.2 64
Introduced by HON. JOSEFINA B. TALLADO

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN SANTA ELENA, CAMARINES NORTE, TO BE
KNOWN AS SANTA ELENA TESDA TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Santa Elena TESDA Training and Assessment Center. - There shall be established a
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA Training and Assessment Center in Santa
Elena, Camarines Norte under the control and supervision of the TESDA.

SECTION 2. General Mandate. - The TESDA Training and Assessment Center shall primarily provide
technical-vocational training and skills development programs to students from low-income families and
to out-of-school youths in Santa Elena, Camarines Norte and neighboring towns. It shall develop the
‘students to become productive, self-reliant, and globally competitive middle-level skilled labor workers,
in order to boost the social and economic development of Santa Elena, Camarines Norte, as well as to
‘meet the demand of local and international labor markets.

The TESDA Training and Assessment Center shall also serve as municipal competency assessment
center for required competencies in technical - vocational skils in the whole Santa Elena, Camarines
Norte and neighboring towns. In coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd), it shall render
when necessary and practicable, teachers’ capability building programs and curriculum design technicat
assistance to the secondary schools in the Municipality of Santa Elena and neighboring towns offering
technical-vocational and livelihood track under the K to 12 Program of the DepEd.

SECTION 3. Curricular Offerings. - The TESDA Training and Assessment Center shall address the
skills development priorities of Santa Elena, Camarines Norte and neighboring towns. It shall offer short-
term courses in preferred market-driven and relevant technical-vocational courses or qualifications within
its areas of specialization in consultation with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the
Local Government Units (LGUs), the industries and such other relevant agencies, both local and
international.

The TESDA Training and Assessment Center may likewise establish research and development centers,
technology development farms, and mobile training programs throughout the Municipality and
neighboring towns to strengthen linkages between the industry, academe, and the technology programs.


‘SECTION 4. Site. The TESDA Training and Assessment Center shall be established in the Municipality
of Santa Elena, Camarines Norte, pursuant to the mutual agreement between TESDA and the Municipal
Government of Santa Elena.

SECTION 5. Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern. - The TESDA Training and Assessment
Center shall adopt the organizational structure and staffing pattem of a TESDA Regional Training Center
in accordance wit the existing guidelines of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and the
Civil Service Commission (CSC).

SECTION 6. Appropriations. - The amount for the implementation of this Act shall be taken from the
current fiscal year's unexpended and unobligated appropriations of the agency. Thereafter, the amount
necessary for the funding of the TESDA Training and Assessment Center shall be included in the Annual
General Appropriations Act as a separate line-item budget under TESDA.

‘SECTION 7. Separability Clause. If any provision ofthis Act shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional,
the remaining part or provisions not otherwise affected shall remain in force.

SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. Any law, decree, ordinance, administrative circulars not consistent with
any provision ofthis Act is hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 9. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fiteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.