EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez

House Bill No.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally introduced as House Bill No. 1395 during the 15” Congress
\where it was approved by the Committee on Higher and Technical Education and substituted
by House Bill No. 5953, approved on 2” reading, approved on 3” reading and was
transmitted to the Senate where it was not acted upon. It was re-filed during the 16"
Congress. It was approved by the House of Representatives during the 17 Congress.

This bill seeks to oreate the TESDA Skills and Training and Accreditation Center in
the City of Cagayan de Oro located at Barangay Camaman-an.

The convenience and availability of the training center in Cagayan de Oro City will
provide the out-of-school youths and our constituents with the opportunity to develop
themselves to be self-reliant and learn new techniques geared towards earning a livelihood.
Likewise, it provides the necessary atmosphere where inborn talents are developed into self-
reliant individuals.

The necessity for its creation in Cagayan de Oro City shall also serve the other 56
barangays in the Second District of Cagayan de Oro City. With the proper technology and
other resources available in our locality, our constituents shall be blessed with the technical
knowledge of helping themselves to sustain the worth of being a productive individual of our
society on a self-help basis and help themselves towards self-sustainability.

In view thereof, the approval of this bill is urgently urged.

Thy

RUFUS B. Rt EZ


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez _

423

House Bill No.

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION CENTER IN
BARANGAY CAMAMAN-AN, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY TESDA TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION 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 “Cagayan de Oro City TESDA
Training and Accreditation Center Act”

SEC. 2. Establishment. - There is hereby established a Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Accreditation Center in Barangay Camaman-
an Cagayan de Oro City, under the supervision of the TESDA, to be known as the Cagayan
de Oro City TESDA Training and Accreditation Center. It shall be established in a highly
accessible location in Barangay Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City, pursuant to the
purposes of this Act and to the mutual agreement between the TESDA and the concemed
local government units (LGUs)

SEC. 3. General Mandate. - The Cagayan de Oro City TESDA Training and Accreditation
Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide relevant and quality
technical-vocational education and training (TVET), including practical short-term specialty
courses and one (1)-year to three (3)-year TESDA-registered technical-vocational skills
training programs and certificate courses, to out-of-school youth, high school students and
graduates, unemployed and underemployed adults, other workers in the informal sector, and
residents from low-income families, as well as persons with disabilities, in Barangay
Camaman-an and the rest of Cagayan de Oro City, and the neighboring towns and
communities of the Province of Misamis Oriental, to help them become productive, setf-
reliant and globally competitive labor assets. The Center shall also aim to meet the
maximum competency requirements under Level V of the Philippine Qualifications
Framework (PQF), as institutionalized by Republic Act No. 10968, the "POF Act’, which is
the Diploma Level in technical-vocational education.

The Center shail help train local residents in the host iocality of Barangay Camaman-
an, the entire Cagayan de Oro City, and the adjacent areas and localities in the Province of
Misamis Oriental within the operational radius of the Genter to be developed into globally
competitive middle to high-level skilled labor force to meet the manpower placement
demands of both local and international labor markets, as well as hasten the social and
economic development of these areas, the entire province, and the whole of Region X. The
Center shall consider in the design of relevant technical-vocational training programs to be
offered therein the preferred skills categories according to identified development targets,


thereby propelling the area to becoming a skilled human resource and economic productivity
hub.

The Center shall also serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for acquired
competencies in technical-vocational skills in the entire Cagayan de Oro City and its fifty-six
(58) barangays, including its neighboring municipalities in the Province of Misamis Oriental
benefitted by the Center.

Further, as deemed necessary and practicable, in coordination with the Department of
Education (DepEd) and TESDA, the Center shall render relevant teachers’ training and
curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools offering technical-vocational
livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program of the DepEd in Cagayan de Oro City and
the communities and areas in the Province of Misamis Oriental within the Center's service
and operational scope.

SEC. 4. Curricular Offering/Training Programs. — The Center, in consultation with the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI),
the Department of Agriculture (DA), the Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG), the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), business-industry
partners, and such other relevant agencies, both local and international, shall offer diverse
short-term certificate courses and modular trainings in relevant technical-vocational skills
and trades specialization to comply with employment standards in preferred market-driven
labor opportunities, and shall likewise give premium effort to skills specialization for local
market employment requirements towards attaining a robust inclusive economy in the host
area and the adjacent localities and communities within the operational radius of the Center.

‘The Center may establish research and technology hubs, mobile training programs,
and satellite or extension training centers in Barangay Camaman-an and in such other
priority areas throughout Cagayan de Oro City and the other adjacent localities and
communities in the entire Province of Misamis Oriental not only to serve the manpower
needs of these areas, but also to strengthen the linkages among the industry, the academe,
and the Center.

The Center shall, as far as necessary and practicable, offer the following TESDA-
registered technical-vocational training programs with competencies assessment leading to
at least National Certification Levels lll, as applicable, to address the development and
manpower needs of Cagayan de Oro City and the other adjacent localities of the Province of
Misamis Oriental within the operational radius of the Center to increase the livelihood assets
and competitive productivity of Cagayan de Oro City and the entire Province of Misamis
Oriental

(a) Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and steel
works, 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-fishing operations technology, backyard farming and home-based aquaculture
and propagation innovations, mechanized farm and fishing tools and equipment operation,
agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology and innovations, and relevant farmers and
fisherfoks continuing trainings for increased productivity and entrepreneurship;

(c) Social communication skills development, language proficiency courses in English
and other languages for business outsourcing (call center) employment and overseas job
placement;

(d) Livelihood skilis development courses for preferred skilis employment and small-
scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in crafts and arts, workmanship
and designing (fabric, woodworks, jewelry and metal works), high speed sewing,
dressmaking and tailoring, agriculture and farm technology, horticulture, livestock raising and
breeding, food processing technology, home technology, culinary arts and commercial
cooking, including baking, beauty culture (includes cosmetology, hair and nail styling), health
and wellness trainings;


(e) Basic business literacy training in financial management and marketing, practical
accountancy, bookkeeping and 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 social media business marketing;

(f) Technical-vocational occupation and trade skills such as carpentry, masonry,
plumbing, practical electricity and installation, automotive technician and. servicing,
electronics technician and servicing, welding technician, basic personal computer (PC)
troubleshooting and servicing, and such other relevant practical skills courses;

(g) Computer literacy and information technology (IT)-related skills, digital technology,
web design, animation, photoshop/oniine photography, computer design and advertising;

(h) Seminars in personality development, career counseling and job placements, work
ethics and values; and

()_ Other preferred skills and trades training that may be utilized by the people of
Cagayan de Oro City and other areas in the Province of Misamis Oriental for practical
livelihood purposes, gainful employment and entrepreneurial activities.

SEC. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. — The provisions of this Act
notwithstanding, the Center established herein shall become operationally effective only
upon the determination and declaration of the TESDA, through the issuance of a formal
recommendation and certificate of compliance, that the Center has satisfactorily complied
with the minimum requirements for quality standards prescribed by the TESDA governing
the following competency assessment:

(a) Standard procedures and guidelines (SPGs) for the establishment and operation
of a TESDA-accredited training center;

(b) Operational sustainability of the Center established herein, such as licensed
faculty-trainers and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory faclities, instructional
materials, and other standard requirements as TESDA-accredited training center;

(c) Sustainable funding source and allocation of budget requirement of the Center
hereto established;

(a) Assurance that the training programs offered are fully aligned with the minimum
standards of competency-based quality technica-vocational skills technology and needs of
the host area and adjacent communities within the service area of the Center;

(e) Program alignment and benchmarking in the context of the ASEAN framework and
the POF for TVET; and

(f) Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards as may be
necessary and applicable in establishing a TESDA-accredited training center.

SEC. 6. Administration. — The Center shall be headed by a Technical-Vocational
Administrator who shall be appointed by the TESDA Director General in accordance with
civil service rules and regulations and the qualification requirements for such office

The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall render fulltime service and shall be
responsible for the administration and operation of the Center. As far as necessary and
practicable, and subject to existing procedures and the approval of the TESDA Director
General, the Technical-Vocational Administrator shall enter into mutual agreements with
locatbased counterpart agencies, or instrumentalities and persons, both private and
government, for such assistance as may be necessary to effectively implement this Act

SEC. 7. Appropriations. — The Secretary General of TESDA shall include in the Authority's
program the impiementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act. The LGUs concemed, in consultation with TESDA, shall
likewise set aside from any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as
annual counterpart fund to support the operation of the Center established herein.


SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within ninety (90) days after the approval
of this Act, the TESDA, in coordination with the DOLE, the DTI, the DA, the Department of
Budget and Management (DBM), the DILG, the 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 section of this Act shall be deemed
unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof shall not be affected and
shall thereby remain in force and in 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 hereby repealed or
amended accordingly

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

Approved,