Fifteenth Congress 
Republic of the Philippines 
Second Regular Session 
) 
) 
) 
SENATE 
SENATE BILL NO. 
2967 
'11 
SEP 19 
p~ :44 
Introduced by: SENATOR FERDINAND R, MARCOS, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The bill seeks to provide an avenue where the State, through its 
instrumentalities, opens itself to the youth and the generations of Filipino students who 
want to work in and for the government during their breaks from school. The vision is to 
promote interaction between the State and the youth of today with a goal of presenting 
public service as a viable option for young and skilled professionals in the future. 
The heart of the bill lies in the policy of the State to recognize the vital role of the 
youth in nation-building, to promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, 
intellectual, and social well-being and to inculcate in the youth patriotism and 
nationalism, and encourage their involvement in public and civic affairs. (Article II, 
Section 13 of the 1987 Constitution) Through the proposed National Internship 
Program, the State takes an active part in raising the youth's civic consciousness. The 
Government dons the role of both parent and teacher to the Filipino youth by engaging 
their services as trainees on their way to being young professionals. 
Through the National Internship Program, the State seeks to establish an 
integrated system of education for the youth who are future leaders and movers of the 
nation. The State encourages an all-inclusive method of learning infused with vocational 
efficiency and development of other skills, and provides access to opportunities that 
empower the youth and strengthen their competencies in their chosen fields. 
This legislative measure proposes to create a National Secretariat, which shall 
be the central authority standardizing the National Internship Program. It is tasked with 
approving the Annual Comprehensive Internship Program submitted by government 
agencies, 
instrumentalities 
and 
government-owned-and-controlled-corporations 
(GOCC), which endeavors to avail the services of the national interns. 
The scope and duration of the National Internship Program, as well as the criteria 
for Student Interns are provided for under this bill. It shall cover all technical, vocational 
and professional fields of study. The duration of the Program shall not be longer than 
300 hours and shall be available during the summer breaks of schools in the months of 
April and May. It is open to all college or vocational school stUdents who have 
completed 50% of their prescribed curriculum, or its equivalent, provided that the 
student is above 18 years old. 


Finally, the funding for the National Internship Prograrn shall be sourced from a 
concomitant budgetary item in the General Appropriations Act of Commission on Higher 
Education, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, National Youth 
Commission and Professional Regulations Commission. Funds shall be used for the 
operation of the National Secretariat and shall be allotted to the agencies, 
instrumentalities and GOCCs. 
Through the National Internship Program, the Government opens its doors for 
the Filipino youth who are studying to become educated professionals and skilled 
members of the workforce. This creates an opportunity for the State to bolster its forces 
while working hand-in-hand with the youth sector. An efficient government moves with 
the times and the Filipino youth is the lifeblood that supplies dynamism and vitality to 
the institution. 
Approval of this bill is earnestly requested. 
) 
R. M~RCOS, JR. 


Fifteenth Congress 
Republic of the Philippines 
Second Regular Session 
) 
) 
) 
SENATE 
'11 
SEP 19 P4 :44 
SENATE BILL NO. 2967 RECEIVI."D BY:_Q;:-
Introduced by: SENATOR FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, 
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
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 National Internship Act 
of2011. 
Section 2, 
Declaration of State Policies. The State shall: 
(a) Recognize the need of the bureaucracy for highly-
trained and educated professionals and skilled 
workers; 
(b) Recognize the vital role of the youth in nation-
building and shall promote and protect their 
physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social 
well-being. It shall inCUlcate in the youth patriotism 
and nationalism, and encourage their involvement 
in public and civic affairs; 
(c) Enhance the prestige of government service with 
the help of a nationwide competitive internship 
selection process; 
(d) Establish, maintain, and support a complete, 
adequate, and integrated system of education 
relevant to the needs of the people and society; 
(e) Establish and maintain a system of scholarship 
grants, student loan programs, subsidies, and 
other incentives which shall be available to 
deserving students in both public and private 
schools, especially to the under-privileged; 
(f) Provide opportunity for students from schools 
outside Metro Manila to work as interns for 
national government agencies, instrumentalities 
and 
government 
owned 
and 
controlled 
corporations based thereat; 
(g) Provide the youth with training in vocational 
efficiency and other skills; 
(h) Create a National Internship Program designed for 
the benefit of qualified and deserving youth all 
over the country, who have completed at least 
50% of their college or vocational education from 
State recognized universities or degree awarding 
institUtions; 


(i) Create a central authority standardizing a National 
Internship Program in order to meet the demands 
of the government and concerned industries and 
ensure the efficient and effective delivery of 
human capital to job allocations. 
Section 3. 
Implementing Agency. - there shall be a National Secretariat for 
the implementation of the National Internship Programs composed of 
the Chairperson of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as 
Chairperson, the Director-General of Technical Education and Skills 
Development Authority 
(TESDA) 
as 
Co-Chairperson 
and 
the 
Chairpersons 
of the National Youth 
Commission 
(NYC) 
and 
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as members. The National 
Secretariat shall be the lead coordinating body in implementing this Act 
and central processing of all applications and appropriate assignments 
of the national interns. Within ninety (90) days from enactment of this 
Act, the National Secretariat shall issue the appropriate and necessary 
implementing rules and regulations. 
Section 4. 
Scope. - the National Internship Program shall cover all technical, 
vocational and professional fields of study, except law, and shall cater 
to all stUdents from CHED or TESDA recognized universities or degree 
awarding institutions. 
The program shall be available to all government agencies and 
instrumentalities, 
including 
government-owned-and-controlled 
corporations (GOCC) upon the prior approval of the National 
Secretariat of their submitted Annual Comprehensive Internship 
Program, which shall include the following: 
(a) Name of Agency, Instrumentality, or GOCe; 
(b) Nature of Internship Program; 
(c) Objectives 
and 
goals 
of 
the 
agency, 
instrumentality or GOee in 
sponsoring the 
program; 
(d) Number of Interns expected or needed; 
(e) Intern's Field of Study; 
(f) Allocation of Interns to specified offices within the 
agency, instrumentality or GOeC, with nature of 
work of each office; 
(g) Lectures, seminars and fora scheduled for the 
interns; 
(h) Allowance 
for 
interns, 
which 
shall 
include 
transportation and living allowance for students 
coming from outside Metro Manila; 
(i) Sample contract of internship with confidentiality 
clause; 
0) Any other pertinent matters as deemed by the 
National Secretariat. 


Section 5. 
Criteria for Student Interns. - the program shall be open to all 
college or vocational school students, 18 years old or older, who have 
completed 50% of their prescribed curriculum, or its equivalent. 
No student shall be denied opportunity to work for government as an 
intern on the grounds of ethnicity, religion, gender, and physical 
disability, except when the nature of work available to interns in the 
sponsoring government agency, instrumentality or GOee is clearly 
and reasonably limited by such, provided that prior approval of such 
limitation shall be secured from the National Secretariat. 
Student interns shall not be considered as members of the civil service 
and their internship is in no way creating an employer-employee 
relationship between them and the agency, instrumentality or GOee 
they intern in. The duration of the internship program shall not be 
credited as government service. Student interns shall not be entitled to 
salaries and emoluments enjoyed by regular government employees. 
Section 6. 
Duration. - the National Internship Program shall only be available 
during the summer breaks of schools in the months of April and May 
and shall be for a duration of not longer than 300 hours. However, the 
agency, instrumentality or GOee can apply for different months for the 
program provided that it shall be for a duration of no longer than 300 
hours and prior approval from the National Committee has been 
secured. 
No student intern shall be allowed to work for more than 8 hours for 
every 24 hours and no student intern shall be allowed to work at night, 
except when the nature of work available to interns in the sponsoring 
government agency, 
instrumentality or GOee is clearly and 
reasonably renders it necessary for overtime and night work, provided 
that prior approval of such shall be secured from the National 
Secretariat. 
Section 7. 
Confidentiality. -
Student interns shall keep confidential all 
information and other materials obtained by them, directly or indirectly, 
in the course of the internship program. 
Section 8. 
Pre-termination of Internship. - Notwithstanding the acceptance to 
the internship program, the host agency, instrumentality and GOee 
reserves the right to pre-terminate their internship program or 
internship contract of a stUdent intern in case of failure of the student 
intern or interns to abide by the rules and regulations set forth by the 
program. 
Section 9. 
Reportorial Requirements. 
-
agencies, 
instrumentalities and 
GOees sponsoring the program shall, at the end of each year's 
internship run, submit to the National Secretariat an Annual Report. 
The National Secretariat shall set parameters and other modes of 
control to test the effectiveness of the program. 


Section 10. Appropriations. - the necessary appropriation for the operation of 
the National Secretariat shall be equally sourced from a concomitant 
budgetary item in the General Appropriations Act of CHED, TESDA, 
NYC and PRC. 
A minimum of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P 500,000.00) shall be 
allotted 
for each 
agency, 
instrumentality or 
GOCC 
for the 
implementation of their Internship Program, sourced from the General 
Appropriations Act of the year following their program's approval by the 
National Secretariat, and every year thereafter, Provided that based on 
the submission of their reportorial requirements, 
the National 
Secretariat has not revoked their authority to implement an intemship 
program. 
Section 11. Separability Clause. - If for any reason, any provision of this Act is 
declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other parts or provisions hereof 
which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and 
effect. 
Section 12. Repealing C/ause.-AII laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
presidential proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof 
contrary to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly. 
Section 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 


Section 10. Appropriations. - the necessary appropriation for the operation of 
the National Secretariat shall be equally sourced from a concomitant 
budgetary item in the General Appropriations Act of CHED, TESDA, 
NYC and PRC. 
A minimum of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P 500,000.00) shall be 
allotted 
for 
each 
agency, 
instrumentality 
or 
GOCC 
for the 
implementation of their Internship Program, sourced from the General 
Appropriations Act of the year following their program's approval by the 
National Secretariat, and every year thereafter, Provided that based on 
the submission of their reportorial requirements, 
the National 
Secretariat has not revoked their authority to implement an internship 
program. 
Section 11. Separability Clause. - If for any reason, any provision of this Act is 
declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other parts or provisions hereof 
which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and 
effect. 
Section 12. Repealing Clause.-Alilaws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
presidential proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof 
contrary to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly. 
Section 13. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,