Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4617

Introduced by Honorable Romulo “Kid” V. Peiia, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Makati City continues to grow and expand as the Philippine’s leading
financial center with its numerous and diversified businesses and economic
opportunities. However, it is evident that there is an uneven growth pattern in
terms of personal and professional development especially among the District’s
poor and marginalized sectors. Moreover, economic restraints, such as the
increasing value of obtaining a formal education, have therefore lessened the
chances of the underprivileged and poverty-striken to seek proper and appropriate
employment.

It is in this light that this bill seeks to create a TESDA Training and
Accreditation Center in Barangay Santa Cruz, Makati City.

Through this bill, we urge the government to encourage and allow students
and residents with disadvantaged backgrounds to elevate their living situations
through practical and necessary technical education and skills training. An
accessible, high quality, and efficient center will definitely ensure that there will
be a continuous production of self-reliant and skilled individuals who will
eventually contribute to the advancement of Makati City and to the overall
progress of our beloved country.

In view of this foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

ROMULO “KID/V. PENA, JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLN 4617

Introduced by Honorable Romulo “Kid” V. Peiia, Jr.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT
CENTER IN BARANGAY SANTA CRUZ, MAKATI CITY AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short title - The act shall be known as the “Makati First District

TESDA Training and Assessment Center Act.”

SEC. 2, Establishment. — There is hereby established a Technical Education

and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Assessment Center in
Barangay Santa Cruz, Makati City, which shall be under the supervision of TESDA, to be

known as the Makati City First District TESDA Training and Assessment Center.

SEC. 3. General Mandate. — The Makati City First District TESDA Training and
Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide technical-
vocational training and skills development programs to students and residents from low-
income families and out-of-school youths, including college dropouts and persons with

disabilities (PWDs) in the First Congressional District of Makati City, geared towards


acquisition of practical livelihood, enjoyable skills, gainful employment, and

entrepreneurship.

The Center shall help train local residents to become productive, self-reliant and globally
competitive middle to high-level skilled labor force to hasten the social and economic
development and to meet the manpower needs of both local and international markets, in

general.

The Center shall consider in the design of relevant technical-vocational training programs
to be offered thereat a competency assessment of the socioeconomic profile, employment
conditions and opportunities, business climate, market and industry potentials, available
resources, and presence of support structures, including the literacy level and skills
readiness, and the overall development needs of the host area end adjacent communities
within the operational radius of the Center established herein. The Center shall also
consider the relevant skills and trade competencies, craftsmanship training programs, and
entrepreneurship activities needed to deliver effective employment and development

interventions required to make the area a human resource and economic productivity hub.

The Center shall also serve as a TESDA-accredited assessment center for acquired
competencies in technical-vocational skills. Preference in admission, however, shall be
given to the most disadvantaged citizens, including PWDs, and to the most economically

depressed areas of Makati City.

The Center shall, in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) and TESDA,

render relevant teachers” training assistance and curriculum design to the secondary schools
offering technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) track under the K to 12 Program of the

DepEd.


SEC. 4. Trai

g Programs — The Center shall offer diverse short-term certificate courses
and modular trainings in relevant technical-vocational skills and trades specialization to
comply with the employment standards in preferred market-driven labor opportunities, and
shall likewise give premium efforts to skills specialization for local market employment
requirements geared towards achieving the developing of a robust inclusive economy within
the host area and each of the adjacent localities and communities within the operational radius
of the Center, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE),
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST),
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA), business-industry partners and such other relevant agencies,

both local and international.

The Center may establish, as deemed necessary and practicable, research and technology hubs,

mobile

ing programs, and satellite or extension training centers in priority areas to

strengthen linkages among the industry, the academe, and the technology programs thereat.

To address the development and manpower needs the First District of Makati City, the Center

shall offer the following TESDA-registered technical-vocational training programs with

competencies assessment leading to National Certification Levels I-

(a) Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and steelworks,
machine fabrication and operation, heavy equipment operation, automative mechanic,
reftigeration and air conditioning, electronics, and operation of power tools and equipment for

both medium skills grade and industrial purposes;

(b) Agriculture-related training and farm skills development in such areas as farming
technology and farm operations, backyard farming and home-based aquaculture and

propagation innovations, mechanized farm tools and equipment operations, agribusiness and


agri-trade technology and innovations, and relevant farmers’ trainings for increased

productivity and entrepreneurship;

(©) Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and small-scale
entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in crafts and arts, workmanship and
designing, 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.

(d) 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 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;

(©) Technical-vocational occupation and trade skills such as carpentry, masonry, plumbing,
wielding, practical electricity and installation, automotive servicing, electronics servicing,

personal computer (PC) servicing, and such other relevant practical skills courses;

(£) Computer literacy and information technology (IT)-related skills, digital technology, web

design, animation, photoshop/online photography, computer design, and advertising;

(g) Social communication skills development, language proficiency courses in English and
other languages for business process outsourcing employment such as call center and overseas

job placement;

(h) Seminars in personality development, career counseling and job placement, and work ethic

and values; and


(i) Other preferred priority skills and trade training that may be needed by the people of Makati
City to enhance their capacities for practical livelihood, gainful employment, and

entrepreneurship skills.

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 Center; (b) operational sustainability of the Center

established herei

terms of licensed faculty-trainers and personnel, equipment, training and
laboratory facilities, instructional materials, and other standard requirements as a Center; (c)
sustainable funding source and allocation of budget requirement of the Center herein
established; (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) and the Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) for
technical-vocational education; and (e) compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities

and standards in establishing a Center as may be necessary and applicable.

SEC. 6. Administration. - The Center shall be headed by a Technical-Vocational

Administrator, under the supervision of the TESDA, who shall render full-time services

and be responsible for the administration and operation of the Center.


The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall be appointed by the TESDA Director
General in accordance with Civil Service Commission rules and regulations and the

qualification requirements for such office.

‘The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall enter into mutual agreements with locally-
based private and public counterpart agencies or instrumentalities and persons subject to
approval of the TESDA Director General, for such assistance as may be necessary to

effectively implement this Act.

SEC 7. Appropriations. — The amount necessary to implement the provisions of this
Act, and its continued implementation therefter, shall be included in the annual General

Appropriations Act.

The concerned local government units (LGUs), in consultation with the TESDA, shall
likewise set aside from any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as

annual counterpart fund to support the operation of the Centers established herein.

SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations - Within ninety (90) days after the approval
ofthis Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with the DOLE, DTI, Department of Budget and
Management (DBM), DILG, concemed LGUs, and such other relevant agencies and industry
business partners of the host locality, prepare and issue the necessary rules and regulations for

the implementation of this Act.

SEC. 9, Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected

thereby shall remain in full force and effect.


SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order,
administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent with the provisions of this,

Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.

SEC. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the

Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,