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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES — TE 18 AUG 2016
Quezon City TE

BY:

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3137

Introduced by Representative Estrellita B. Suansing

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish a Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) Training and Accreditation Center in the Municipality of
Nampicuan, Province of Nueva Ecija.

The Municipality of Nampicuan is one of the nine municipalities composing the
First Legislative District of Nueva Ecija, and is one of the farthest municipality from the
provincial capital, resulting to limited options for skills training and the like for
marginalized individuals in the municipality. The time and expenses incurred just to
travel to the nearest TESDA training center is onerous enough, not to mention that in
a municipality with many families coming from the low income bracket, this is enough
to discourage them from pursuing their ambitions of securing employment and become
economically stable.

This bill aims to provide opportunities for the marginalized individuals of the
municipality to pursue vocational and technical skills to become economically stable,
globally competitive and productive members of society.

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



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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3137

Introduced by Representative Estrellita B. Suansing

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION CENTER IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF NAMPICUAN, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. There shall be established a Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) Training and Accreditation Center in the Municipality
of Nampicuan, Province of Nueva Ecija under the supervision of the TESDA.

SECTION 2. The TESDA Training and Accreditation Center shall provide
technical and vocational skills development programs designed to enhance the
knowledge, skills, attitude and work values of marginalized individuals in order to
better prepare them to engage in gainful employment and entrepreneurship.

SECTION 3. The TESDA Regional Office Ill, in consultation with the
Municipality of Nampicuan, Province of Nueva Ecija, shall promulgate the necessary
rules and regulations to implement this Act.

SECTION 4. The TESDA Director-General shall include in its programs the
establishment of the TESDA Training and Accreditation Center in the Municipality of
Nampicuan, Province of Nueva Ecija, the funding of which shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act. The local government unit concerned shall set
aside from any available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate for its
operationalization.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,