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

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
1 Regular Session

318

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative ERIC GO YAP

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Republic Act No. 7796, also known as the Technical Education and Skills
Development Act of 1994, provides that the State shall “provide relevant, accessible, high
quality, and efficient technical education and skills development in support of the development
of high quality Filipino middle-level manpower responsive to and in accordance with
Philippine development goals and priorities.”

This measure forwards the creation of a TESDA Training and Assessment Center in
the following Municipalities in the Province of Benguet, namely: Mankayan,
Kibungan, Kabayan, Atok, Itogon, and Tuba. These training centers shall provide
technical and vocational training skills development programs to low-income
families, out-of-school youth, people with disabilities, and indigenous peoples
residing in Benguct and in the rest of the neighboring localities in the Cordillera.

Through the establishment of these TESDA Centers in the province, learners will be
equipped with basic practical knowledge and technical expertise they can use to be
self-reliant, productive, and employable. With their enhanced capacities, they build
up their communities to be more efficient and progressive.

‘This same measure was already approved on Third and Final Reading by the House
of Representatives in the last 18th Congress. In view of the foregoing, immediate

approval of this bill is earnes

ly sought.



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

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
1s Regular Session

318

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative ERIC GO YAP

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTERS IN THE
MUNICIPALITIES OF MANKAYAN, KIBUNGAN, KABAYAN, ATOK,
ITOGON, AND TUBA, PROVINCE OF BENGUET, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Mankayan,
Kibungan, Kabayan, Atok, Itogon and Tuba, Benguet TESDA Training and
Assessment Centers Act”.

SEC. 2. Establishment. - There are hereby established training and assessment
centers, under the supervision of TESDA, to be known individually as follows: (M

Mankayan, Benguet TESDA Training and Assessment Center;
Kibungan, Benguet TESDA Training and Assessment Center;
Kabayan, Benguet TESDA Training and Assessment Center;
Atok, Benguet TESDA Training and Assessment Center;
Itogon, Benguet TESDA Training and Assessment Cen!
Tuba, Benguet TESDA Training and Assessment Center.

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They shall be located in highly accessible areas in the Municipalities of
Mankayan, Kibungan, Kabayan, Atok, Itogon, and Tuba in the Province of Benguet,
pursuant to the purposes of this Act, and to the agreement between of the TESDA and
the concerned local government units (LGUs)

SEC. 3. General Mandate, - The Mankayan, Kibungan, Kabayan, Atok, Itogon,
and Tuba, Benguet TESDA Training and Assessment Centers, hereinafter referred to
as the Centers, shall primarily provide technical-vocational education and training
(TVET) programs to students and local residents from low-income families and out-


of-school youth, including persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples to help
them become productive, self-reliant and globally competitive labor assets.

The Centers shall provide effective employment interventions through training
programs on relevant skills trade competencies, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship
activities that will help hasten the development of the host areas and the adjacent
localities into human resource and productivity hubs.

The Centers shall each serve as TESDA-accredited Assessment Center for
acquired competencies in TVET programs. They shall also provide technical-
vocational training for teachers and curriculum design assistance to the secondary
schools offering the technical-vocational livelihood track under the K to 12 Program
in coordination with the Department of Education and the TESDA.

SEC. 4. Training Programs. - The Centers shall offer short-term certificate
courses and modular training courses in preferred technical-vocational skills and
trades specialization. To this end, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE),
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology
(DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),
business-industry partners, and_ other relevant agencies and instrumentalities, both
ocal and international, shail provide the necessary assistance to enable the Centers to
develop skilled manpower to achieve a robust and inclusive economy.

The Centers may establish research and technology hubs, technology
development farms, satellite or extension training centers, and promote mobile
training programs to strengthen linkages among the industry partners, the academe,
and the Centers geared towards the acquisition of practical livelihood, employable
skills, gainful employment, and entrepreneurship capabilities.

The Centers shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies
assessment leading to National Certification Levels F-II:

a. Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and
steelwork, 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 technology, fishing operations technology, backyard farming
and home-based aquaculture and propagation innovations, mechanized
farming, fishing tools and equipment operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade
technology and innovations, and relevant training seminars for farmers and
fisherfolk to encourage entrepreneurship and thus increase their productivity;


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Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and
small-scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in arts and
crafts, workmanship and design, 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;

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 use of social media business marketing;

Technical-vocational occupation and trades skills such as carpentry, masonry,
plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation, automotive servicing,
electronics servicing, personal computer servicing, and such other relevant
practical skills courses;

Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, web
development, animation (3D Digital), game development, and computer-aided
design application;

Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English and
other languages for business process outsourcing employment and overseas
job placement;

Seminars in personality development, career counseling, job placement, and
work ethic and values; and

Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the people of
the Municipalities of Mankayan, Kibungan, Kabayan, Atok, Itogon, and Tuba,
and of adjacent localities to enhance their capacities for practical livelihood,
gainful employment, and entrepreneurial activities.

SEC. 5. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act

notwithstanding, the Centers shall become operational only upon the issuance by the
TESDA of a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance attesting that the
Centers have satisfactorily complied with the minimum standards of quality it has
prescribed governing the following:

a, Standard procedures and guidelines for the establishment and operation of
a Center;


b, Operational sustainability of the Centers, in terms of licensed faculty:
trainers and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities
instructional materials, and other standard requirements of a Center;

c. Sustainable funding source and allocation of the budgetary requirement;

d. Full alignment of the training programs offered with the minimum
standards of competency-based quality technical-vocational _ skills
technology and the needs of the host areas and adjacent communities
served within the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) integration and the Philippine Qualification Framework for
TVET; and

e. Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards, as may
be necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.

SEC. 6. Administration. ~ The Centers shall each be headed by a Technical-
Vocational Administrator, under the supervision of the TESDA, who shalll render full-
time service and be responsible for the Centers’ respective administration and
operation.

The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall be appointed by the TESDA
Director General in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service
Commission and the qualification requirements for such office. The Technical
Vocational Administrator shall enter into agreements with locally-based private and
public counterpart agencies or instrumentalities and persons for such assistance as
may be necessary to effectively implement this Act, subject to the approval of the
TESDA Director General.

SEC. 7. Appropriations. - The Director General of the TESDA shall include in
the Authority's program the operation of the Centers, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

The LGUs concerned, in consultation with the TESDA, shall set aside from any
available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual counterpart fund to
support the operation of the Centers herein established

SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ~ Within ninety (90) days after
the approval of this Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with the DOLE, DT DOST,
DA, Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, the concerned LGUs, and
such other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host localities,
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 or provision of this
Act shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions
thereof shalll not be affected and shall 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

repealed or amended accordingly.

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

Approved,