1 
Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
Twentieth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO._______ 
Introduced by Representative Ma. Victoria Co-Pilar 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Republic Act No. 7796, or the Technical Education and Skills Development Act of 
1994, declares it the policy of the State to “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 the 
Philippine development goals and priorities. 
In line with this national policy, this bill seeks to establish a TESDA Training and 
Assessment Center in the 6th Legislative District of Quezon City. The proposed center 
aims to offer free and accessible technical-vocational education and training (TVET) 
programs for the residents of the district and the broader Quezon City area, particularly 
targeting low-income families, out-of-school youth, and persons with disabilities 
(PWDs). 
According to the 2016 data of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Quezon 
City was estimated to have between 45,000 to 60,000 out-of-school youth. Furthermore, 
the National Capital Region (NCR) had an unemployment rate of 10.3% in 2013, 
translating to approximately 138,900 unemployed persons in Quezon City alone. By the 
end of 2022, the city projected the registration of over 74,000 persons with disabilities. 
These figures point to a significant segment of the population in need of skills 
development, livelihood opportunities, and pathways to employment. This measure 
responds to that need by promoting inclusive and sustainable economic empowerment 
through technical education. The TESDA center shall serve as a hub for certified training, 
assessment, and job readiness, opening doors for lifelong learning, career progression, 
and social reintegration. 
July 24, 2025
4:34 pm
2308


2 
Ultimately, the establishment of this center is envisioned to foster self-reliance, 
enhance employability, and contribute to the development of a more vibrant and 
inclusive local economy—empowering individuals who have often been marginalized 
and providing them with the tools to participate meaningfully in nation-building. 
In the 19th Congress, this bill was approved on third and final reading by the House of 
Representatives. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate and favorable passage of this bill is 
earnestly sought. 


3 
Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
Twentieth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO.____ 
Introduced by Representative Ma. Victoria Co-Pilar 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 
1 
AUTHORITY TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE SIXTH 
2 
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF QUEZON CITY AND APPROPRIATING 
3 
FUNDS THEREFOR 
4 
5 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
6 
assembled: 
7 
SECTION 1. Establishment of a Training and Assessment. – There is hereby 
8 
established a training and assessment center, under the supervision of the Technical 
9 
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), to be known as the “District 6, 
10 
Quezon City TESDA Training and Assessment Center”. It shall be located in a highly 
11 
accessible area in the Sixth Congressional District of Quezon City, pursuant to the 
12 
purposes of this Act and the agreement between the TESDA and the concerned local 
13 
government units (LGUs).  
14 
SEC. 2. General Mandate. – The District 6, Quezon City TESDA Training and 
15 
Assessment Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, shall primarily provide 
16 
technical-vocational education and training (TVET) programs to students and local 
17 
residents from low-income families and out-of-school youths, including persons with 
18 
disabilities and indigenous peoples, to help them become productive, self-reliant, and 
19 
globally competitive labor assets.  
20 
The Center shall provide effective employment interventions through training 
21 
programs on relevant skills in trade competencies, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship 
22 
activities to help hasten the development of the host area and its adjacent localities into 
23 
human resource and productivity hubs.  
24 
2308


4 
 
The Center shall also provide technical-vocational training for teachers and 
25 
curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools in the Province offering the 
26 
technical-vocational livelihood track under the K to 12 Program, in coordination with the 
27 
Department of Education (DepEd) and the TESDA. 
28 
SEC. 3. Training Programs. – The Center shall offer short-term certificate courses 
29 
and modular trainings in preferred technical-vocational skills and trades specialization. 
30 
To this end, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade 
31 
and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of 
32 
Agriculture (DA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), National 
33 
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), business-industry partners, and other 
34 
relevant agencies and instrumentalities, both local and international, shall provide the 
35 
necessary assistance to enable the Center to develop skilled manpower to achieve a robust 
36 
and inclusive economy in the host area and its adjacent localities. 
37 
The Center may establish research and technology hubs, technology development 
38 
farms, satellite or extension training centers, promote mobile training programs, and 
39 
strengthen linkages among the industry partners, the academe, and the Center geared 
40 
towards the acquisition by residents of practical livelihood, employable skills, gainful 
41 
employment, and entrepreneurial capabilities in priority areas in District 6 and adjacent 
42 
localities in the Quezon City.  
43 
The Center shall offer the following TVET programs with competencies assessment 
44 
leading to National Certification Levels I-III: 
45 
(a) 
Skills training in industrial technology and hard trades such as metal and 
46 
steelwork, machine fabrication and operation, heavy equipment operation, 
47 
automotive mechanical assembly, refrigeration and air conditioning, 
48 
electronics, and operation of power tools and equipment for both medium 
49 
skills grade and industrial purposes;  
50 
(b) 
Agriculture and aquaculture-related trainings and skills development in such 
51 
areas as farming technology, fishing operations technology, backyard farming 
52 
and home-based aquaculture and propagation innovations, mechanized 
53 
farming, fishing tools and equipment operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade 
54 
technology and innovations, and relevant training seminars for farmers and 
55 
fisherfolk to encourage entrepreneurship and thus increase their productivity; 
56 
(c) 
Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and 
57 
small-scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in arts and 
58 
crafts, workmanship and design, high-speed sewing, dressmaking and 
59 
tailoring, horticulture, livestock raising and breeding, food processing 
60 
technology, home technology, culinary arts and commercial cooking, 
61 


5 
 
cosmetology, and health and wellness training;  
62 
(d) Basic business literacy training in financial management and marketing, 
63 
practical accountancy, bookkeeping and office procedures, business processes 
64 
and application procedures, including registration, licensing, documentation, 
65 
business patent and intellectual property regulation, business financing and 
66 
investment opportunities sourcing, import-export accreditation, online home-
67 
based business operation and social media business marketing; 
68 
(e) 
Technical-vocational occupation and trades skills such as carpentry, masonry, 
69 
plumbing, welding, practical electricity and installation, automotive servicing, 
70 
electronics servicing, personal computer servicing, and such other relevant 
71 
practical skills courses;  
72 
(f) 
Computer literacy and information technology-related skills, digital 
73 
technology, web design, animation, photoshop or online photography, 
74 
computer design and advertising;  
75 
(g) 
Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English and 
76 
other languages for business process outsourcing employment and overseas 
77 
job placement;  
78 
(h) 
(h) Personality development, career counseling, job placement, and work ethic 
79 
and values; and  
80 
(i) 
Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the people of 
81 
the Sixth 
82 
Congressional District of Quezon City and of adjacent localities to enhance their 
83 
capacities for practical livelihood, gainful employment, and entrepreneurial activities. 
84 
SEC. 4. Compliance with TESDA Requirements. – The provisions of this Act 
85 
notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon the issuance by the 
86 
TESDA of a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance attesting that the 
87 
Center has satisfactorily complied with the minimum standards of quality it has 
88 
prescribed governing the following: (a) standard procedures and guidelines for the 
89 
establishment and operation of a Center; (b) operational sustainability of the Center, in 
90 
terms of licensed faculty-trainers and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory 
91 
facilities, instructional materials, and other standard requirements of a Center; 
92 
(c)sustainable funding source and allocation of the budgetary requirement; (d) full 
93 
alignment of the training programs offered with the minimum standards of competency-
94 
based quality technical-vocational skills technology and the needs of the host area and 
95 
adjacent communities served within the context of the Association of Southeast Asian 
96 


6 
 
Nations integration and the Philippine Qualifications Framework for TVET; and (e) 
97 
compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards as may be necessary 
98 
and applicable in establishing a Center. 
99 
SEC. 5. Administration of the Center. – The Center shall be headed by a Technical-
100 
Vocational Administrator who shall render full-time service and be responsible for its 
101 
administration and operation, under the supervision of the TESDA.  
102 
The Technical-Vocational Administrator shall be appointed by the TESDA Director 
103 
General in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission 
104 
and the qualification requirements for such office.  
105 
The Technical-Vocational Administrator may enter into agreements with locally 
106 
based private and public counterpart agencies, instrumentalities or persons, and seek 
107 
such assistance as may benecessary to effectively implement this Act, subject to the 
108 
approval of the TESDA Director General.  
109 
SEC. 6. Appropriations. – The Director General of the TESDA shall include in the 
110 
Authority’s program the operation of the Center, the funding of which shall be included 
111 
in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
112 
The LGUs concerned, in consultation with the TESDA, shall set aside from any 
113 
available local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual counterpart fund to 
114 
support the operation of the Center herein established. 34 
115 
SEC. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within ninety (90) days after the 
116 
approval ofthis Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with the DOLE, DTI, DOST, DA, 
117 
Department of Budget and Management, DepEd, DILG, NEDA, the concerned LGUs, 
118 
and such other relevant agencies and industry-business partners of the host locality, 
119 
prepare and issue rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.  
120 
SEC. 8. Separability Clause. – If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Act 
121 
is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions thereof shall not 
122 
be affected and shall remain in force and in effect.  
123 
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, rules 
124 
and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are repealed or 
125 
amended accordingly. 
126 
SEC. 10. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
127 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
128 
Approved, 
129