THE House of Representatives has approved a measure establishing a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Training and Assessment Center in Laoang, Northern Samar.

The lawmakers have unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill 10103 aiming to establish a training and assessment center, under the supervision of the TESDA to be known as the Laoang, Northern Samar TESDA Training and Assessment Center.

Based on the measure, the center shall primarily provide technical-vocational education and training programs to students and residents from low-income families and out-of-school youth, including persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples.

This is to help them become productive, self-reliant, and globally competitive labor assets.

The Center shall also provide effective employment interventions through training programs on relevant skills in trade competencies, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship activities to help hasten the development of the host area and its adjacent localities into human resource and productivity hubs.

The Center shall also provide technical-vocational training for teachers and curriculum design assistance to the secondary schools in the province offering the technical-vocational livelihood track under the K to 12 Program, in coordination with the Department of Education and the TESDA.

The Center shall offer short-term certificate courses and modular training in preferred technical-vocational skills and trades specialization.