THE House Committee on Higher and Technical Education chaired by Baguio City Rep. Mark Go on Monday created a Technical Working Group (TWG) tasked with consolidating House Bills 4710 and 6639, which both seek to make the creation of a Crime Prevention Committee mandatory for all higher education institutions (HEIs) and technical-vocational institutions, with the end-in-view of protecting the academic community from internal and external threats.
HBs 4710 and 6639 are authored by Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, respectively.
The panel then approved, subject to style and amendments, HBs 7570, 7571, 9407 and 9427, all seeking to establish a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) training and assessment centers in Bohol, Zamboanga Sibugay and Bataan.
Also approved at the committee were the substitute bills and committee reports of: HB 8417, which aims to strengthen the Pangasinan State University; HB 8215 on converting the Davao del Norte State College into a state university; HB 9023, seeking to convert Davao Occidental’s Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology into a state university; HB 4237, seeking to establish a regular campus in Don Honorio Ventura State University; and HB 9121, strengthening and renaming the Don Honorio Ventura State University into Pampanga State University, expanding its curricular offerings as well as the composition and powers of its governing board.
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