Section 6Sec./Art. 6

Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act notwithstanding, the establishment of the Institute shall become operationally effective only upon the final determination and declaration of the TESDA, through the issuance of a formal recommendation and certificate of compliance, that the Institute has satisfactorily complied with the minimum requirements and quality standards prescribed by the TESDA governing the following:

(a) Standard procedures and guidelines (SPGs) for the establishment and operation of a TESDA state polytechnic institute, or of a state technical education and the TESDA technology institution as herein contemplated;

(b) Operational sustainability of the state polytechnic institute established herein, such as, but not limited to, appropriate TESDA-approved site or location, licensed faculty-trainors and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities, including industrial-grade requirements for hard metal trainings, updated instructional materials, and such other standard requirements TESDA may apply for a state polytechnic institute;

(c) Sustainable funding source and allocation of budget requirement to support the TESDA state polytechnic institute hereto established;

(d) Assurance that the training programs offered are fully aligned with the minimum standards of competency-based quality technical-vocational skills technology and needs of the CAR in the context of the ASEAN and PQF for technical-vocational education, and the Philippine Standards Occupational Classification and the international labor requirements and standards; and

(e) Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities as may be necessary and applicable in establishing the herein TESDA state polytechnic institute.