Section 5Sec./Art. 5

Compliance with TESDA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act notwithstanding, the conversion of the Kabasalan Institute of Technology into the Zamboanga Sibugay Polytechnic Institute shall become operationally effective only upon the 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, or conversion and operation of TESDA polytechnic institute of technical education and TESDA technology institution;

(b) Operational sustainability of the polytechnic institute established herein in terms of licensed faculty/trainors and personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities, instructional materials, and other standard requirements as TESDA-accredited center;

(c) Sustainable funding source and allocation of budget requirement of the TESDA 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 host municipality, Kabasalan, and adjacent areas served in the context of the PQF and ASEAN framework for technical-vocational education; and

(e) Compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities as may be necessary and applicable in its conversion into the Zamboanga Sibugay Polytechnic Institute.