Module one

Physical Organization & Course

Orientation
- NSTP as “de Jure”

o Republic Act No. 9163 which known

as the National Service Training
Program (NSTP) Act of 2001 Primer on the NSTP Act of
2001
o It is an act establishing the National
Service Training Program (NSTP)  What is NSTP?
for tertiary level students and is - “National Service Training
the result of the amendment of Program (NSTP)” is a program
Republic Act No. 7077 or AFP aimed at enhancing civic
Reservist Law and Presidential consciousness and defense
Decree No. 1706 or the National preparedness in the youth by
Service Law. developing the ethics of service
and patriotism while undergoing
o The guiding principle of NSTP is training in any of its three (3)
stated in Article II of the 1987 program components. Its various
Constitution; it provides that while components are especially
it is the prime duty of the designed to enhance the youth’s
government to serve and protect active contribution to the general
its people, in turn it shall be the welfare.
responsibility of every citizen to
defend the state and in fulfillment  What are the program
thereof, they shall be required by components of the NSTP?
the state to render personal,  A. “Reserve Officers’ Training
military and civic services. Corps (ROTC)”
- is a program institutionalized
o The constitution provides further under Section 38 and 39 of
that the state shall recognize the Republic Act No. 7077 designed
youth’s vital role in nation-building, to provide military training to
shall promote civic consciousness tertiary level students in order to
among them, develop their motivate, train, organize and
physical, moral, spiritual and social mobilize them for national
well-being, inculcate in them defense preparedness.
patriotism, nationalism, and  B. “Literacy Training Service
advance their involvement in (LTS)”
public and civic affairs. - is a program designed to train
students to become teachers of
o In pursuit of these goals, the youth, literacy and numerical skills to
the most valuable resource of the school children, out of school
nation, shall be motivated, trained, youth, and other segments of
organized and mobilized in military society in need of their service.
training, literacy, civic welfare and  C. “Civic Welfare Training
other similar endeavors in the Service (CWTS)”
service of the nation.
- refers to programs or activities  What if the NSTP component
contributory to the general of my choice is not offered in
welfare and the betterment of my school?
life for the members of the - Schools shall allow the students
community or the enhancement to cross enroll to other schools,
of its facilities, especially those irrespective of whether that
devoted to improving health, school is under CHED or TESDA;
education, environment, and for the ROTC, whether they
entrepreneurship, recreation and are managed by different AFP
morals of the citizenry branches of service.
 Who shall take the NSTP? - These students, however, shall
- All incoming freshmen students, be subjected to the existing rules
male and female, enrolled in any and regulations of their school of
baccalaureate and in at least two origin and the accepting school.
(2)-year technical-vocational or
associate courses, are required  Are currently-enrolled
to complete one (1) NSTP students covered by the
component of their choice, as a NSTP Law?
graduation requirement. - Male students currently enrolled
but have taken any program
 Since when the NSTP been components of the previous
implemented? Expanded ROTC
- The NSTP has been implemented (E-ROTC)/National Service
since the start of school year Program(NSP) are covered by the
2002-2003. NSTP.

 How is the NSTP taken up?  Will a student who has

- Each of the NSTP components is completed all his academic
undertaken for an academic requirements except ROTC be
period of two (2) semesters and allowed to graduate?
is credited for three (3) units per - A student who has completed all
semester with fifty-four (54) to his academic requirements
ninety (90) training hours per except for ROTC will be allowed
semester. to graduate provided that he is a
certified candidate by the school
 What if I cannot take the on or before the effectively of the
NSTP during the regular NSTP which is on March 23,
semester? 2002.
- A one-summer program in line of
the two (2)-semester program  What if a male student has
may be designed, formulated completed two (2) semesters
and adopted by (DND), (CHED), of the
and (TESDA), subject to the E-ROTC/NSP?
capability of the school and the - He is deemed to have complied
Armed Forces of the Philippines with the NSTP requirement.
(AFP) to handle the same.
 What if a male student has
taken only one (1) semester
 of Basic ROTC or State universities and colleges
E-ROTC/NSP? offer the ROTC component and at
- He shall take one more semester least one other NSTP component.
of any of the NSTP components Private schools that have at least
to qualify for graduation. 350 student cadets offer the
ROTC components through its
 What will become of NSTP Department of Military Science
graduates? and Tactics (DMST).
- Graduates of the non-ROTC
components shall belong to the
National Service Reserve Corps Guidelines for the
(NSRC) which could be tapped by Establishment of the National
the States for literacy and civic Service Reserve Corps (NSRC)
welfare activities. Graduates of
the ROTC component shall form  Background
part of the AFP Citizen Armed - Section 11 of RA 9163 or the
Force, subject to DND National Service Training
requirements. Program Act of 2001 specifically
provides for the creation of a
National Reserve Corps (NSRC),
 How can a student continue composed of graduates of the
to qualify for enlistment in non-ROTC Components: the Civic
the AFP reserve force? Welfare Training Service (CWTS)
- He/She may qualify for and Literacy Training Service
enlistment in the AFP reserved and Literacy Training Service
force as long as he/she has (LTS). Members of this Corps
completed the two (2) semesters may be tapped by the State for
of basic ROTC. Literacy and civic welfare
activities, through the joint
 What lead agencies will efforts of DND, CHED, and
monitor the implementation TESDA.
of the NSTP?
- CHED regional offices, TESDA
The National Service Reserve
provincial and district offices and
DND-AFP through major service Corps
reserve commands and their
ROTC units shall oversee and  Mission
monitor the implementation of - To provide a trained and
the NSTP under their respective motivated manpower pool that
jurisdiction to determine if the can be tapped by the State for
trainings conducted are in civic welfare, literacy, and other
consonance with RA 9163. similar endeavors in the service
of the nation.
 Is the NSTP available in all
schools and universities?  Functions
- All higher and technical- a) To assist in the disaster
vocational educational preparedness, mitigation,
institutions offer at least one (1) response, and rehabilitation
of the NSTP components while programs;
 b) To serve as an auxiliary to the o To promote and develop civic
Disaster Coordinating Council consciousness and citizen’s
(DCC) response units. participation in national defense
c) To assist in the promotion of civic preparedness;
welfare activities.
d) To assist in the implementation o To motivate, train and develop the
of literacy programs. citizens, particularly the youth,
e) To assist in socioeconomic with regard to their responsibilities
development. as citizens;
f) To assist in environmental
protection. o To organize, mobilize and utilize
g) To perform other similar youth manpower of community
endeavors. development; and

 Composition o To harness citizen manpower for the

- The NSRC shall be composed of promotion of national development
the graduates of CWTS and LTS programs and goals.
components of the NSTP.

 Organization
- The NSRC is organized under the
umbrella of the National Disaster
Coordinating Council (NDCC). It
shall have a national, regional,
provincial, and city/municipal
level of organization parallel to
the Disaster Coordinating Council
(DCC) structures at all levels.
Objectives of NSTP

Core Values of NSTP

o To enable all citizens to render their
obligatory national service towards
 Unity
self-help and service to others;
 Patriotism
 Faith in God
o To inculcate in the minds of the
 Respect for life
youth our long cherished
 Truth
traditional and cultural Filipino
 Justice
values;
 Freedom
 Equality
o To enable the citizens to contribute
 Peace
to the country’s development and
 Concern for Family
welfare and in the attainment and
 Concern for the Environment
preservation of a just and orderly
 Volunteerism
society;

o To enhance the respect for law and

duly constituted authorities;