2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• show understanding of the National Service Training
Program (NSTP);
• recognize the Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) as
the component of NSTP that aims to help alleviate social
problems through the different community services; and
• express commitment to be actively involved in various
community services.
3. What is the legal basis of the National
Service Training Program (NSTP)?
•The National Service Training Program (NSTP) Law
or RA 9163 also known as “An Act Establishing the
National Service Training Program (NSTP) for tertiary
level students, amending for the purpose Republic
Act No. 7077 and Presidential Decree No. 1706, and
for other purposes.” was enacted last January 2002
to amend the Expanded ROTC.
4. What are the components of NSTP?
NSTP
ROTC CWTS LTS
Reserve Officer’s
Training Corps
Civic Welfare
Training Services
Literacy Training
Services
National Service Training Program
5. 1. RESERVE OFFICER’S TRAINING CORPS
ROTC, institutionalized under
Sections 38 and 39 of Republic
Act No. 7077 is designed to
provide military training to
motivate, equip, organize, and
mobilize the youth for national
defense preparedness. It shall
instill in them patriotism, moral
virtues, respect for rights of
civilians, and adherence to the
Constitution.
6. 2. LITERACY TRAINING SERVICES
LTS is designed to train
students to teach literacy and
numeracy skills to school
children, out-of-school youth,
and other segments of society
in need of such services.
• The students provide assistance to public
elementary pupils who have difficulties in
reading and arithmetic.
• The tutorial activities are conducted in
the elementary schools.
7. 3. CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING SERVICES
CWTS is designed to involve
students actively in activities
contributory to the general welfare
and the betterment of life the
members of the community or the
enhancement of its facilities,
especially those devoted to
improving health, education,
environment, entrepreneurship,
safety, recreation, and morals of the
citizenry.
8. COVERAGE OF THE NSTP LAW
The NSTP Law covers the following:
1. All students, both male and female, enrolled in
any baccalaureate degree or two-year technical-
vocational or non-degree courses in public and
private schools must complete one NSTP
Component of their choice for two semesters as a
graduation requirement.
.
9. 2. All higher and technical-vocational institutions,
public and private, must offer at least one NSTP
component.
3. State universities and colleges (SUCs) must offer
ROTC and at least one other NSTP component,
namely L'TS or CWTS.
COVERAGE OF THE NSTP LAW
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10. 4. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA),
Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA),
Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), and
other SUCs of similar nature, in view of the special
character of these institutions, are not covered by
the NSTP Law.
COVERAGE OF THE NSTP LAW
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11. 5. Private higher educational institutional (HEIS)
and technical-vocational educational institutions
with at least 350 student cadets may offer ROTC
and consequently establish and maintain a
Department of Military Science and Tactics, which
is still subject to the existing rules and regulations
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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COVERAGE OF THE NSTP LAW
12. Who are required to complete the NSTP?
• Students of any baccalaureate degree course or at least two-year
technical vocational courses in public and private educational
institutions shall be required to complete one of the NSTP components
as requisite for graduation. Exemptions only apply to:
i. Students who have already taken NSTP from a
prior degree completed;
ii. Transferees and shiftees who have completed
NSTP prior to transferring or shifting; and
iii. Foreign students or aliens
13.
14. NSTP-CWTS MISSION
• To train students to become innovators of
social change with a culture of excellence and
leaders with integrity, competence, and
commitment to render service to the
community.
15. NSTP-CWTS MISSION
•To develop in the youth the values of
patriotism and national pride, discipline and
hard work, integrity and accountability for
nation-building, and volunteerism as valuable
and effective members of the National Service
Corps of CWTS.
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16. NSTP-CWTS VISION
NSTP-CWTS aims to promote and integrate values
education, transformational leadership, and sustainable social
mobilization for youth development, community-building.
national renewal, and global solidarity by:
1. Providing relevant activities that will
contribute to the physical, intellectual, spiritual,
and social development of students
17. 2. Inculcating in students the values of
leadership, patriotism, and social responsibility
3. Training students to become project planners,
designers, and managers of innovative and
sustainable community service-oriented projects
NSTP-CWTS VISION
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18. 4. Conducting capability enhancements for civic
welfare services geared toward preparing the
youth to become results-oriented social
entrepreneurs, volunteers, and a socio-
economic mobilizing force that serves
communities as value-driven innovators for
progress
NSTP-CWTS VISION
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19. 6. Community services dwell on drug education,
health education (medical and dental),
environmental education, entrepreneurship, and
culture.
7. Program evaluation tackles the fundamentals,
development, implementation, monitoring, and
evaluation of the program.
NSTP-CWTS VISION
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20. NSTP-CWTS CORE VALUES
NSTP-CWTS fosters the following values:
1. Love of God
2. Human dignity
3. Discipline, truth, goodness, and social responsibility
4. Awareness, innovation, and creativity
5. Respect, synergy, and professionalism
6. Excellence and indigenous learning
7. Protection and conservation of the environment
8. Quality service delivery
21. NSTP DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
S – afety and Security
E – ducation
R – ecreation
V – alues Formation and Moral Recovery
I – ndustry and Entrepreneurship
C – are for Health
E – nvironment
22. SAFETY AND SECURITY
This area involves disaster
preparedness during fire,
earthquake or other calamity that
need immediate response from
any trained civilians during
emergency situations. Basic life-
saving seminar, fire drills and the
like are some of the examples.
NSTP DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
23. EDUCATION
This area involves enhancement of
institutional support material and
facilities for the community and school
such as providing materials containing
basic literacy skills for preschoolers,
alternative learning system for out-of-
school-youths and adults, mathematics
and science tutorials (face-to-face or on-
line) and extended service of skilled
students.
NSTP DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
24. RECREATION
This area involves sports
fest, parlor games for street
children and painting that
enrich youth’s capacities to
relate with one another in the
community.
NSTP DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
25. This involves the development
of youth to be good leaders,
responsible individuals imbued
with good moral values and active
agent of development of the
community.
VALUES FORMATION AND
MORAL RECOVERY
NSTP DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
26. This area includes programs and
activities that are revital to economic
growth. CWTS students demonstrates
technical skills in communities like
meat processing, silkscreen making
and how to establish small business.
INDUSTRY AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
NSTP DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
27. This area aims to give knowledge
on medical-related fields and extend
health services needed in the
community. It includes medical
services like first aid operation,
vaccination, info dissemination, basic
lifesaving seminars, health/ nutrition
technical assistance and training of
youth to be first aid assistants.
CARE FOR HEALTH
NSTP DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
28. This area inculcates environmental
awareness and its contribution to health
and related fields. It involves
management of waste, environmental
protection, dissemination and application
of technologies supportive of the
community needs and livelihood activities
related to environment and other related
fields supportive of the national thrust.
ENVIRONMENT
NSTP DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
29. • Villasotto, Herminigildo S., et. al. 2018. Human Person Gearing Towards Social
Development: NSTP-CWTS 1 Worktext for College Students, Second Edition.
Quezon City: C&E Publishing, Inc.
• https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2002/01/23/republic-act-no-9163/
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30. Prepared by:
JEORGE O HUGNO
(OIC-NSTP)
“Our small actions can make a big difference.”
