3. ● Learning Objectives
At the end of this modular unit, students are expected to:
1. Explain the history and significance of the NSTP in the
purview of national security and development;
2. Support the implementation of NSTP-related activities
and endeavors; and
3. Appreciate the value of NSTP as a citizenship training
program.
4. ● What is the National Service Training Program Law?
The R.A. 9163 is also known as the National Service Training
Program (NSTP) Act of 2001. This law is intended for
tertiary students in response to the public request for reforms
in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Program. It
was signed into law by Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on
July 23, 2002. This law was implemented effective School
Year (S.Y.) 2002-2003 in all higher education institutions
(HEI's).
5. What are the components of the NSTP
a. The Reserve Officers Training Corps
(ROTC)
b. The Literacy Training Service (LTS)
c. The Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)
6. What are the components of the NSTP
a. The Reserve Officers Training Corps
(ROTC) is designed to provide military
training to tertiary level students in
order to motivate, train, organize, and
mobilize them for national defense
preparedness.
7. What are the components of the NSTP
b. The Literacy Training Service
(LTS) is designed to train the students
to teach literacy and numeracy skills
to school children, out-of-school youth
and other segments of society in need
of their services.
8. Literacy Training Services (LTS)
Learning Skills
● Critical
Thinking
● Creativity
● Collaboration
● Communication
Literacy Skills
● Information
● Media
● Technology
Life Skills
● Flexibility
● Leadership
● Initiative
● Productivity
● Social
9. What are the components of the NSTP
c. The Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)
refers to activities contributory to the general welfare
and the betterment of life for the members of the
community. It also refers to the enhancement of its
facilities, especially those developed to improving
health, education, environment, entrepreneurship,
safety, recreation and moral of the citizenry and other
social welfare services.
10. Legal Foundations of NSTP
● Commonwealth Act No. 1 (National Defense Act)
● Presidential Decree No.1706 (National Service Law)
● Republic Act 7077 (Citizen Armed forces of the
Philippines)
-Military Service (MS),
-Civic Welfare Service (CWS) and
-Law Enforcement Service (LES)
11. Legal Foundations of NSTP
● Commonwealth Act No. 1 (National Defense Act)
This was enacted by the Philippine National
Assembly on December 21, 1935, to create an
independent Philippine Military that requires all
male citizens between 18 to 30 years of age to
undergo training in order to provide a military
service as preservation of the state is the obligation
of every citizen.
12. Legal Foundations of NSTP
● Presidential Decree No.1706 (National Service Law)
It was signed by Pres. Ferdinand Marcos on August
8, 1980. It requires all Filipino citizens to render
national service in any of the three main programs,
namely: (a) civic welfare service, (b) law
enforcement service, and (c) military service.
13. Legal Foundations of NSTP
● Republic Act 7077 (Citizen Armed forces of the
Philippines)
-Military Service (MS),
-Civic Welfare Service (CWS) and
-Law Enforcement Service (LES)
This law was enacted by the 8th Congress of the Philippines on the
27th of June 1991 and formed the Citizens Army Training (CAT) in
high school and ROTC in college. With this law, the knowledge and
skills of every individual that undergoes the training can be used in
the event of a declaration of war, rebellion, and rescue in times of
different disasters.
15. Who shall take the NSTP?
All incoming freshmen
students, male and female,
enrolled in any baccalaureate
and in at least two-year
technical- vocational or
associate courses, are required
to complete one NSTP
component of their choice as a
graduation requirement.
16. How will the NSTP be taken up?
Each of the NSTP components shall be undertaken for an academic period of two
semesters and credited for three units per semester with 54 to 90 training hours
per semester.
What if the NSTP cannot be taken up
during the regular semester?
A one summer program in lieu of the two semester program may be designed,
formulated, and adopted by the Department of National Defense (DND)) Commission
on Higher Education (CHED), and Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) subject to the capability of the school and the AFP to handle the
same.
17. What if the NSTP program component chosen by a student is
not offered in his/her school?
Schools that do not meet the required number of students in order to
conduct a program component or do not offer the component chosen
by their students shall allow them to cross-enrol to other schools
irrespective of whether that school is under CHED or TESDA and for
ROTC, whether they are managed by different AFP branches of
service.
These students, however, shall be subjected to the existing rules and
regulations of their original school and the accepting school.
18. Will a student who has completed all the academic requirements of
his course except ROTC be allowed to graduate?
A student who has completed all his academic
requirements except for ROTC will be allowed to
graduate provided that he is a certified candidate
by the school on or before the effectivity of the
NSTP which is March 23, 2002.
19. FOR REPORTING
● Ice Breaker
● Presentation of the Topic
● 15-20 items quiz (google forms) - make me a
collaborator
● 2-3 GROUPS will report depending on the
time.
