HISTORY AND LEGAL BASES ● It provided for obligatory military
service for all male citizens of ages
Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9163 between 18 and 30.
● Republic Act 7077
● Known as the NATIONAL SERVICE Signed by former President Corazon
TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) Act of Aquino on June 27, 1991.
2001 ● The "Citizen Armed Forces of the
● In consultation with CHED, TESDA, Philippines Reservist Act", was
DND, PASUC and Non-Government enacted by the 8th Congress of the
Organization. Philippines on 27 June 1991.
Providing for organization, training
President Manuel L. Quezon (1935). and utilization of reservists, referred to
in the Act as "Citizen Soldier" from its'
1. Commonwealth Act NO.1 one of the components which is
● Known as National Defense Act (an Reserve Officers Training Corps basic
act to provide national defense of the and advance course.
Philippines) where NSTP started ● Presidential Decree No. 1706
● Requires college students, specifically Signed by former President Ferdinand
males E Marcos on August 8,1980.
● To finish 2 years or 4 semesters of ● The "National Service Law", was
Military Training amended on August signed into law in August 1980. It
8, 1980 to give existence to made national service obligatory for
Presidential Decree No. 1706 or all Filipino citizens and specified three
National Service Law (mandates categories of national service: civic
compulsory national service to all welfare service, law enforcement
citizens of the country) service and military service.
● Republic Act 9163
2. National Service Law Signed by former President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo on January 23,
Three main components: 2002.
1. CIVIC WELFARE SERVICE (CWS) ● The "National Service Training
2. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE (LES) Program (NSTP) Act of 2001.
3. MILITARY SERVICE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
● Being the fundamental and supreme
President Corazon C. Aquino law of the land, the Constitution
mandates the citizenry "to render
Presidential Memorandum Order NO.1 personal, military or civil service".
● The implementation of the National This is to have an equipped citizen
Service Law except the provisions of with civil or military training.
Military Service was suspended and it
became Basic Reserve Officer
Training Corps (ROTC) on S.Y.
1986-1987.
NSTP
● To appreciate the historical and legal
aspects of NSTP and the
establishment of the NSTP Act of
2001 (RA 9163)
● "The National Defense Act", was
enacted by the National Assembly of
the Philippines on 21 December 1935.