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PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION AND COURSE (1) NSTP component of their choice, as a graduation
requirement.
ORIENTATION
NSTP as “de Jure” Since when the NSTP been implemented?
• Republic Act No. 9163 which known as the National Service • The NSTP has been implemented since the start of school
Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001 year 2002-2003.
• It is an act establishing the National Service Training Program
How is the NSTP taken up?
(NSTP) for tertiary level students and is the result of the
amendment of Republic Act No. 7077 or AFP Reservist Law • Each of the NSTP components is undertaken for an academic
and Presidential Decree No. 1706 or the National Service period of two (2) semesters and is credited for three (3) units
Law. per semester with fifty-four (54) to ninety (90) training hours
per semester.
• The guiding principle of NSTP is stated in Article II of the 1987
Constitution; it provides that while it is the prime duty of the
What if I cannot take the NSTP during the regular semester?
government to serve and protect its people, in turn it shall be
the responsibility of every citizen to defend the state and in • A one-summer program in lieu of the two (2)-semester
fulfilment thereof, they shall be required by the state to render program may be designed, formulated and adopted by (DND),
personal, military and civic services. (CHED), and (TESDA), subject to the capability of the school
and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to handle the
• The constitution provides further that the state shall recognize
the youth’s vital role in nation-building, shall promote civic same.
consciousness among them, develop their physical, moral,
spiritual and social well-being, inculcate in them patriotism, What if the NSTP component of my choice is not offered in my
nationalism, and advance their involvement in public and civic school?
affairs. • Schools that do not meet the required number of students in
order to conduct a program component or do not offer the
• In pursuit of these goals, the youth, the most valuable
component chosen by their students shall allow the students
resource of the nation, shall be motivated, trained, organized
to cross enroll to other schools, irrespective of whether that
and mobilized in military training, literacy, civic welfare and
school is under CHED or TESDA; and for the ROTC, whether
other similar endeavors in the service of the nation.
they are managed by different AFP branches of service.
• These students, however, shall be subjected to the existing
A Primer on the NSTP Act of 2001 rules and regulations of their school of origin and the
• “National Service Training Program (NSTP)” is a program accepting school.
aimed at enhancing civic consciousness and defense
preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of service Are currently-enrolled students covered by the NSTP law?
and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its three (3) • Male students currently enrolled but have taken any program
program components. Its various components are especially components of the previous Expanded ROTC (E-
designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the ROTC)/National Service Program (NSP) is covered by the
general welfare. NSTP.

Will a student who has completed all his academic

Program Components of the NSTP
requirements except ROTC be allowed to graduate?
HORMONE ROLES • A student who has completed all his academic requirements
1) A Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) except for ROTC will be allowed to graduate provided that he
o A program institutionalized under Section 38 and 39 of is a certified candidate by the school on or before the
Republic Act No. 7077 designed to provide military effectively of the NSTP which is on March 23, 2002.
training to tertiary level students in order to motivate,
train, organize and mobilize them for national defense What if a male student has completed two (2) semesters of the
preparedness. E-ROTC/NSP?
2) Literacy Training Service (LTS) • He is deemed to have complied with the NSTP requirement.
o A program designed to train students to become
teachers of literacy and numerical skills to school What if a male student has taken only one (1) semester of
children, out of school youth, and other segments of Basic ROTC or E-ROTC/NSP?
society in need of their service.
• He shall take one more semester of any of the NSTP
3) Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) components to qualify for graduation.
o Refers to programs or activities contributory to the
general welfare and the betterment of life for the What will become of NSTP graduates?
members of the community or the enhancement of its
• Graduates of the non-ROTC components shall belong to the
facilities, especially those devoted to improving health,
National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) which could be
education, environment, entrepreneurship, recreation
tapped by the States for literacy and civic welfare activities.
and morals of the citizenry.
Graduates of the ROTC component shall form part of the AFP
Citizen Armed Force, subject to DND requirements.
Who Shall Take the NSTP?
• All incoming freshmen students, male and female, enrolled in How can a student continue to qualify for enlistment in the
any baccalaureate and in at least two (2)-year technical- AFP reserve force?
vocational or associate courses, are required to complete one
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• He/She may qualify for enlistment in the AFP reserved force • To inculcate in the minds of the youth our long cherished
as long as he/she has completed the two (2) semesters of traditional and cultural Filipino values;
basic ROTC. • To enable the citizens to contribute to the country’s
development and welfare and in the attainment and
What lead agencies will monitor the implementation of the preservation of a just and orderly society
NSTP? • To enhance the respect for law and duly constituted
• CHED regional offices, TESDA provincial and district offices authorities;
and DND-AFP through major service reserve commands and • To promote and develop civic consciousness and citizen’s
their ROTC units shall oversee and monitor the participation in national defense preparedness;
implementation of the NSTP under their respective jurisdiction • To motivate, train and develop the citizens, particularly the
to determine if the trainings conducted are in consonance with youth, with regard to their responsibilities as citizens;
RA 9163. • To organize, mobilize and utilize youth manpower of
community development; and
Is the NSTP available in all schools and universities? • To harness citizen manpower for the promotion of national
• All higher and technical-vocational educational institutions development programs and goals.
offer at least one (1) of the NSTP components while State
universities and colleges offer the ROTC component and at
least one other NSTP component. Private schools that have Core Values of NSTP
at least 350 student cadets offer the ROTC components • Unity
through its Department of Military Science and Tactics • Patriotism
(DMST). • Faith in God
• Respect for life
Guidelines for the Establishment of the National Service • Truth
Reserve Corps (NSRC) • Justice
• Section 11 of RA 9163 or the National Service Training • Freedom
Program Act of 2001 specifically provides for the creation of a • Equality
National Reserve Corps (NSRC), composed of graduates of
• Peace
the non-ROTC Components: the Civic Welfare Training
• Concern for Family
Service (CWTS) and Literacy Training Service and Literacy
Training Service (LTS). Members of this Corps may be tapped • Concern for the Environment
by the State for Literacy and civic welfare activities, through • Volunteerism
the joint efforts of DND, CHED, and TESDA.

MISSION
• To provide a trained and motivated manpower pool that can
be tapped by the State for civic welfare, literacy, and other
similar endeavours in the service of the nation.

FUNCTIONS
✓ To assist in the disaster preparedness, mitigation, response,
and rehabilitation programs;
✓ To serve as an auxiliary to the Disaster Coordinating Council
(DCC) response units.
✓ To assist in the promotion of civic welfare activities.
✓ To assist in the implementation of literacy programs.
✓ To assist in socioeconomic development.
✓ To assist in environmental protection.
✓ To perform other similar endeavors.

COMPOSITION
• The NSRC shall be composed of the graduates of CWTS and
LTS 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
• To enable all citizens to render their obligatory national
service towards self-help and service to others;

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