As provided in the law, the National Service Training Program (NSTP) is a program aimed at enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of service and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its three (3) program components. 1. The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) 2. the Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS), and 3. the Literacy Training Service (LTS). Students are required to take two NSTP courses under the component of his/her choice. The National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001 (R.A. 9163) was enacted in response to public clamor for reforms in the Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Program. This act affirms that the prime duty of the government shall be to serve and protect its citizens. In turn, it shall be the responsibility of all its citizens to defend the security of the State; thus, the government may require each citizen to render personal, military or civil service. In the pursuit of these goals, the youth shall be motivated, trained, organized, and mobilized in military training, literacy, civic welfare, and other similar endeavors in service to the nation. The NSTP is a program aimed at enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of service and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its program components. Its various components are specially designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the general welfare of the nation. All male and female students enrolled in any baccalaureate or in at least two (2)-year technical/vocational or associate courses are required to complete the equivalent of two (2) semesters of an NSTP Common Module for the period of at least 25-hours and any one of the NSTP components listed below as a requisite for graduation: 1) Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) 2) Literacy Training Service (LTS) 3) Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) Under the NSTP law, state universities are required to offer ROTC and at least one other NSTP component. Furthermore, for NSTP courses, schools may collect not more than 50% of the current basic tuition. Begun and held in Metro Manila on Monday, the twenty-third day of July two thousand one. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163] AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) FOR THE TERTIARY LEVEL STUDENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7077 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1706, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE Be it entered by the senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled. SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the “National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001”. SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby affirmed the prime duty of the government to serve and protect its citizens. In turn, it shall be the responsibility of all citizens to defend security of the state and in fulfillment thereof, the government may require each citizen to render personal.

1. NSTP LAW
National Service Training Program

2. Lesson Objectives
• For students to define and discuss the National Service Training Program
Act (RA 9163)
• For students to enumerate the different program components of NSTP
• For the students to discuss the implementing rules and regulations of the
NSTP

3. • This program aimed to enhance civic consciousness and
defense preparedness in the youth by developing the
ethics of service and patriotism while undergoing training
in any of its three (3) program components, specifically
designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the
general welfare.

4. What are the components of the NSTP?
• Reserve Officer’s Training Corps [ROTC]
• Civic Welfare Training Service [CWTS]
• Literacy Training Service [LTS]

5. [ROTC]
• Reserve Officer’s Training Corps [ROTC] - Refers to the program
component, institutionalized under Section 38 and 39 of Republic
Act No. 7077, designed to provide military training to motivate,
train organize and mobilize them for national defense
preparedness.

6. [LTS]
• Literacy Training Service [LTS] - Refers to the program
component 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.

7. [CWTS]
• Civic Welfare Training Service [CWTS] - Refers to the
program component or activities contributory to the
general welfare and the betterment of life for the members
of the community or the enhancement of its facilities,
especially those devoted to improving health, education,
environment, entrepreneurship, safety, recreation and moral
of the citizenry and other social welfare services.

8. Who are covered by the NSTP Law?
• All incoming freshmen students, male, female, starting school year
(SY) 2002-2003, enrolled in any baccalaureate and in at least two
(2) year technical-vocational or associate courses, are required to
complete one (1) NSTP component of their choice, as a
graduation requirement; • All higher and technical-vocational
education institutions must at least offer one (1) of the NSTP
components.

9. • State universities and colleges (SUC’S), shall offer the ROTC component and
at least one (1) other NSTP component. • The Philippine Military Academy
(PMA), Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA), Philippine National
Police Academy (PNPA), and other SUC’s of similar nature, in view of the
special character of these institutions, are exempted from the NSTP.

10. • Private higher education and technical- vocational education institutions with
at least 350 student cadets, may offer the ROTC component and
consequently establish / maintain a Department Of Military Science and
Tactics (DMST), subject to the existing rules and regulations of the Armed
Forces Of The Philippines (AFP).

11. What is the duration and equivalent course unit
of each of the NSTP Component?
• Each of the NSTP component shall be undertaken for an academic period
of two (2) semesters for 54 to 90 training hours per semester. It shall be
credited for three (3) units per semester.

12. Am I allowed to take NSTP 2 before NSTP
1?
• No. NSTP 1 is a prerequisite for NSTP 2.

13. Am I allowed to take different program
components for my NSTP 1 and 2?
• No, you have to take six (units) of the same component to complete NSTP.
According to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the National
Service Training Program as mentioned in Rule III, Section 4, you are
“required to complete one (1) NSTP component of [your] choice as a
graduation requirement.”

14. What fees shall be charged to students taking any of
the NSTP components?
• No other fees shall be collected except basic tuition fees,
which should not be more than 50% of the charges of
the school per academic unit.

15. Who will manage the NSTP implementation?
• The school authorities shall exercise academic and administrative supervision
on the design, formulation, adoption and implementation of the different
NSTP components in their respective schools. • In the case of ROTC, the
school authorities and Department of National Defense (DND), subject to
the policies, regulations and programs of DND on the military component
of the training, shall exercise joint supervision over its implementation.

16. Who will manage the NSTP implementation?
• Schools who have contracted CHED accredited or TESDA-recognized Non-
Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to formulate and administer training
modules for any of the NSTP components shall jointly exercise academic
and administrative supervision with those NGOs.
• CHED Regional Offices, TESDA, Provincial/District Offices and DND-
AFP (through the Major Service Reserve Commands), shall oversee and
monitor the implementation of the NSTP under their respective jurisdiction,
to determine if the trainings are being conducted in consonance with the
objectives of the NSTP Law.

17. What is NSTP-One Summer Program (NSTP-
OSP)?
• NSTP-OSP is established for the three (3) components: ROTC, CWTS and
LTS. This is intended for graduating students in baccalaureate or at least two-
year technical- vocational or associate courses, who have yet to comply with
the NSTP as a requirement for graduation, as well as for students, thus allow
them to concentrate on the academic subjects and other co-curricular
concerns.

18. What is the National Service Reserve Corps
(NSRC)?
• NSRC is created under Section 11 of RA 9163 or the NSTP Act of 2001,
composed of graduates of the non- ROTC components: the CWTS and
LTS. Members of this Corps maybe tapped by the State for literacy and civic
welfare activities, through the joint effort of DND, CHED, and TESDA.

19. THE NSTP-CWTS 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

20. Safety and Security
• Safety and Security - This area involves disaster preparedness during fire,
earthquake or other calamity that needs immediate response from any trained
civilians during emergency situations. Basic life saving seminar, fire drill and
the like are some of these examples.

21. Education
• This area involves enhancement of institutional support materials and
facilities for the community and school such as providing materials
containing basic literacy skills for pre-schoolers, alternative learning system
for out-of-school youths and adults, mathematics and science tutorials and
extended services of skilled students.

22. Recreation
• 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

23. Values Formation and Moral Recovery
• 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.

24. Industry and Entrepreneurship
• This area includes programs and activities that are vital to economic growth.
CWTS students demonstrate technical skills in communities like meat
processing, silkscreen making and how to establish small business.

25. Care for Health
• 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 life saving seminars, heath /
nutrition technical assistance and training of youth to be first aid assistants.

26. Environment
• 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.

27. Thank You!
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