CHAPTER 1 PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION AND COURSE ORIENTATION Learning Objectives ‘At the end of the module, students should be able to _ Discuss the vision and mission of Pangasinan State Universtty ro Program (NSTP).. . Organize groups/teams on terns agreed by Share insights on how to work productively in groups 5, Follow class rules required , and understand the course description erybody Be A. Organizing the students and course orientation. ; PSU VISION TO BECOME AN ASEAN PREMIER STATE UNIVERSITY BY-202¢ PSU MISSION Explain the thrust, background, and mission statement ofthe National Service Training The Pangasinan State University, through Instruction, Research, Extension and Production commits to develop highly principled, morally upright, innovati 3 Jovally competent individuals capable of meeting the needs of industry, public service and civil society. GUIDING PHILOSOPHY The Pangasinan State University’s leadership adheres to the Filipino educational philosophy that education is geared towards better citizenship and livelihood and the ited ‘Nation's declaration that EDUCATION IS FOR ALL giving ACCESS to quality education, CORE VALUES Accountability and Transparency Credibility and Integrity Competence and Commitment to Achieve Excellence in Service Delivery Social and Environmental Responsiveness Spirituality For Pangasinan State University National Service Program (CWS) Use Page 2 | | INSTP VISION To develop social entrepreneurs serving communities as value driven innovators for \ progress. NSTP MISSION To protect and enhance the Filipino youth's physiea, mental, spiritual, and socio- emotional well-being, inculcate patriotism, nationalism, and encourage their involvement in public and civic affairs. NSTP GOAL To promote and integrate values education, transformational leadership, and sustainable social mobilization for youth and family development, community bui national renewal, and global solidarity. a Course Description | i This three-unit course designed to train the youth to contribute to the improvement of the general welfare and quality of life of the Filipinos. It requires the student to carry out projects and activities in their assigned community in coordination with the concerned goverment or local agency. During the first semester, lectures/participatory discussions, and teambuilding/bonding activities are designed to highlight values and skills, especially that of teamwork, leadership, communication and risk-taking. On the second semester, students are required to carry out projects and activities in improving health, education, safety, livelihood. environment, entrepreneurship, moral of the citizenry, and other social welfare services, Overview RA 9163 On January 23, 2002 the National Service Training Program was signed by the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo into law. Republic Act 9163, the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001 is 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 program components: the Reserve Officers’ Training Comps, the Civic Welfare Training Service, and the Literacy Training Service. According to RA 9163, these three components a’e specifically designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the general welfare For Pangasinan State University National Service Training Program (CWTS) Use Page 3 t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. Literacy Training Service (LTS) is designed to train students to become teachers of literacy and numeracy skills to school children, out of school youth, and other segments of society in need of their service. Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) refers to programs 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 morals of the citizenry. Under the NSTP, students male and female, 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. Section 7 of RA 9163 stipulates that “all higher and technical-vocational institutions, public and private, must offer at least one of the program components: provided that State Universities and Colleges shall offer the ROTC component and ai least one other component as provided herein: provided further, that private higher and technical-vocatione! education institutions may also offer the ROTC if they have at least 350 cadet students.” Moreover, Section 11 mandates the creation of the Nationa! Service Reserve Corps to be composed of the graduates of the non-ROTC components. Members of this Corps may be tapped by the State for literacy and civic welfare activities through the joint effort of the DND, CHED, and TESDA. For. inan State University National Service Training Pro} (CWTS) Use Page 4CHAPTER 2 THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (RA 9163) Learning Objectives At the end of the module, students should be able to: Explain the history and significance of the NSTP in the purview of national security and development; 2, Articulate the salient points and provisions of the NSTP; 3, Intemnalized the revised NSTP Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR); and 4, Discuss particular concerns and contemporary issues on the program. * A. Specific Provision of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, RA 7077 The Philippine Constitution provides that the defense of the state is a prime duty of the ‘government and the people, and in fulfillment of this duty, all citizens may be required by law to tender personal military or civil service. It further states that it is the duty of the citizen to Contribute to our country’s development in the attainment and preservation of a just and orderly society. The National Service Training Progra (NSTP) Act of 2001 mandates all citizens, both male and female, to fulfill this civic duty. Responding to the urgent needs of our developing country today and in the foreseeabie future, it is equally vital to develop and enhance civic consciousness among the young generation to ensure national security and development, NSTP, therefore, enables the youth, as the most valuable resource of the Filipino nation, to be motivated, developed and utilized in regard to their responsibilities as citizens and in fulfillment of their civil obligations. The Evolution of the National Service Training Program The imposition of the national program for service and training of the youth in the Philippines began with the creation of Commonwealth Act No. 1, otherwise known as the National Defense Act. It is a legislative act providing basis for the national defense of the country, punishing certain violations thereof, appropriating funds therefore and for other Purposes under the government of President Manuel L. Quezon in 1935. The same law that Tequired college students, particularly males, to finish two years, equivalent to 4 semesters, of military training as a modality to institutiondlize the reservist system in the Philippines national defense. For Pangasinan State University Service ig Program (CWS) Us Page 7In 1980, the National Defense Act was amended to give existence to Presidential Decree No. 1706, otherwise known as the National Service Law, It mandated compulsory national service to all Filipino citizens. It was composed of three main Program components namely : Civic Welfare Service (CWS), Law Enforcement Service (LES), and Military Service (MS). College students were given an option to choose one from among these components in compliance with this requirement for tertiary education. The implementation of the National Service Law, except the provision of the Military Service was suspended by Presidential Memorandum Order No. 1 under the incumbency of former President Corazon Aquino, paving the way for the conceptualization of the basic Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), embodied under Republic Act No. 7077 (The Citizen Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Law), effective schoo! 1986-1987, The ROTC program aimed to realize the constitutional mandate of developing a strong civilian base to supplement the professional military in the nation’s defense system. It was designed to initiate the ROTC trainees in the rudiments of soldiership, instilling in them discipline and correct deportment, The objective of the said program was to train all able-bodied - tertiary students for military skills incase of war. It cannot be disputed, however, thet the law on mandatory military training for male Filipino students that existed for more than sixty (60) years ‘was tainted with anomalies and imegularities in the advent of the post-Marcos era that Culminated to the unprecedented death of UST ROTC cadet officer Mark Welson Chua for alleged anomalies of some exting ROTC officials in 2001, thus, defeating the purpose uz0n which this military training program was anchored in. AS a way to offer an alternative in neutralizing people’s aversion to this military program during the school year 2001-2002, ROTC was only made optional under the National’ Service Program (NSP), conceiving the so-called Expanded ROTC (E-ROTC) characterized by deviation from the rigid tactical training offering alternatives like rendering civil auxiliary sources in the form of helping maintain law and order, assisting socio-economic development projects and delivery of basic heath services or aiding in addressing local insurgency. In view of the options, it gave the students the choice, among the following components, Military Service (MS), Civic Welfare Service (CWS) and Law Enforcement Service (LES), ‘The main objective of NSTP is to stress the significant role played by youth, male and female alike, in the task of developing our nation via national service training. As such, it aims to develop the youth to become civic or military leaders and volunteers through a modified, re- structured and reinforced training package whom could be calied upon by the nation in cases ‘heir services are needed and in the event of disasters or emergencies, For. inan State University National Service Traini ram (CWTS) Page 8