Activity

Activity on the Evolution and Development of Citizenship Training in the Philippines

Name: Luis Kerby L. Tan Section Code: B31

Use a diagram to illustrate a timeline that will explain the legal bases and chronological order of
events as basis for the passage of the R.A. 9163 (NSTP Act of 2001).

R.A 9163 (NSTP act of

2001)

Spanish
Colonialism

1912
During Spanish Colonialism
years, there was a training
course similar to what is ROTC started when military
presently known as Reserve instruction was conducted at
Officer Training Corps the University of the
(ROTC) at the UST. Philippines.
National Defense Act
1935(Commonwealth Act World War II
1)
It was passed by the National ROTC were called and
Assembly of the Philippines on during the occupation, they
December 1935 under Pres. proved their worth on the
Manuel L.Quezon. Its purpose battlefield.
was to create an independent Post War Training
Philippine Army. Post Marcos
Era(1980)

Executive No. 59 states that

ROTC Course is made The Presidential Decree No. 1706,
mandatory for all Colleges in their otherwise known as the “National
respective curricula. Service Law”, was signed by Pres.
Ferdinand Marcos on August 1980. It
President Corazon made national service obligatory for all
Aquino’s Time (1991) Filipino citizens and specified three
categories of national services: civic
welfare, law enforcement service, and
Republic Act 7077, otherwise known as the “Citizen Armed
Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act”, was enacted by military service.
the 8th Congress of the Philippines on June1991. An act
providing for the organization,administration, training,
maintenance, and utilization of the citizen armed force of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines and for other purposes.
 National Service
Training Program
Act of 2001

An act establishing the National Service Training

Program (NSTP) for tertiary level students, amending for
the purpose of Republic Act 7077 and Presidential
Decree 1706.

NSTP ACT OF 2001: Republic

Act 9163

It is a civic education and defense preparedness program

for Filipino tertiary education students instituted by
the Government of the Philippines on January 2002 by the
virtue of Republic Act 9163, otherwise known as
the “National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of
2001”