CAWILAN, DALEA JANE S.

BSED SCIENCES 1-A

OCT 10, 2021

National Service Training Program (NSTP)

ASSIGNMENT #1

INSTRUCTION: Research on the internet or other references the evolution or history of

the NSTP Act in the Philippines.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Service_Training_Program

Under the NSTP Program, both male and female college students of any baccalaureate
degree course or technical vocational course in public or private educational institutions
are obliged to undergo one of three program components for an academic period of
two semesters. The students, however, are free to choose which particular program
component to take. The three NSTP Program components are:

 Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)

This program component is designed to provide students with activities contributory
to the general welfare and betterment of life of the members of the community
especially those developed to improve social welfare services.

 Literacy Training Service (LTS)

This program component is designed to train students in
teaching literacy and numeracy skills to schoolchildren and out-of-school youths. The
hope is to continue learning on a peer - to - peer interaction.

 Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)

This program component is designed to provide military education and training for
students to mobilize them for national defense preparedness. This is also a glimpse
for young people to see how military life is and encourage them into service.
Graduates of the ROTC program component are organized into the Citizen
Armed Force, while graduates of the LTS and CWTS program components are
organized into the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) administered by
the Department of National Defense, the Commission on Higher
Education and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.
There have been several legal precedents to the National Service Training Program
(NSTP) Act of 2001. These include:
Commonwealth Act No. 1
Otherwise known as the "National Defense Act", was enacted by the National
Assembly of the Philippines on 21 December 1935. It provided for
obligatory military service for all male citizens of ages between 18 and 30.
Presidential Decree No. 1706
Otherwise known as the "National Service Law", was signed into law on 8 August
1980. It made national service obligatory for all Filipino citizens and specified
three categories of national service: civic welfare service, law enforcement
service and military service.
Republic Act 7077
Known as the "Citizen Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act", was
enacted by the 8th Congress of the Philippines on 27 June 1991. The Reservist
Act provided for organization, training and utilization of reservists, referred to in
the Act as "Citizen Soldiers". The primary pool of manpower for the reservist
organization are graduates of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps basic and
advance courses.
Sources:

https://nstp.upd.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Republic-Act.-No-9163-NSTP-Act-
2001.pdf

https://www.coursehero.com/file/66453284/Evolution-of-NSTP-Law-lecture1pdf/

https://prezi.com/tgidz-5lw_dl/evolution-of-nstp-act/

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/cebu-technological-university/information-
management/evolution-of-nstp-law-nstp-law/12509223