SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE

COLLEGE

MODULE 1
Subject:

NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM- Civic

Welfare Training Service 1 - (NSTP-CWTS 1)

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INFORMATION SHEET PR-1.1.2

“Implementing NSTP Rules and Regulations”

Objectives

1. Discuss the legal bases of the National Service Training Program

2. Identify and explain vital provisions of the NSTP Implementing Rules and Regulations
3. Differentiate the scope of the three components of National Service Training Program
4. Appreciate the importance of the National Service Training Program

Have you experienced working in a community? How did you feel about t Do you know that
students like you are now required to actively participate in community service through R.A.
No. 9163 or simply the NSTP law?

The succeeding details of this lesson are answers to some of the queries in your mind. For more
enlightenment, other related components of program presented.

Republic Act No. 9163 establishes the National Service Training Program or NSTP (for tertiary
level students) amending for the purpose as stated on the Republic Act No. 7077 and PD No.
1706.

The National Service Training Program (NSTP) is defined under Republic Act No. 9163, section 3,
as 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
program components.

Since NSTP requires training, civic consciousness can be enhanced by doing community
immersion which is an integral part of Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and Literacy
Training Service (LTS) while defense preparedness is enhanced through the Reserve Officer
Training Corps (ROTC).

Distinctive Features of CWTS, LTS, and ROTC

CWTS and LTS deal with civic enhancement while ROTG Focuses on defense or military
preparedness. To understand further, section 3 of Republic Act No. 9163, the program
components of NSTP are defined as:

1. Reserve Officer Training Corps - refers to the program component institutionalized under
Sections 38 and 39 of Republic Act No. 7077, designed to provide military training to tertiary
level students in order to motivate, train, organize, and mobilize them for national defense
SUBJECT TEACHER: APPROVED FOR
IMPLEMENTATION:
1st
PRELIM MODULE MS. JANINE S. HUMANG-IT
Meeting
1 Subject Teacher MR. WILBERT A. MAÑUSCA
School Director
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preparedness;

2. Literacy Training Service - is the program Component designed to train students to teach
literacy and numeracy skills to school children,

3. Civic Welfare Training Service - pertains to the program 0omponent or activities contributory to the
general welfare and the betterment of life for the members of the 0ommunity or the enhancement of its
facilities, especially those devoted to improving health, 0ducation, environment, entrepreneurship,
safety, recreation, and moral of the citizenry and other social welfare services. These three components
differ in specialization.

ROTC focuses on the military science training wherein students are trained in preparation for war, while
CWTS and LTS deal with civic enhancement through community immersion programs. The difference
between LTS and CWTS les on the program implementation. Literacy Training Service is designed to train
future teachers of the nation for eradicating illiteracy of children and out of school youths while Civic
Welfare Training Service is designed to promote general welfare to the community.

It is a program that enhances the way of lvin9 of every person in the community. There are other
relevant questions that may arise in the implementation of the program, as follows ;

Is every first year student covered by the NSTP Law?

Every first year student effective School Year 2002-2003 male or female, enrolled in any baccalaureate
degree and in at least two years Technical-Vocational or associate course is required to complete at
least one of the three components of the NSTP as a graduation requirement and as stipulated in
Republic Act No. 9163, Rule 3, section 4a

What if a student is a second degree taker? A graduate of associate course before SY 2003-20047 or, a
transferee who took the NSTP from other University? Based on Republic Act No. 9163, Rule 3. Sections
4a1 4a2 and 4a3, students who finished or graduated before School Year 2003 and 2004 are exempted
to take the NSTP. Also, exempted are those students who completed any of the three components but
considered freshmen to the course where they transferred or shifted; foreign students and students of
Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, Philippine National Police Academy, and Philippine Military
Academy in view of the special character of these institutions.

What is the time duration of the NS TP Program?

Rule 6, sections 6a and 6b of Republic Act No. 9163 clarified the course duration of NSTP wherein every
student shall take NSTP for an academic period of two semesters which consist of 3 units per semester
with a minimum of 54 hours and a maximum o 90 training hours per semester It can also be undertaken
for one summer program in lieu of the wo semesters of the institution allows it.

SUBJECT TEACHER: APPROVED FOR

IMPLEMENTATION:
1st
PRELIM MODULE MS. JANINE S. HUMANG-IT
Meeting
1 Subject Teacher MR. WILBERT A. MAÑUSCA
School Director
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Do students need to pay NSTP fee?

This question is best answered by referring to Rule 4, section 9 of the NSTP law which states that No
fees shall be collected for any of the NSTP components except basic tuition, which should not be more
than fifty (60%) percent of the charges of the school per academic unit. Even though it is stipulated in
the NSTP law that only basic tuition is allowed to be collected, here are some universities that require
minimal fee for uniform with consent from the concerned authorities. The reason for this is for
identification and safety of the students, since most of the NSTP Programs are done outside the
university.

What will the students receive after completing NSTP Program?

Every student will be given a certificate of completion with corresponding serial number issued by CHED,
TESDA, and DND as reflected in Rule 6, section 12 of Republic Act No. 9163. All graduates of the CWTS
and LTS components of the NSTP shall belong to the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) and could be
tapped by the state for literacy and civic welfare activities especially in times of calamities, while those
graduates of ROTC shall form part of the Citizen Armed Forces pursuant to Republic Act No. 7077 as
stipulated in Rule 5, sections 11a and 11c of the NSTP law.

REFERENCES:

 Republic Act (RA) No. 9163 “NSTP Law of 2002”

 Implementing Rules and Regulations of NSTP Law
 National Service Training Program – Book 1. Jimezyville Publications

SUBJECT TEACHER: APPROVED FOR

IMPLEMENTATION:
1st
PRELIM MODULE MS. JANINE S. HUMANG-IT
Meeting
1 Subject Teacher MR. WILBERT A. MAÑUSCA
School Director