NSTP-CWTS
Lesson 1 | NSTP Law and the Philippine Constitution
National Service Training Program
(NSTP)
➢ It is a program designed to increase
youth civic awareness and defense
preparedness by instilling a sense of
service and patriotism while
undergoing training in any of its
three (3) program components.
LEGAL BASIS OF NSTP
➢ The Philippine Constitution
➢ Commonwealth Act. No. 1 (National
Defense Act)
➢ Presidential Decree No. 1706
(National Service Law)
➢ Republic Act no. 7077 (The Citizen
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Reservist Law)
➢ Republic Act No. 9163 (NSTP Act of
2001)
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION ON CIVIL
DEFENSE (Sec. 4, Article II, 1987
Constitution)
➢ The prime duty of the Government is
to serve and protect the people.
➢ The Government may call upon the
people to defend the State.
➢ In the fulfillment thereof, all citizens
may be required, under conditions
provided by law, to render personal,
military, or civil service
COMMONWEALTH LAW ON CIVIL
OBLIGATION (Sec. 2, Commonwealth Act
No. 1)
➢ The preservation of the State is the
obligation of every citizen
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163
➢ Known as the "National Service
Training Program (NSTP) Act of
2001”
STATE GOALS
➢ promote civic consciousness
inculcate in the youth among the
youth and patriotism, nationalism,
and develop their physical, moral,
advance their involvement in
spiritual, intellectual, and social
public and civic affairs well-being
➢ inculcate in the youth patriotism, and
nationalism, and advance their
involvement in public and civic
affairs
➢ The youth shall be motivated,
trained, organized, and mobilized in
military training, literacy, civic
welfare, and other similar endeavors
in the service of the nation
NSTP SERVICE COMPONENTS
1. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
(ROTC)
➢ designed to provide military training
to tertiary-level students to motivate,
train, organize, and mobilize them
for national defense preparedness
2. The Literacy Training Service
➢ 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
3. The Civic Welfare Training Service
➢ programs or activities contribute to
the general welfare and the
betterment of life for the members of
the community or the enhancement
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of its facilities, especially those

devoted to improving health, NATIONAL ISSUES & CONCERNS
education, environment,
entrepreneurship, safety, recreation,
and morals of the citizenry.

NSTP COVERAGE
1. students
2. male and female
3. any baccalaureate degree course or
at least two (2)-year technical
vocational courses
4. public and private educational
institutions
5. program shall be undertaken for two
(2) semesters.
6. required to complete one (1) of the
NSTP components as requisite for
graduation
● HUMAN SECURITY
1. Trapped in extreme poverty and
MAJOR UNIFORMED SERVICES marginalization
➢ He or she will likely have few or no
assets
➢ available work pays very little & no
security
➢ Hunger may shadow many days
➢ shelter is likely to be situated in
areas prone to disasters with no
clean water or modern sanitation

2. Caught in Conflict
➢ jobs are lost and economies
destroyed
➢ collapse of public services pushes
children out of school and
diminishes health care
➢ Weak judicial systems permit crimes
to flourish

3. Struggling to survive a natural

disaster
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➢ poorest countries' communities are
vulnerable to floods, droughts, and
storms
➢ land, livelihoods, shelter, and
services may be gone in an instant
➢ full recovery may take years,
plunging people into worsening
poverty
➢ Competition over depleted resources
intensifies
According to the UN Commission, HUMAN
SECURITY
➢ seeks to “protect the vital core of all
human lives in ways that enhance
human freedoms and human
fulfillment"
➢ requires “protecting people from
critical and pervasive threats” and
"empowering them to take charge of
their own lives"
➢ "Protection and empowerment are
mutually reinforcing and cannot
succeed in isolation”
● NATIONAL SECURITY
➢ National security or national defense
is the security and defense of a
nation-state, including its citizens,
economy, and institutions, which is
regarded as a duty of government
➢ In the Philippine context, National
Security is described as a condition
or state of being where the Filipino
people’s values, way of life,
institutions, welfare, well-being,
sovereignty, and strategic relations
are protected and enhanced
➢ The National Security Council (NSC)
is the principal advisory body on the
proper coordination and integration
of plans and policies affecting
national security.
PILLARS OF NATIONAL SECURITY
➢ safeguarding the Philippines’
National Unity, its democracy, and its
social institutions
➢ Ensuring the security of the State
and preserving and protecting its
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and
institutions
➢ Protection of properties, and
infrastructures and keeping the
people safe from all forms of threats,
both here and abroad
● NSTP & NATIONAL SECURITY
➢ National Service Reserve Corps
○ sec. 11 of RA 9163 was
created to be composed of
the graduates of
NSTP-CWTS & NSTP-LTS.
○ 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.
○ Graduates of the ROTC shall
form part of the Citizens’
Armed Force
● MISSION OF THE RESERVE
FORCE (Sec. 7, R.A. No. 7077)
➢ To provide the base for the
expansion of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines in the event of war,
invasion, or rebellion; to assist in
relief and rescue during disaster or
calamities; to assist in
socio-economic development; and to
assist in the operation and
maintenance of essential
government or private utilities in the
furtherance of the overall mission
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● CHALLENGES TO NATIONAL ○ Increased Global Economic

SECURITY Uncertainties
○ Global Security Issues and
1. INTERNAL the Welfare of OFWs
➢ Law & Order & Administration of ○ Proliferation of WMD
Justice (CBRNE)
○ Illegal Drugs
○ Criminality and Crimes
Against Person 3. OTHER STRATEGIC ISSUES &
➢ Internal Armed Conflicts CHALLENGES
○ Communist insurgency ➢ Rising Threat Cyber Crime
○ Secessionist movement ○ Technological advances and
➢ Terrorism & Transnational Crimes dependency
○ ASG ○ Protection of critical
○ Jihadist groups infrastructure
○ Transnational crimes ○ Cyber Security Threats
➢ Economic & Social Threats ➢ Climate Change
○ Poverty ○ Climate change and global
○ Human Resources, Graft and warming
corruption ○ Environmental degradation
○ Resource Issues (Food, ○ Disasters and crises
Human Resources, Energy, ➢ Institutional Concerns
and Water) ○ Reforms in the Security
sector, political system, and
bureaucracy
2. EXTERNAL ○ Providing basic services
➢ Overlapping Territorial Claims &
Maritime Domain Issues
○ The West Philippine Sea and
elsewhere
○ Encroachments into PHL
EEZ
○ Defining Maritime borders
and jurisdiction
➢ Global & Regional GeoPolitical
Issues
○ United States, China,
ASEAN, Japan
○ Others (South Korea,
Australia, Russia and India)
➢ Increased Global Economic
Uncertainties Proliferation of
Weapons of Mass Destruction