INTRODUCTION

What is the National Service Training Program?

 The National Service Training Program or Republic ACT No. 9163 is 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 components, specially designed to enhance the youth’s active
contribution to the general welfare of Filipinos.
What are the program components of NSTP?

 ROTC (Reserved Officer Training Corps) is program institutionalized under Section 38 and 39 of RA No.
7077 designed to provide military training to tertiary level students to motivate, train, organized and mobilize
them for national defense preparedness. (Section 3, RA 9163)

 LTS (Literacy Training Program) is a program 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.
(Section 3, RA 9163)

 CWTS (Civic Welfare Training Service) refers to programs of activities contributory to the general welfare
and the betterment of life for 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
citizen (Section 3, RA 9163).
Who shall take NSTP?

 All incoming freshman students, male and female, enrolled in any baccalaureate and in at least two-year
technical-vocational, or associate courses, are expected to complete NSTP component of their choices, as a
graduation requirement.

When was NSTP implemented?

 The NSTP was first implement in the school Year (SY) 2002-2003.
How will the NSTP be taken up?

 Each of the NSTP components shall be undertaken for an academic period of two (2) semesters and
credited for three (3) units per semester with 54 to 90 training hours per semester.
HISTORY OF Republic Act No. 9163
The Philippine government established the Republic Act 9163 on July 23, 2001. Since its establishment, it has
been recognized as the National Service Training Program or NSTP which aimed to prepare students through civic
education and defense preparedness. The year of its establishment was the frontier of decades of searching for a single
executive act that would fit the role of developing juvenile awareness and social conduct. Prior to its publication,
several pertinent laws had been passed with parallel objectives. Commonwealth Act No. 1, or the "National Defense
Act", was enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines on December 21, 1935. Male citizens of ages between
18 and 30 were mandated to enter the military. As adherence, they underwent identical treatment with men who
deliberately incurred themselves to military occupation. By 1980, the Presidential Decree No. 1706, otherwise known
as the "National Service Law '', was signed on 8 August. Aside the military service, the inclusion of all Filipinos to
training made it relevant for civic welfare service, law enforcement service to be considered. The well-known Reserve
Officers Training Corps was established a bit recently with Republic Act 7077, or the Citizen Armed Forces of the
Philippines Reservist Act" on 27 June 1991. The term "Citizen Soldiers" was coined in the article referring to citizens
partaking in the said program. By the time ROTC was absorbed by many universities and colleges, it took no longer
than ten years to customize its demesne and eventual evolution to NSTP.

TIMELINE OF NTSP LAWS

December 21, 1935
 - Commonwealth Act No. 1, or the "National Defense Act", was enacted by the National
Assembly of the Philippines
August 8, 1980
- Presidential Decree No. 1706 known as the "National Service Law Act" was signed.
June 27, 1991
- Reserve Officers Training Corps was recently established with Republic Act 7077— Citizen
Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act
June 23, 2001
- Philippine Government established the Republic Act 9163 and has been recognized as the NSTP
aimed to prepare students through civic education & preparedness

OBJECTIVES OF Republic Act No. 9163

1. To assist in the disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and rehabilitation programs.
2. To assist in promotion of civic welfare activities.
3. To assist in the implementation of literacy programs.
4. To assist in the development of socioeconomic.
5. To assist in the environmental protection
6. To perform other similar endeavors.