NSTP Lecture

Learning Outcomes
• Show understanding of the National Service training Program (NSTP),
Understand the provisions of the Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of RA 9163.
• Recognize the Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) as the
component of NSTP that aims to help alleviate social problems
through the different community services, Realize the impact of RA
9163 on community service learning
• Express commitment to be actively involve in the various community
services, appreciate the active role, involvement, and participation of
students in community/civic affairs.
 Overview
• This chapter introduces NSTP in accordance with the
newly revised Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR). NSTP consists of Reserve Officers' Training Corps
(ROTC), Literary Training Service (LTS), and CWTS.
• NSTP aims to incalculate civic consciousness and
defense preparedness in the Filipino Youth. It helps
develop in them the ethics of service and Patriotism
while they undergo training in any of the program's
three components, which are specifically designed to
enhance the students participation in nation building
• The NSTP Law or Republic ActNo 9163, is also known as An
Act Establishing the NSTP for Tertiary-Level Students,
Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7077 and
Presidential Decree No. 1706, and for Other Purposes, was
signed by former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on
January 23, 2002. It is a consolidation of House Bill No. 3593
and Senate Bill No. 1824 passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on December 19, 2001.
• The NSTP law has made ROTC optional since the first
semester of school year 2002-2003 and has allowed the
students to choose from ROTC, LTS, and CWTS as a requisite
for graduation.
• The latest IRR of Republic Act 9163 which was issued on November
13, 2009.
• The Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
• Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA),
• and Department of National Defense (DND),
• in Cooperation with other concerned government agencies, the
Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC),
• the Coordinating Council of Private Eductional Associations of the
Philippines (COCOPEA)
• NGO's (non-governmental organizations
• And other well-known organizations, jointly issued, adopted, and
promulgated the aforementioned IRR for the NSTP
Section 9 of Article II of the 1987
Constitution
The State shall promote a just and dynamic
social order that will ensure the prosperity
and independence of the nation and free
the people from poverty through policies
that provide adequate social services,
promote full employment, a rising standard
of living, and an improved quality of life for
all.
De Leon (2011) Explains that:

A “Nation's social services delivery

system, particularly universal access to
education and health care, is central to
achieving equality and closing the
wealth and income gap between the rich
and the poor.”
 Social development aims to Reduce
poverty and unemployment and create
jobs. However, these obligations should
be shouldered not only by the
government but also by all Filipinos.
Principle behind RA 9163
Section 1 of the IRR of the NSTP states that:
“ While it is the prime duty of the government to serve
and protect its citizens, in turn it shall be the
responsibility of all citizens to defend the security and
promote the general welfare of the State, and in
fulfillment thereof, the government may require each
citizen to render personal military or civil service.
The NSTP on the Role of the Youth
Section 2. Role of the Youth
a. In recognition of the vital role of the youth in nation
building, the State shall promote civic consciousness among
them and shall develop their physical, moral, spiritual,
intellectual and social wellbeing. It shall inculcate the ideals
of patriotism, nationalism, and advance their involvement in
public and civic affairs.
b. As the most valuable resource of the nation, they shall be
motivated, trained, organized and involved in military,
literacy, civic welfare programs and othersimilar
endeavorsin the service of the nation.
NSTP Components
1. ROTC, institutionalized under Sections 38 and 39 of
Republic Act No. 7077, is designed to provide military
training to motivate, equip, organize, and mobilize the
youth for national defense preparedness. It shall instill
in them patriotism, moral virtues, respect for rights of
civilians, and adherence to the constitution.
2. LTS is designed to train students to teach literary and numeracy skills to school
children, out-of-school youth, and other segments of society in need of such services.
3. CWTS is designed to actively involve students in activities contributory to the general
welfare and the betterment of life for the members of the community or the
enhancement of its facilities, especially those devoted to improving health, education,
environment, enterpreneur, safety, recreation, and morals of the citizenry.

• The DND, CHED, and TESDA lead in the implementation and monitoring of NSTP. Their
primary function is to oversee if the program being conducted in schools is in
consonance with the newly revised IRR dated November 13, 2009.

• All program components shall emphasize citizenship training and instill patriotism,
moral values, respect for the rights of civilians, and adherence to the constitution.
Coverage of the NSTP LAW
1. All students, both male and female, enrolled in any baccalaureate
degrees or in any two-year technical-vocational or non-degree courses
in public and private schools must complete one NSTP component of
their choice for two semesters as a graduation requirement.

2. All higher and technical-vocational institutions, public and private,

must offer at least one NSTP component.

3. State universities and colleges (SUCs) must offer ROTC and at least
one other NSTP component, LTS or CWTS.
4. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine Merchant Marine
Academy (PMMA), Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), and
other SUCs of similar nature, in view of the special character of these
institutions, are not covered by the NSTP Law

5. Private higher educational institutional (HEIs) and technical-

vocational educational institutions with at least 350 students cadets
may offer ROTC and consequently establish and maintain a Department
of Military Science and Tactics which is still subject to the existing rules
and regulations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
NSTP-CWTS Vision
• To train students to become innovators of social change
with a culture of excellence and to become leaders with
intigrity, competence, and commitment to render service to
the community.
• To develop in the youth the values of Patriotism and
national pride, discipline and hard work, integrity and
accountability for nation building, and volunteerism as
valuable and effective members of the National Service
Corps of CWTS.
 NSTP-CWTS Mission
• NSTP-CWTS aims to promote and integrate values education,
transformational leadership, and sustainable social mobilization
for youth development, community building, national renewal,
and global solidarity by:

1. Providing relevant activities that will contribute to the physical,

intellectual, spiritual, and social development of students.

2. Inculcating in students the values of leadership, patriotism, and

social responsibilities.
3. Training students to become project planners,
designers, and managers of innovative and
sustainable community service-oriented projects.

4. Conducting capabilty enhancements for civic

welfare services geared toward preparing the
youth to become result-oriented social
entrepreneurs, volunteers, and a socioeconomic
mobilizing force that serve communities as value-
driven innovators institution
5. Working closely with a network of
organizations within and outside the higher
education institution.

6. Creating opportunities where students can

render direct service to the community.
NSTP-CWTS Core Values

1. Love for God

2. Human Dignity
3. Discipline, truth, goodness, and social
responsibility
4. Awareness, innovation, and creativity
5. Respect, synergy, and professionalism
6. Excellence and indigenous learning
7. Protection and conservation of the
environment
8. Quality service delivery
NSTP-CWTS Minimum Standards
• NSTP-CWTS helps develop informed and self-reliant
communities by encouraging inter-government agency
cooperation and providing complementary assistance and
support to facilitate socioeconomic progress,
environmental management and delivery of basic services,
geared toward uplifting the well- being of people

• The NSTP-CWTS strategies are an integrative approach to

community development, which unites the people, local
officals, civic leaders, and non-governmental organizations.
• The NSTP-CWTS 1 is a three unit non-academic course for students
who opt to take the CWTS component of NSTP.

• The minimum standard for the NSTP is the development of the

common and specific modules set forth in the IRR.

• NSTP-CWTS 1 spans a total of eighty-three training hours for two

semesters and includes seven topics and scope of instructions as
follows:
1. Self-awareness and values development deals with the nature of
self, personal development, roots of the Filipino character,
nationalism and patriotism, and good citizenship values with core
Filipino Values.
2. Leadership training discusses the concepts of leadership, human
behavior, communication, motivation, teamwork, time
management, and decision making.
3. Dimensions of development covers global, national, and local
issues on (a) health (b) education (enhancement of instructional
support materials and faculties) (c) entrepreneurship, (d)
recreation, and (e) morals of the citizenry and other social welfare
concerns such as voterr' education and poverty alleviation
4. Community exposure and agency visits refer to the nature,
development, and approaches in community work and community
building.

5. Community needs assessment includes knowing the community

and community needs assessment process, survey, and actual conduct

6. Community services dwell on drug education, health education

(medical and dental), environmental education, and entrepreneurship
and culture.

7. Program evaluation tackles the fundamentals, development,

implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the program
 Conclusion
• NSTP as a graduation requirement is implemented by the DND, CHED,
and TESDA. The NSTP Act of 2001 or RA No. 9163 has made ROTC
optional and introduced LTS and CWTS as new alternatives, thus making
NSTP a three-pronged program on citizenship training.

• NSTP provides a policy framework on volunteerism that shall underscore

the fundamental principles to harmonize the broad and diverse efforts of
the voluntary sector in the country into an integrative and effective
partnership for local and national development as well as international
coopertion and understanding. It sets a mechanism to protect the rights
and privileges of the youth in recognition of their roles and contributions
to the development of society