IMPLEMENTING NSTP RULES AND REGULATIONS

Objectives:

 Discuss the legal bases of the National Service Training Program

 Identify and explain vital provisions of the NSTP
 Implementing Rules and Regulations
 Differentiate the scope of the three components of National Service
Training Program
 Appreciate the importance of the National Service Training Program
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 (NST P) 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 FEATURE OF CWTS, LTS, AND ROTC

CWTS and LTS deal with the civic enhancement while the ROTC
focuses on military or defense preparedness. To understand further,
section 3 of Republic Act No. 9163, the programs components of NSTP
are defined as:
Reserve Officer Training Corps

Refers to the program component institutionalized under Sections 38

and 39 of the 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 preparedness.
Literacy Training Service

• Is the program components designed to train students to teach literacy

and numeracy skill to school children, out of school youths, and other
segments of the society in need of their service.
Civic Welfare Training Service

• Pertain s to the program component or activities contributory to the

general welfare and betterment of life for the members of community
or the enhancement of its facility, especially those devoted to
improving health, education, environment, entrepreneurship, safety,
recreation, and moral of the citizenry and other social welfare services.
 These three components differ in specialization. ROTC focuses on
military science where students are trained in preparation of war, while
the CWTS and LTS deal with the civic enhancement through
community immersion programs. The difference between CWTS and
LTS lies on the program implementation. Literacy Training Program
design to train future teachers of nations for eradicating illiteracy of the
children and out of the school youths, While the Civic Welfare Training
Service is designed to promote general welfare to the community. It is a
program that enhances the way living of every person in the community.
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 2003-2004? 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 NS T P. 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 NSTP 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 of 90 training
hours per semester. It can also be undertaken for one summer program
in lieu of the two semesters if the institution allows it.
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 (50%) 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, there 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 NS TP 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 lla and 1lc of the NSTP law.
National Defense Act of 1935

• The National Defense Act of 1935 (Commonwealth Act No. 1) was

passed by the Philippine National Assembly on December 21, 1935.
The purpose of this act was to create an independent Philippine
military, a move interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War.
Presidential Decree No. 1706

• 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

• Republic Act 7077, otherwise 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.