Republic Act No.

7077
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, ADMINISTRATION, ORGANIZATION, TRAINING,
MAINTENANCE AND UTILIZATION OF THE CITIZEN ARMED FORCES OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
ARTICLE IV
DEFINITION OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS
Section 11. Citizen Soldiers. – The citizen soldiers, alternately reserved to as reservists, who
compose the Reserve Force are those reservists of the Armed Forces of the Philippines who are
incorporated into the Reserve Force, as follows:
(1) Graduates of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) basic and advance courses who
were issued orders as enlisted reservists or reserve officers or the AFP; …

Executive Order No. 207, s. 1939

REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ROTC UNITS IN ALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AS A
REQUISITE TO RECOGNITION BY THE GOVERNMENT
By virtue of the powers vested in me by section thirty-five of Commonwealth Act Numbered One,
known as the National Defense Act, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, do hereby
proclaim and ordain that all colleges and universities and similar institutions of learning having a
total enrolment of one hundred students or more, upon proper receipt of notification from the
Chief of Staff, Philippine Army, shall include a course of military instruction, commonly known as
ROTC Course as a compulsory portion of their respective curricula for all physically fit male
citizens of undergraduate status, and shall faithfully conduct the course in accordance with the
policies and regulations approved by the President of the Philippines. The Chief of Staff shall
detail competent army officers to conduct the ROTC course herein required, without charge to
the colleges and universities concerned, and shall supply them with the necessary military
equipment, likewise without expense, except as to that involved in the care and safekeeping
thereof and in furnishing the regulation bonds.

By authority of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and six, as amended, failure on the part of
any institution hereinbefore mentioned, now recognized by the Government, to comply with this
Order shall be sufficient justification for the Secretary of Public Instruction to have such
recognition withdrawn; and hereafter no institution of learning referred to in this Order shall be
granted Government recognition unless its curriculum includes the prescribed military
instruction herein provided.
No exemptions to this Order shall be granted, except by specific direction of the President of the
Philippines.

Done at the City of Manila, this fifteenth day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and thirty-nine, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fourth.

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 59

REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ROTC UNITS IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
1. All colleges and universities having an enrollment of at least two hundred fifty male
students, shall include a course of military instruction commonly known as ROTC Course
as a compulsory portion of their respective curricula for all physically fit male citizens of
the Philippines of undergraduate status, and shall faithfully conduct the course in
accordance with the policies and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of National
Defense.
2. 2. The Chief of Staff, AFP shall take care that competent officers of the Armed Forces are
detailed to conduct the ROTC Course herein required and that duly established ROTC
Units are supplied with the necessary military equipment, without expenses on the part
of the colleges and universities concerned, except as to that involved in the care and
maintenance thereof and in furnishing the regulation bonds, adequate armory and
training grounds.

3. All ROTC/WATC fees and contributions collected by the colleges and universities concerned
shall be expended exclusively in the operation and maintenance of the ROTC/WATC Units
established therein except as provided in paragraph 2 hereof in accordance with the policies
and regulations to be prescribed jointly by the Secretary of National Defense, Secretary of
Education and the President of the State College or University concerned, and approved by
the President of the Philippines.

4. ROTC instruction shall be scheduled at such hours and on such days of the week, including
Saturdays and Sundays, as shall be necessary to complete the ROTC requirements. The
Secretary of National Defense, Secretary of Education and the President of the State College
or University concerned shall jointly prescribed the regulations for this purpose.

5. By authority of Act Numbered twenty-seven hundred and six, as amended by

Commonwealth Act Numbered one hundred eighty, failure on the part of any institution
hereinbefore mentioned, now recognized by the Government, to comply with the Order or
 the rules and regulations prescribed pursuant thereto, shall be sufficient cause for the
Secretary of Education to have such recognition withdrawn.

6. Failure on the part of State Colleges and Universities to comply with this Order shall subject
the responsible officials thereof to administrative action.

7. No institution of learning required to establish an ROTC course under this Order shall be
granted Government recognition unless its curricula include the prescribed course of military
instruction.

8. No exemptions of this Order shall be granted except by specific direction of the President
of the Philippines upon the favorable recommendation of the Secretary of Education through
the Secretary of National Defense.

9. The Secretary of National Defense shall include in the ROTC Course herein provided
instruction and training to prepare the female students for enlisted and/or commissioned
service in the Women’s Auxiliary Corps. However, the establishment of such Women’s
Auxiliary Corps course shall be optional on the part of the institution of learning, and
enrollment therein shall be voluntary on the part of the student.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163 January 23, 2002

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) FOR TERTIARY LEVEL
STUDENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7077 AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO. 1706, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Section 4. Establishment of the National Service Training Program. - There is hereby established
a National Service Training Program, which shall form part of the curricula of all baccalaureate
degree courses and of at least two (2)-year technical vocational courses and is a requisite for
graduation, consisting of the following service components:

(1) The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), which is hereby made option and voluntary upon
the effectivity of this Act;

(2) The Literacy Training Service; and

(3) The Civic Welfare Training Service

The ROTC under the NSTP shall instill patriotism, moral virtues, respect for rights of civilians, and
adherence to the Constitution, among others. Citizenship training shall be given emphasis in all
three (3) program components.

Section 11. Creation of the National Service Reserve Corps - There is hereby created a National
Service Reserve Corps, to be composed of the graduates of the non-ROTC components. 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, pursuant to Republic Act No.
7077.

Section 14. Suspension of ROTC Requirement - The completion of ROTC training as a requisite for
graduation is hereby set aside for those students who despite completing all their academic units
as of the effectivity of this Act have not been allowed to graduate.