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 2. Declaration of Policy - It is hereby affirmed 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 of the State and in fulfillment thereof, the government may require
each citizen to render personal, military or civil service.
Recognizing the youth's vital role in nation-building, the State shall promote civic
consciousness among the youth and shall develop their physical, moral, spiritual,
intellectual and social well-being. It shall inculcate in the youth patriotism, nationalism,
and advance their involvement in public and civic affairs.
In pursuit of these goals, the youth, the most valuable resource of the nation, shall be
motivated, trained, organized and mobilized in military training, literacy, civic welfare
and other similar endeavors in the service of the nation.
Coverage of NSTP
Under the NSTP Program, both male and female college students of any baccalaureate
degree course or technical vocational course in public or private educational institutions
are obliged to undergo one of three program components for an academic period of
two semesters. The students, however, are free to choose which particular program
component to take. The three NSTP Program components are:[1]
Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)
This program component is designed to provide students with activities
contributory to the general welfare and betterment of life of the members of the
community especially those developed to improve social welfare services.
Literacy Training Service (LTS)
This program component is designed to train students in
teaching literacy and numeracy skills to schoolchildren and out-of-school youths. The
hope is to continue learning on a peer - to - peer interaction.
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
This program component is designed to provide military education and
training for students to mobilize them for national defense preparedness. This is also a
glimpse for young people to see how military life is and encourage them into service.

If you were to choose which NSTP branch would you choose and why?
I choose ROTC or Reserve Officers' Training Corps because The overall
program is designed to aid students in developing the abilities and attitudes that will
make them academically successful and to develop well educated junior officers