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 Module 1: The National Service Training Program

Learning Outcomes:
After completion of the module, the students will be able to:
1. enumerate the legal bases of the National Service Training Program;
1. identify and explain vital provisions of the NSTP Law;
2. differentiate the scope of the three components of NSTP;
3. appreciate the importance of the National Service Training Program

Introduction:
As stipulated in our Core Values, the University of Rizal System has an innate
social responsibility to be of service in the development of its immediate and
neighboring communities. Being part of the said communities, students could serve as
the forerunners of community development. Thus, they should be equipped with proper
knowledge, skills and values in order to be the catalysts of change.

The National Service Training Program (NSTP) is a mandatory program for

tertiary level students established through Republic Act 9163 otherwise known as the
National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001. RA 9163 was passed into law
on December 19, 2001 and was approved by Her Excellency, President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo on January 23, 2002 in response to the clamor to reform the ROTC
Program. NSTP implementation took effect on March 23, 2002.

Lesson Proper:
Salient Features of the NSTP Law

What is the National Service Training Program (NSTP)?

According to Section 3 of RA 9163, NSTP is a program aimed at enhancing the
civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of
service and patriotism by undergoing training in any of the three program components
which are especially designed to enhance the youths active contribution to the general
welfare.
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What are the components of the NSTP?
Section 5 of the Implementing Rules and Regulation of RA 9163 provides that
the NSTP shall have the following components that the students can choose from:
1. Literacy Training Service (LTS) - refers to the program component designed to train
the students to teach literacy and numeracy skills to school children, out-of-school
youths and other segements of society in need of their service.
LTS Activities

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2. Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) - refers to the program component or
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, entrepreneurship, safety,
recreation and morals of the citizenry.
CWTS Activities

3. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) - the program component, designed to

provide military training to tertiary level students in order to motivate, train, organize
and mobilize them for national defense preparedness.

ROTC Activities

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Who are required to take the NSTP?
All incoming first year students, male and female, starting School Year 2002-
2003 enrolled in any baccalaureate and in at least two (2) year technical-vocational or
associate courses, are required to complete one (1) NSTP component of their choice,
as graduation requirement.

Who are exempted from taking the NSTP?

The following are exempted from taking the NSTP:
Students who finished or graduated from a baccalaureate degree or two year
technical-voacational or associate course and pursuing or enrolled in another or
additional baccalaureate degree or or two year technical-voacational or
associate course in SY 2003-2004;
Students who completed any of the three NSTP components but considered
freshmen to the course where they transferred or shifted;
Foreign students or aliens.

What is the duration and equivalent course unit of each NSTP component?
Each NSTP component shall be undertaken for an academic period of two (2)
Semesters. Three (3) units per semester shall be credited to the students for fifty four
(54) to ninety (90) training hours. A One (1) Summer Program in lieu of the two (2)
semester program (108 hours) maybe offered in accordance to the Department of
National Defense (DND), Commission of Higher Education (CHED) and Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) guidelines, subject to the
capability of the school and the DND to do the same.

What NSTP components are offered in universities and colleges?

All higher technical-vocational institutions offer at least one of the NSTP
components. State universities on the other hand, are required to offer the ROTC
component in addition to at least one non-ROTC component. Private Higher Education
Institutions may also offer the ROTC component provided they have at least 350
enrolled cadets.

How much fee will be charged for each NSTP component per semester.?
No fees shall be collected for any of the NSTP components except basic tuition,

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which should not be more than fifty (50%) percent of the charges of the school per
academic unit.

What will become of NSTP Graduates?

Graduates of LTS and CWTS 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 .On the other hand, graduates of the ROTC program
shall form part of the Citizen Armed Force pursuant to RA 7077, subject to the
requirements of DND.

For further reading click and read the following links

https://nstp.upd.edu.ph/wp-
content/uploads/2018/04/Republic-Act.-No-9163-NSTP-Act-2001.pd

References

Republic Act. No. 9163 retrieved July 19, 2020 from https://nstp.upd.edu.ph/wp-
content/uploads/2018/04/Republic-Act.-No-9163-NSTP-Act-2001.pdf

Compiled by:

Prof Bernadette G. Castalone, an Associate Professor III

from the College of Science and Education of URS Main Campus in
Tanay, Rizal. She graduated with the degree BS Community
Nutrition at UP Diliman and obtained her Master of Arts in
Teaching (MAT) major in Science Education from the University of
Rizal System, Pililla, Rizal. A member of the Philippine Society of
NSTP Educators and Implementers (PSNEI) and had been
teaching NSTP since 2011.

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