NSTP PROGRAM (RA 9163)

NSTP in accordance with its newly Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The NSTP
components are the Reserve Officers ‘Training Corps (ROTC), Literacy Training Service (LTS),
and CWTS.
NSTP aims to inculcate 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 Act No. 9163, is also known An Act Establishing the NSTP
for Tertiary- Level Students, amending for the purpose of Republic Act No. 7077 and
Presidential Decree no. 1706 and for Other Purposes, was signed by President Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo on January 23, 2002. It is a consolidation of House bill N0. 1824 passed by the House of
Representatives and Senate on December 19, 2001.
The NSTP Law has made ROTC optional since the first semester of school year 2002-
2003 and has allowed students to choose from ROTC, LTS, and CWTS as a requisite for
graduation.

NSTP Components
NSTP consist of the following:
1. ROTC, institutionalized under section 38 and 39 of Republic Act 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 values,
respect for the rights of civilians, and adherence to the Constitution.
2. LTS is designed to trained students to teach literacy and numeracy skills to school
children, out-of-school youth, and other segments of society in needs of such
services.
3. CWTS is designed to involve students actively in activities contributory to the general
welfare and betterment of life of 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.
The Department of National Defense (DND), Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
and Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) lead 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 revise IRR dated November 13, 2009.

Coverage of the NSTP Law

1. All students, both male and female, enrolled in any baccalaureate degree or 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, namely LTS or CWTS.
4. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Philippine Merchant Marine Academy
(PMMA) Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), and other SUCs of similar
 order, in view of special character of these institutions, are not covered by the NSTP
Law.
5. Private higher education institution (HEIs) and Technical-vocational education
institutions with at least 350 cadets may offer ROTC and consequently establish and
maintain a Department of Military Science and Tactics, which will be 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
leaders with integrity, 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 for students.
2. Inculcating in students the values of leadership, patriotism, and social responsibility.
3. Training students to become project planners, designers, and managers of innovative
and sustainable community service-oriented projects.
4. Conducting capability enhancements for civic welfare services geared toward
preparing the youth to become result-oriented social entrepreneurs, volunteers, and a
socio-economic mobilizing force that serves communities as value-driven innovators
for progress.
5. Working closely with network of organization within and outside the higher
education institution.
6. Creating opportunities where students can render direst service to the community.