NSTP Modules

Module 10- Dimension of Development

Topic Overview:
The National Service Training Program (NSTP) in its goal to inculcate among the youth
the spirit of patriotism, nationalism, and involvement in public and civic affairs as well as
promote civic consciousness have in its helm various activities that can help in the
implementation of it program. These activities are all part of the dimension of development in
which the NSTP aims to address.

Objectives:
At the end of the module, the student will be able to:
1. Define and differentiate the dimensions of development of NSTP;
2. Reflect on the various issues in the Philippines and how it can addressed by
the dimensions of development of NSTP; and
3. Design a program/activity that caters to address a prevalent issue in the
Philippine society while focusing on a specific NSTP dimension of development

Topic Outline:
The following concept/s will be discussed in this module:
NSTP Service Components

Brainstorming Activity:

What does an NSTP student do?

How can an NSTP student influence a change in the
lives of the people in the community?

NSTP Dimension of Development

In relation to the three (3) main components of NSTP, namely Civic Welfare
Training Services or CWTS, Literacy Training Services or LTS, and Reserved Officers
Training Corps or ROTC, it has several dimensions of development in which these
3 main components attend to. For these dimensions of development, an acronym
SERVICE was coined, which stands for:
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S - Safety and Service

E - Education
R - Recreation
V - Values Formation and Moral Recovery
I - Industry and Entrepreneurship
C - Care for Health
E - Environment
1. Safety and Service – this component involves disaster preparedness during fire,
earthquake or other calamity that needs immediate response from any trained
civilians during emergency situations. Basic life-saving seminar, fire drill, and
the like are some of these examples.
2. Education – involves enhancement of institutional support materials and
facilities for the community and school such as providing materials containing
basic literacy skills for pre-schoolers, alternative learning system for out-of-
school youths and adults, mathematics and science tutorials and extended
services of skilled students.
3. Recreation – involves sports fest, parlor games for street children and painting
that enrich youth’s capacities to related with one another in the community.
4. Values Formation and Moral Recovery – involves the development of youth to
be good leaders, responsible individuals imbued with good moral values and
active agent of development of the community.
5. Industry and Entreprenuership – includes programs and activities that are vital
to economic growth. NSTP students demonstrates technical skills in
communities like meat processing, silkscreen making and how to establish
small business.
6. Care for Health – aims to give knowledge on medical-related fields and extend
health services needed in the community. It includes medical services like first
aid operation, vaccination, information dissemination, basic life saving
seminars, health/nutrition technical assistance and training of youth to be first
aid assistants.
7. Environment – area inculcates environmental awareness and its contribution to
health and related fields. It involves management of waste, environmental
protection, dissemination and application of technologies supportive of the
community needs and livelihood activities related to environment and other
related fields supportive of the national trust.
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A. Research about news articles that covers the most prevalent issues in the country
today. Reflect on what you can do about it as a student, answer the following
questions:

1. What is the article all about?

2. What underlying issues does it tackle?
3. As a NSTP student, what do you think you can do?

B. NSTP Dimensions of Development Plan.

Develop your own NSTP dimensions of development plan using the following
format:
NSTP DIMENSONS OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN OUTLINE
I. PLANNING
(What is it all about?)
OBJECTIVE DIMENSION SCHEDULE LOCATION
CONTENT

II. CONDUCTING
(How will I do it?)
METHODS LEARNING AIDS

III. EVALUATING
(What is to be expected? Include both positive and negative case scenarios)
REACTION LEARNING BEHAVIOR RESULTS

 NOTE:
1. Attached the article to your dimension of development plan.
2. Submission of output is on __________________ at __________________.
3. Send your output via this email address ____________________________.
4. For identification purposes, indicate the following details on the SUBJECT
- LAST NAME/DEGREE/SECTION
(Example: BARCELO/BSEE/CWTS1 or PAGAYANAN/BSHE/LTS1)

MAPUA Institute of Technology. (_____). NSTP- Civic Welfare Training Service.