Implementing Rules and

Regulations of the
National Service
Training Program
 Objectives:
1. Explain the prime duty of the government to the
Filipino people.
2. State the responsibility of the youth to their
country.
3. Explain why female students are required to
take NSTP.
4. Justify why foreigners are not required to take
NSTP.
 Pursuant to the Section 12 of Republic Act
No. 9163, otherwise known as the National
Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001, the
CHED, TESDA, and DND, in consultation with
the concerned government agencies, the
PASUC, COCOPEA, and NGO recognized
student organizations, hereby jointly issue,
adopt, and promulgate the following
implementing rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of the Act.
What is the prime duty of the
government to its Citizens?
While it is the prime duty of the
government to serve and protect its
citizens, in turn it 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.
How does the government recognize the
Role of the Youth in Nation Building?
In recognition of the vital role of the
youth in nation-building, the state shall
promote civic consciousness among them
and shall develop their physical, moral,
spiritual, intellectual and social well-being. It
shall inculcate the ideals of patriotism,
nationalism, and advance their involvement
in public and civic affairs.
 As the most valuable
resource of nation, the youth
shall be motivated, trained,
organized, and involved in
the military, literacy, civic
welfare programs and other
similar endeavors in the service
of the nation.
What is the legal basis of the National Service
Training Program (NSTP)?
• The National Service Training Program (NSTP)
Law or RA 9163 also known as “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.” was enacted last January
2002 to amend the Expanded ROTC.
What is the legal basis of the National Service
Training Program (NSTP)?
• This program aimed to enhance civic
consciousness and defense preparedness in
the youth by developing the ethics of service
and patriotism while undergoing training in
any of its three (3) program components,
specifically designed to enhance the youth’s
active contribution to the general welfare.
What are the components of the
NSTP?

NSTP

ROTC CWTS LTS

What are the components of the
NSTP?
• Reserve Officer’s Training Corps [ROTC] - Refers
to the program component, institutionalized
under Section 38 and 39 of Republic Act No.
7077, designed to provide military training to
motivate, train organize and mobilize them for
national defense preparedness.
What are the components of the
NSTP?
• 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 moral of the citizenry and
other social welfare services.
What are the components of the
NSTP?
• 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 youth and other
segments of society in need of their services.
Who are covered by the NSTP
Law?
• All incoming freshmen students, male, female,
starting school year (SY) 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 a graduation requirement;
• All higher and technical-vocational education
institutions must at least offer one (1) of the NSTP
components.
Who are covered by the NSTP
Law?
• State universities and colleges (SUC’S), shall offer
the ROTC component and at least one (1) other
NSTP component.
• The Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine
Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA), Philippine
National Police Academy (PNPA), and other SUC’s
of similar nature, in view of the special character
of these institutions, are exempted from the NSTP.
Who are covered by the NSTP
Law?
• Private higher education and technical-
vocational education institutions with at least
350 student cadets, may offer the ROTC
component and consequently establish /
maintain a Department Of Military Science and
Tactics (DMST), subject to the existing rules
and regulations of the Armed Forces Of The
Philippines (AFP).
What is the duration and equivalent course
unit of each of the NSTP Component?

• Each of the NSTP component shall be undertaken for

an academic period of two (2) semesters for 54 to 90
training hours per semester. It shall be credited for
three (3) units per semester.
What fees shall be charged to students
taking any of the NSTP components?
• No other fees shall be collected except basic tuition
fees, which should not be more than 50% of the
charges of the school per academic unit.
Who will manage the NSTP
implementation?
• The school authorities shall exercise academic
and administrative supervision on the design,
formulation, adoption and implementation of
the different NSTP components in their
respective schools.
• In the case of ROTC, the school authorities and
Department of National Defense (DND), subject
to the policies, regulations and programs of
DND on the military component of the training,
shall exercise joint supervision over its
implementation.
Who will manage the NSTP
implementation?
• Schools who have contracted CHED accredited or
TESDA-recognized Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) to formulate and administer training modules
for any of the NSTP components shall jointly exercise
academic and administrative supervision with those
NGOs.
• CHED Regional Offices, TESDA, Provincial/District
Offices and DND-AFP (through the Major Service
Reserve Commands), shall oversee and monitor the
implementation of the NSTP under their respective
jurisdiction, to determine if the trainings are being
conducted in consonance with the objectives of the
NSTP Law.
What is NSTP-One Summer
Program (NSTP-OSP)?
• NSTP-OSP is established for the three (3)
components: ROTC, CWTS and LTS. This is intended
for graduating students in baccalaureate or at least
two-year technical-vocational or associate courses,
who have yet to comply with the NSTP as a
requirement for graduation, as well as for students,
thus allow them to concentrate on the academic
subjects and other co-curricular concerns.
What is the National Service
Reserve Corps (NSRC)?
• NSRC is created under Section 11 of RA 9163 or the NSTP Act
of 2001, composed of graduates of the non-ROTC
components: the CWTS and LTS. Members of this Corps
maybe tapped by the State for literacy and civic welfare
activities, through the joint effort of DND, CHED, and TESDA.
THE NSTP-CWTS DIMENSIONS OF
DEVELOPMENT
S-afety and Security
E-ducation
R-ecreation
V-alues Formation and Moral Recovery
I-ndustry and Entrepreneurship
C-are for Health
E-nvironment
NSTP-CWTS SERVICE
COMPONENTS
• Safety and Security - This area 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.
NSTP-CWTS SERVICE
COMPONENTS
• Education - This area 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.
NSTP-CWTS SERVICE
COMPONENTS
• Recreation - This area involves sports fest, parlor games for
street children and painting that enrich youth’s capacities to
relate with one another in the community
NSTP-CWTS SERVICE
COMPONENTS
• Values Formation and Moral Recovery - This involves the
development of youth to be good leaders, responsible
individuals imbued with good moral values and active agent of
development of the community.
NSTP-CWTS SERVICE
COMPONENTS
• Industry and Entrepreneurship - This area includes programs
and activities that are vital to economic growth. CWTS
students demonstrate technical skills in communities like meat
processing, silkscreen making and how to establish small
business.
NSTP-CWTS SERVICE
COMPONENTS
• Care for Health - This area 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, info dissemination, basic life saving
seminars, heath / nutrition technical assistance and training of
youth to be first aid assistants.
NSTP-CWTS SERVICE
COMPONENTS
• Environment - This 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 thrust.