HISTORICAL AND LEGAL BASIS OF NSTP

National Service Training Components of the National

What is the legal basis
Program (NSTP) Service Training Program
of NSTP program?
NSTP

Is a program aimed at enhancing civic Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) - designed
House Bill No. 3593 entitled: "AN consciousness and defense to provide military training to tertiary level students
ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL preparedness in the youth by developing inorder to motivate, train, organize and mobilize
SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM the ethics of service and patriotism while them for national defense preparedness
(NSTP) FOR ALL HIGHER undergoing training in any of its three (3)
ANDTECHNICAL/VOCATIONAL program components.
INSTITUTIONS". Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) - refers to
activities contributory to the general welfare and the
Republic Act No. 9163An act
betterment of life for the members of the community
establishing the National Service It aims to promote and integrate values
or the enhancement of its facilities, especially those
Training Program (NSTP) for tertiary education, transformational leadership,
adevoted to improving health, education,
level students, amending or the spirit of patriotism and nationalism and
environmental, enterpreneurship, safety, recreation
purpose, Republic Act No. 7077 and sustainable social mobilization for youth
and moral of the citizenry and other social welfare
Presidential Decree No. 1706, and for development, community building and
services.
other purposes. national security.

Literacy Training Service (LTS) - is 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

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1935- COMMONWEALTH ACT NO.1 (NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT) BY: PRESIDENT 1980- PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1706 (NATIONAL SERVICE LAW) BY: PRESIDENT
MANUEL L. QUEZON FERDINAND MARCOS 1986-1987 – RESERVE OFFICER’S
The National Defense Act of 1935 (Commonwealth Act no.1) was passed by the
TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) BY:
PROVIDING FOR COMPULSORY NATIONAL SERVICE FOR FILIPINO CITIZENS AND
Phillipine National Assembly on December 21, 1935. The purpose of this act AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBER ONE, AS PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO
was to create an independent Philippine Army; this was interrupted by World AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT” FOR THE
War ll. PURPOSE.