MARK NOWELL ESPANTO BSED MATH 1A

WHAT IS NSTP?
Republic Act 9163 enabled the establishment of National Service Training Program for
Tertiary Level students with an aim to promote civic consciousness among the youth and
inculcate in them the spirit of nationalism and advance their involvement in public and civic
affairs.

NSTP is a program designed to develop the youth’s physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual,
and social well-being and promote defense preparedness and ethics of service while
undergoing training in any of its three program components. Its various components are
specially designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the general welfare.

HISTORY OF NSTP
The National Service Training Program (NSTP) was implemented by the University of the
Philippines (UP) Diliman in accordance with the Republic Act (RA) 9163, an Act
Establishing The National Service Training Program (NSTP) for Tertiary Level Students,
enabling the government to create a program that will encourage the youth to actively
participate in civic welfare and literacy initiatives as well as defend the country in times of
war. It was, however, only in 2011 that UP Diliman paid attention to unifying the different
NSTP initiatives of the various colleges and units, after the creation of the Office of the
Director of NSTP (system level) and the appointment of an NSTP Coordinator for UP
Diliman.

The NSTP Diliman was officially established by virtue of a decision made by the Board of
Regents during its 1288th BOR Meeting on June 20, 2013. Its functions are to administer,
manage, and coordinate all NSTP offerings and activities in UP Diliman in accordance with
RA 9163 of 2001 and its duly approved implementing rules and regulations.

In 2016, following a reorganization of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs, the NSTP Diliman was created to be headed by a director and a deputy director for
National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC).

WHAT ARE ITS THREE PROGRAM COMPONENTS?

The NSTP has three components which are as follows:
I. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC)
A program institutionalized under Sections 38 and 39 of Republic Act No. 7077 designed to
provide military training to tertiary level students in order to motivate, train, organize and
mobilize them for national defense preparedness.
II. Literacy Training Service (LTS)
A program designed to train students to become teachers of literacy and numeracy skills to
school children, out of school youth, and other segments of society in need of their service.

III. Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)

It is composed of programs 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.

REFERENCES
HISTORY – National Service Training Program DiliMAN. (n.d.-b).
https://nstp.upd.edu.ph/aboutus/history/#:~:text=The%20National%20Service%20Training
%20Program,program%20that%20will%20encourage%20the
FAQs – National Service Training Program DiliMan. (n.d.).
https://nstp.upd.edu.ph/faqs/#:~:text=NSTP%20is%20a%20program%20designed,of%20its
%20three%20program%20components.