Lesson 1

Introduction to NSTP
 Your Instructor:
GERALD J. CONEJAR
 Attendance Requirement

Students must sign in the attendance at LMS

FIVE (5) minutes before the class.
 Course Content:
• INTRODUCTION
SCHOOL PROFILE
• PRELIM
• NSTP Law
• Philippine Constitution and Government
• Values and Morals
• MIDTERM
• Basic First Aid and ERT
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Sexual and Drug Abuse
• FINALS
• Leadership
• Service Training/Program
 INTRODUCTION
SCHOOL PROFILE

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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?
 Components of 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.
 Components of 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.
 Components of 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
ROTC component
the 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
OFDEVELOPMENT
S-afety and Security
E-ducation
R-ecreation
V-alues
Formation
and Moral
Recovery
I-ndustry
 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.