NSTP

National Service Training Program

Introduction
• The National Service Training Program (NSTP) is a mandatory program
for tertiary level students established through Republic Act 9163
otherwise known as the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act
of 2001.
• RA 9163 was passed into law on December 19, 2001 and was
approved by Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on
January 23, 2002, in response to the clamor to reform the ROTC
Program.
• NSTP implementation took effect on March 23, 2002.
What is NSTP?
• National Service Training Program.
• According to Section 3 of RA 9163, NSTP is a program aimed
at enhancing the civic consciousness and defense
preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of
service and patriotism by undergoing training in any of the
three program components which are especially designed to
enhance the youths active contribution to the general
welfare.
Components of NSTP
1. 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 youths and other segments of
society in need of their service.
2. 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 morals of citizenry.
Components of NSTP
3. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) – the program component
designed to provide military training to tertiary level students in
order to motivate, train, organize and mobilize them for national
defense preparedness.
LTS ACTIVITIES
CWTS ACTIVITIES
ROTC ACTIVITIES
Who are required to take the NSTP?
• All incoming first year students, male and female, 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 graduation
requirement.
Who are exempted from taking the
NSTP?
• Students who finished or graduated from a baccalaureate
degree or two year technical-vocational or associate course
and pursuing or enrolled in another or additional
baccalaureate degree or two year technical-vocational or
associate course.
• Students who completed any of the three NSTP components
but considered freshmen to the course where they
transferred or shifted.
• Foreign students or aliens.
What is the Duration and Equivalent
course unit of each NSTP component?
• Each NSTP component shall be undertaken for an academic
period of two (2) Semesters.
• Three (3) units per semester shall be credited to the students
for fifty four (54) to ninety (90) training hours.
• A One (1) Summer Program in lieu of the two (2) semester
program (108 hrs.) maybe offered in accordance to the
Department of National Defense (DND), Commission on
Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) guidelines, subject to the
capability of the school and the DND to do the same.
What NSTP components are offered in
universities and colleges?
• All higher technical-vocational institutions offer at least one
of the NSTP components.
• State universities on the other hand, are required to offer the
ROTC component in addition to at least one non-ROTC
component.
• Private Higher Education institutions may also offer the ROTC
component provided they have at least 350 enrolled cadets.
What will become of NSTP Graduates?
• Graduates of LTS and CWTS shall belong to the National
Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) and could be tapped by the
State for literacy and civic welfare activities, especially in
times of calamities.
• On the other hand, graduates of the ROTC program shall
form part of the Citizen Armed Force pursuant to RA 7077,
subject to the requirements of DND.
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