NSTP - 1 Module 1

NSTP Program
(RA 9163)
NELDA JIMENEA GARCIA, PhD
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
 Learning Objectives
At the end of this chapter, the learners are expected to:
1. show understanding of the National Service Training
Program (NSTP);
2.recognize the Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) as
the component of NSTP that aims to help alleviate
social problems through the different community
services; and
3. express commitment to be actively involved in various
community services.
 Overview
The National Service Training Program (NSTP) aims to
inculcate civic consciousness and defense preparedness in
the Filipino youth.
It helps develop in them the ethics of service and patriotism
while they undergo training in any of its three program
components which are specifically designed to enhance the
students’ participation in nation-building.
The NSTP components are: Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
(ROTC), Literacy Training Service (LTS), and Civil Welfare
Training Service (CWTS)
 Overview
NSTP Law / Republic Act No. 9163
An Act establishing the NSTP for the tertiary-level students, amending
for the purpose Republic Act No. 7077 and Presidential Decree No.
1706 and for other purposes.
Signed by former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on January 23,
2002
Consolidation of House Bill No. 3593 and Senate Bill 1824 passed by
the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 19, 2001.
Made ROTC optional since the first semester of school year 2002-2003
and has allowed students to choose from ROTC, LTS and CWTS as a
requisite for graduation.
 NSTP Components
1. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is a program institutionalized
under Sections 38 to 39 of RA 7077 designed to provide military training to
motivate, equip, organize, and mobilize the youth for national defense
preparedness. It shall instill in them patriotism, moral virtues, respect for
rights of civilians, and adherence to the Constitution.
2. Literacy Training Service (LTS) is designed to train students to teach
literacy and numeracy skills to school children, out-of-school youth, and
other segments of society in need of such services.
3. Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) is designed to involve students
actively in 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.
 NSTP Implementors
The Department of National Defense (DND), Commission
on Higher Education (CHED), and Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA) lead in the
implementation and monitoring of NSTP.
Their primary function is to oversee if the program being
conducted in schools is in consonance with the newly
revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) dated
November 13, 2009.
 Coverage of NSTP Law
The NSTP Law covers the following :
1.All students, both male and female, enrolled in any
baccalaureate degree or two-year technical-vocational or non-
degree courses in public and private schools must complete one
NSTP component of their choice for two semesters as a
graduation requirement.
2.All higher and technical-vocational institutions, public and
private, must offer at least one NSTP component.
3.State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) must offer ROTC and at
least one other NSTP component, namely: LTS or CWTS.
 Coverage of NSTP Law
4. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine Merchant
Marine Academy (PMMA), Philippine National Police Academy
(PNPA), and other SUCs of similar nature, in view of the special
character of these institutions, are not covered by the NSTP
Law
5.Private Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and Technical-
Vocational Educational institutions with at least 350 student
cadets may offer ROTC and consequently establish and maintain
a Department of Military Science and Tactics, which is still
subject to the existing rules and regulations of the Armed Forces
of the Philippines.
 NSTP - CWTS Vision
To train students to become innovators of social
change with a culture of excellence and leaders with
integrity, competence, and commitment to render
service to the community
To develop in the youth the values patriotism and
national pride, discipline and hard work, integrity and
accountability for nation-building, and volunteerism as
valuable and effective members of the National Service
Corps of CWTS.
 NSTP-CWTS Mission
NSTP-CWTS aims to promote and integrate values education,
transformational leadership, and sustainable social mobilization
for youth development, community-building, national renewal,
and global solidarity by:
1. Providing relevant activities that will contribute to the physical,
intellectual, spiritual, and social development of students.
2. Inculcating in students the values of leadership, patriotism, and
social responsibility
3. Training students to become project planners, designers, and
managers of innovative and sustainable community service-
oriented projects.
 NSTP-CWTS Mission
4. Conducting capability enhancements for civic welfare services
geared toward preparing the youth to become results-oriented
social entrepreneurs, volunteers, and a socio-economic
mobilizing force that serves communities as value-driven
innovators for progress.
5. Working closely with a network of organizations within and
outside the higher education institution.
6. Creating opportunities where students can render direct service to
the community.
 NSTP Core Values
NSTP- CWTS fosters the following values:
1. Love of God
2. Human dignity
3. Discipline, truth, goodness and social responsibility
4. Awareness, innovations, and creativity
5. Respect, synergy, and professionalism
6. Excellence and indigenous learning
7. Protection and conservation of the environment
8. Quality service delivery
 NSTP- CWTS Minimum Standards
It helps develop informed and self-reliant communities by
encouraging inter-government agency cooperation and providing
complementary assistance and support to facilitate socio-economic
progress, environmental management and delivery of basic services,
geared toward uplifting the well-being of people.
 Its strategies follow an integrative approach to community
development, which unites the people, local officials, civic leaders, and
non-governmental organizations.
It is a three-unit, non-academic course for students who opt to take
CWTS component of NSTP
It is the development of the common and specific modules set forth in
the IRR
It spans a total of 83 training hours for two semesters.
 7 Topics and Scope of Instructions
1. Self awareness and values development deal with the nature of self,
personal development , roots of the Filipino character, nationalism and
patriotism and good citizenship values with core Filipino values.
2. Leadership training discusses the concepts of leadership, human
behavior, communication, motivation, teamwork, time management,
and decision-making.
3. Dimensions of development cover global, national and local issues on
a. Health
b. Education (enhancement of instructional support materials and faculties)
c. Entrepreneurship
d. Recreation
e. Morals of the citizenry and other social welfare concerns such as voters’ education
and poverty alleviation
 Topics and Scope of Instructions
4. Community exposure and agency visits refer to the nature,
development and approaches in community work and
community-building.
5. Community needs assessment includes knowing the community
and the community needs assessment process, survey and actual
conduct.
6. Community services dwell on drug education, health education
(medical and dental), environmental education, entrepreneurship
and culture.
7. Program evaluation tackles the fundamentals, development,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of program.
 CONCLUSION
• NSTP as a graduation requirement is implemented by the DND, CHED, and
TESDA.
• The NSTP Act of 2001 or Republic Act No. 9163 has made ROTC optional
and introduced LTS and CWTS as new alternatives, thus making NSTP a
three-pronged program on citizenship training.
• NSTP provides a policy framework on volunteerism that underscores the
fundamental principle to harmonize the broad and diverse efforts of the
volunteer sector of the country into an integrative and effective partnership
for local and national development as well as international cooperation and
understanding.
• It sets a mechanism to protect the rights and privileges of the youth in
recognition of their roles and contributions to the development of society.
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