NSTP narrative introduction

The Government pledged national security to its citizens, to protect and serve
them in every possible way in which, it will not despise the law of the land. In
return, the primary duty of the citizens is to preserve and protect the states by
offering their service to the country. In fulfillment of the national goal, the state
gave birth to R.A. 9163 (NSTP act of 2001). NSTP (National Service Training
Program) provides tertiary level students sufficient information about social
responsibility, i.e., nurturing the values of patriotism, love of country,
relationship with God, respect towards others and oneself, academic excellence
and public service. In such, the course is subdivided into three components.

The ROTC (Secs. 3 and 4, RA 9163)

The Reserve Officers' Training Corps is 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." (Sec. 3, RA 9163)
"It aims to instill patriotism, moral virtues, respect for rights of civilians, and
adherence to the Constitution, among others." (Sec. 4, RA 9163)
The law mandates that undertaking ROTC is purely "optional and voluntary" on
the part of the students. (Sec. 4, RA 9163)

CWTS (Section 3 RA 9163)

The "Civic Welfare Training Service refers to 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."
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LTS (Section 3 RA 9163)

Literacy Training Service is designed to train students to attend to the

educational needs of school children, out of school youth, and other segments
of society in need of their service.

BACKGROUND

The National Service Training Program is a curriculum requirement for all college
students taking up baccalaureate degrees or 2-year technical vocational courses
starting SY 2002-2003. It was promulgated as a Congressional action in the
aftermath of the widespread nationwide protests in 2001 calling for the abolition
of the ROTC for its gross mismanagement and the harsh bullying culture of its
officers that led to fatalities among its cadet corps. The NSTP restructured the
defunct RA 7077 (AFP Reservist Act), the latter requiring ROTC as mandatory, by
reducing ROTC as merely optional and voluntary, while adding two other
programs (CWTS and LTS) from which the college students may liberally choose
to undergo and be trained. The NSTP gave importance to the enhancement of
civic consciousness without compromising the national security needs of the
country in the event of war, thereby retaining the ROTC as a component program
of the NSTP instead of entirely abolishing it.

The NSTP aims to promote and integrate values education, transformational

leadership, spirit of patriotism and nationalism and sustainable social
mobilization for youth development, community building and national security.

Legal Mandate: A National Law (R.A. 9163)

The Philippine Congress has promulgated RA 9163, thereby making NSTP a
requirement for graduation. Sec. 3 of said law defines NSTP as "aimed at
enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by
developing the ethics of service and patriotism while undergoing training in any

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of its three (3) program components. Its various components are specially
designed to enhance the youth's active contribution to the general welfare."

Coverage (Section 5 R.A. 9163)

"Students, male and female, of any baccalaureate degree course or at least two
(2)-year technical vocational courses in public and private educational
institutions shall be required to complete one (1) of the NSTP components as
requisite for graduation."

Importance of NSTP:
The Importance of NSTP practices discipline, promotes volunteerism critical
thinking about poverty adjustment to college life. It builds teamwork social
awareness. It also involves students in responses to the problems of poverty,
betterment of oneself and the community.

Mission:
To conduct capability enhancement for civic welfare services geared
towards strengthening the values, and traits of the youth, develop social
entrepreneurs, volunteers, and socio-economic mobilizing force, serving
communities as value-driven innovators for progress and development while
working closely with a network of organizations within and outside the higher
education institution.

Vision:
Recovery of the youth’s sense of patriotism and national pride, values
and habits of discipline and hard work, integrity and accountability for nation
building, volunteer in the enhancement of valuable and effective members of the
National Service Corps of the Civic Welfare Training Service.

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 Goal:
To promote and integrate values education; transformational
leadership; and sustainable social mobilization for youth development,
community building, national renewal, and global solidarity.

Objectives:
 To promote and protect the physical, mental, spiritual, intellectual, and social
well being of the youth.
 To inculcate patriotism and nationalism in the youth.
 To encourage their involvement in public and civic affairs.
 To identify their role as change agents in the community.
 To prepare and implement projects that will answer specific needs of the society.

Values:
We are guided by our commitment to:
 Love god;
 Human dignity;
 Truth, goodness, and social responsibility;
 Innovation and creativity;
 Synergy and professionalism;
 Protection of the environment;
 Indigenous learning and conservation; and
 Quality service delivery.

Develop….
 Volunteers ,virtuous social entrepreneurs who are result-oriented individual with
strong values to contribute to national peace, development, and security; and
 Individuals, organizations, institutions committed to serving people for God’s
glory to enhance growth and development in the society.

Serve community by…..

 Developing and informed and aware community;
 Encouraging inter-government agency cooperation;

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 Assisting the community in defining and identifying ideas of development;
 Providing complementary assistance and support to facilitate socio-economic
development, environmental and natural resources management, and delivery of
basic service; and
 Uplifting the well-being of people.

Strategy:

We pursue our goals through:

 Integrative approach to human development that begins with one’s development
that begins with one’s self;
 Partnership with local officials, civic leaders, and non-government organizations;
 Self-reliant community development supportive of national goals;
 Community building; and
 Participatory decision-making.

Course description:
This course is one (I) of the three (3) components under National service Training
Program Act of 2001 (R.A.No.9163) designed to encourage, develop, and train
the students to contribute 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.
Course objectives:
At the end of the unit, the students should be able to:
Knowledge-Recognize their vital role in nation-building, and promote civic
consciousness among them.
Skills-express ideas effectively in different team building and bonding activities
Value-Participateactively and development their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual,
and social well being