REPUBLIC ACT NO.
9163
NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM
(NSTP) ACT OF 2001
1. Discuss the legal bases of the National
Service Training Program;
2. Identify and explain vital provisions of
the NSTP Implementing Rules and
Regulations;
3. Differentiate the scope of the three
components of National Service
Training Program; and
4. Appreciate the importance of the
National Service Training Program.
Republic Act No. 9163 is an act
establishing the National Service Training
Program or NSTP (for tertiary level
students) amending for the purpose
Republic Act No. 7077 and PD No. 1706.
The National Service Training Program
(NSTP) is defined under Republic Act No. 9163,
section 3, as a program aimed at enhancing
civic consciousness and defense
preparedness in the youth by developing
the ethics of service and patriotism while
undergoing training in any of its three program
components.
Since NSTP is training, civic consciousness
can be enhanced by doing community
immersion which is an integral part of Civic
Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and Literacy
Training Service (LTS) while defense
preparedness is enhanced through the Reserve
Officer Training Corps (ROTC).
CWTS and LTS deal with civic
enhancement while ROTC focuses on
defense or military preparedness. To
understand further, section 3 of Republic Act No.
9163, the program components of NSTP are
defined as
➢refers to the program component
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
➢refers to the program component designed to
train students to teach literacy and
numeracy skills to school children, out
of school youths, and other segments
of the society in need of their services
➢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.
➢ROTC focuses on the military science
training wherein students are trained in
preparation for war, while CWTS and LTS deal
with civic enhancement through
community immersion programs.
➢The difference between LTS and CWTS is in the
program implementation. LTS is designed to train
future teachers of the nation for eradicating
illiteracy of children and out of school youths,
while CWTS is designed to promote the general
welfare of the community. It is a program that
enhances the way of living of every person in the
community.
ROTC is for you if… CWTS/LTS is for you
if…
✓You want to learn more ✓ You are physically fit
about proper military (students with health
courtesy and discipline problems may opt for
ROTC since exemptions
are allowed and a light-
duty program is offered)
ROTC is for you if… CWTS/LTS is for you
if…
✓You appreciate the ✓ You are willing to take a
conduct of military drills pedicab ride to a
and ceremonies depressed community
✓You are interested to gain and interact with the
knowledge on various people there for at least
military subjects eight hours and even
spend overnight in the
place.
ROTC is for you if… CWTS/LTS is for you
if…
✓You prefer to complete ✓ You wish to share your
NSTP spending most of time, talent, energy, and
your time in the clean, resources (cash or kind)
safe, and secure in providing services to
premises of the University the community where
you will be assigned
ROTC is for you if… CWTS/LTS is for you
if…
✓You truly desire to ✓ You truly desire to serve
contribute to national poor communities
defense preparedness
Yes, every first year student starting School
Year 2002-2003, male or female, enrolled in any
baccalaureate degree and in at least two years
Technical-Vocational or associate course is
required to complete at least one of the three
components of the NSTP as a graduation
requirement as stipulated in Republic Act No.
9163, Rule 3, section 4a.
Based on Republic Act No. 9163, Rule 3,
sections 4a1, 4a2 and 4a3 students who finished
or graduated before School Year 2003 and 2004
are exempted to take the NSTP.
Also, exempted are those students who
completed any of the three components but
considered freshmen to the course where they
transferred or shifted; foreign students; and
students of Philippine Merchant Marine Academy,
Philippine National Police Academy, and
Philippine Military Academy in view of the special
character of these institutions.
Rule 6, sections 6a and 6b of Republic Act
No. 9163 clarified the course duration of NSTP
wherein every student shall take NSTP for an
academic period of two semesters which consists
of 3 units per semester with a minimum of 54
hours and a maximum of 90 training hours per
semester or it can be undertaken for one summer
program in lieu of the two semesters.
The NSTP tuition fee is paid for fifty percent
off of the current tuition fee per unit of the
university. For example, if a student is paying
Php 800.00 tuition fee per unit for a subject with
3 units, he/she may pay Php 2,400.00 tuition fee.
If the same student takes the NSTP subject, the
student may pay Php 1,200.00 only.
This is in reference to Rule 4, section 9 of the
NSTP law which states that:
“No fees shall be collected for any of the
NSTP components except basic tuition, which
should not be more than fifty (50%)percent of the
charges of the school per academic unit”.
Even though it is stipulated in the NSTP law
that only basic tuition is allowed to be collected,
majority of universities are collecting other fees
such as uniform as approved by proper
authorities of the university. The reason for
collecting uniform fee in NSTP is for identification
and safety of the students, students, since most
of the NSTP Programs are done outside the
university.
Every student will be given a certificate of
completion with corresponding serial number
issued by CHED, TESDA, and DND as reflected
in Rule 6, section 12 of Republic Act No. 9163.
All graduates of the CWTS and LTS
components of the NSTP 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,
while those graduates of ROTC shall form part of
the Citizen Armed Forces pursuant to Republic
Act No. 7077 as stipulated in Rule 5, sections
11a and 11c of the NSTP law.
❑ Physical Organization and Course Orientation
❑ NSTP Program (RA 9163)
❑ Citizenship Training
❑ Drug Education
❑ Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Awareness
❑ Environmental Protection
❑ Other National Concerns
➢Self Awareness and Values
➢Leadership Training
➢Dimensions of Development
➢Community Exposure/Agency Visits
➢Community Needs Assessment
➢Community Services
➢Program Evaluation
➢Self Awareness and Values
➢Leadership Training
➢Literacy and Numeracy Skills
➢Community Exposure/Agency Visits
➢Community Needs Assessment
➢Community Services
➢Program Evaluation
➢organization of the AFP
➢basic military principles and theories
➢customs and traditions in the military service
➢human rights
➢disaster relief operations,
➢basic survival
➢combat training of the individual soldier
➢anti-/counter terrorism,
➢defensive techniques
➢small unit tactics
➢team building
➢ weapons familiarization
➢ drills and ceremonies
A simple TRUTH
to make our
learning process
100% successful
Hard Work
H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
Knowledge
K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
Love
L+O+V+E
12+15+22+5 = 54%
Luck
L+U+C+K
12+21+3+11 = 47%
Then what makes 100% ?
Is it Money? ...
M+O+N+E+Y
13+15+14+5+25 = 72%
Leadership?...
L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P
12+5+1+4+5+18+19+9+16 = 89%
To achieve 100%,
What we need is proper..
ATTITUDE
A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
It is proper ATTITUDE towards
Life and Learning that enable
us to achieve 100%
ENJOY YOUR STAY
AT SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY.
LEARN TO THE FULLEST!
WHETHER ROTC, CWTS OR LTS.
IT IS ALL NSTP.
WITH NSTP,
WE LEARN,
WE TRAIN.
WITH NSTP,
WE COMMIT,
WE SERVE.
MABUHAY ANG NSTP!
