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    Essay #2 - The NSTP Law

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    The National Service Training Program (NSTP) Law of 2001 established a mandatory program for tertiary students in the Philippines to promote civic engagement and national defense. The law invoked the constitutional duty of citizens to defend the state. It aimed to develop youth leaders through three components: civic welfare service, literacy training, and Reserve Officers' Training Corps. The goal was to harness students' strengths and build a national service reserve force to support civic and military needs when called upon.

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    The National Service Training Program (NSTP) Law of 2001 established a mandatory program for tertiary students in the Philippines to promote civic engagement and national defense. The law invoked the constitutional duty of citizens to defend the state. It aimed to develop youth leaders through three components: civic welfare service, literacy training, and Reserve Officers' Training Corps. The goal was to harness students' strengths and build a national service reserve force to support civic and military needs when called upon.

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    Essay #2 - The NSTP Law

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    John Patrick Abergos

    Professor Alma Canlas

    NSTP-100-E03

    09 December 2020

    Essay #2: The NSTP Law

    The National Service Training Program of 2001 was 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” or

    Republic Act No. 9163.

    It invoked the constitutional provision regarding the “duty of the state to serve and

    protect its citizens,” specifically Article II (Declaration of Principles and State Policies), Section

    2, which states that “The prime duty of the government is to serve and protect the people. The

    government may call upon the people to defend the state, and in fulfillment thereof, all citizens

    may be required under conditions provided by law, to render personal military or civil service”

    (italics supplied). This is the same principle that created and sustained the Reserve Officers

    Training Corps. The primary objective of the NSTP law is to promote the role of the youth

    in nation-building. As such, it aims to encourage the youth to become civic and/or military

    leaders and volunteers whom could be called upon by the nation in cases their services are

    needed. Compared with the ROTC which specializes in military training, and the E-ROTC

    which granted three options for students yet was limited in implementation, the NSTP law

    ensured that the three components – Civic Welfare Service, Literacy Training Service, and

    Reserve Officers Training Corps – will be given the same and equal implementation in
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    educational institutions. Moreover, it defined the different components, the duration of the

    training, coverage, etc.

    The goal of the law and of the program is to harness the strength and capacity of the

    youth to contribute to nation-building, thus the National Service Reserve Force was created to

    enlist CWTS and LTS graduates which is also equivalent to the Citizen Armed Force of the

    ROTC. In the event that the state will need people for its civic and literacy activities, it will

    merely utilize the personnel of the reserve force, the student volunteers the NSTP-CWTS and the

    NSTP-LTS has produced. As with the need of the Armed Forces for additional force for its

    defense campaigns, it can easily use its body of reservists in the Reserve Command

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