Course Outline

• Describe and Understand

• Lesson 1: Historical and Legal Bases of NSTP
• Lesson 2: Philippine Constitution
• A. Preamble
• B. Bill of Rights and Duties
• C. Responsibilities of Filipino Citizens
• Lesson 3: Flag Heraldic Code of the Philippines (RA 8491, s. 1998)
• Lesson 4: Good Citizenship Values
 What do you know about NSTP and Citizenship Training

• 1.When was RA 9163 signed into Law?

• a) January 23, 2002
• b)February 23, 2002
• c) March 23, 2002
• 2. What is RA 7077?
• a) Citizen forces act
• b) NSTP act of 2001
• c) Citizen Armed forces of the Philippines
• 3. What does NSTP mean?
• a) National Service Training Program
• b) National Statistics Training Progress
• c) National Service Training Progress
• 4. What does CWTS stand for?
• a) Civil Welfare Training Service
• b) Civil Wellbeing Training Service
• c) Civic Welfare Training Service
• 5. What does ROTC stand for?
• a) Reserve Officer Training Core
• b) Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
• c) Reserved Officer Training Cored
• 6. What does LTS stand for?
• a) Literacy Training Service
• b) License Training Service
• c) Listening Training Service
• 7. What makes us Filipino symbolically?
• a) Flag, motto/pledges, anthem
• b) Law, Taxes, Flag
• c) Democracy, anthem, NSTP
• 8. What is RA 9163?
• a) NSTP Act of 2001
• b) NSTP
• c) NSTP Act of 2002
• 9. What are our political duties?
• a) Suffrages and taxes
• b) Community service and taxes
• c) RA 9163 and RA 7077
10. What makes us Filipino Citizens?
a) The constitution, parents who were born citizens,
naturalized, born before January 17, 1973.
b) Flag, parents who were born citizens, naturalized, born
before January 17, 1973
c) NSTP, parents who were born citizens, naturalized, born
before January 17, 1973
Citizenship Training
 OVERVIEW
Citizenship training is an effective strategy to enhance
the student's social responsibility and commitment to the
development of their communities and to develop the
ability to uphold the law and order as they assume active
participations in the community activities.
This module develops the character of the students to
become more mindful to the responsibilities, rights, and
their roles in the society.
 Lesson 1:History of NSTP

 1935- COMMONWEALTH ACT NO.1 (NATIONAL

DEFENSE ACT)
 1980- PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1706 (NATIONAL
SERVICE LAW)
 Republic Act No. 7077 on June 27, 1991
 2001- RA. 9163 NSTP ACT OF 2001
 Legal Bases of NSTP
• Implementing Rules and Regulations (RA 9163)
 This act shall be known as the National Service Training Program (NSTP)
Act of 2001.
 It is an act establishing the NSTP for tertiary level students, amending for
the purpose of the RA 7077 and for other purposes.
 NSTP refers to the 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 the three (3)
Program components, specifically designed to enhance the youth’s active
contribution to the general welfare;
Lesson 2:Philippine Constitution
A. Preamble (The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines)
B. Bill of Rights and Duties
 Article III Bill of Rights (From section 1 to 22)

C. Responsibilities of Filipino Citizens

 Article IV Duties and Obligations of Citizens (From section 1 to 4)
 PREAMBLE
We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty
God, in order to build a just and humane society, and establish a
Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote
the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure
to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of independence and
democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice,
freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this
Constitution.
 ARTICLE III
BILL OF RIGHTS
• a right to due process and equal protection of law
• a right against searches and seizures without a warrant issued by a judge
• a right to privacy
• The right to freedom of speech and expression, freedom of the press,
freedom of assembly, and the right to petition
• The free exercise of religion
 ARTICLE IV (1973)
DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS
• Section 1. It shall be the duty of the citizen to be loyal to the Republic and to honor the
Philippine flag, to defend the State and contribute to its development and welfare, to
uphold the Constitution and obey the laws, and to cooperate with the duly constituted
authorities in the attainment and preservation of a just and orderly society.
• Section 2. The rights of the individual impose upon him the correlative duty to exercise
them responsibly and with due regard for the rights of others.
• Section 3. It shall be the duty of every citizen to engage in gainful work to assure himself
and his family a life worthy of human dignity.
• Section 4. It shall be the obligation of every citizen qualified to vote to register and cast his
vote.
Lesson 3: Flag Heraldic Code of the Philippines
(RA 8491, s. 1998)
• Pledge to the Flag
• SECTION 25. The following shall be the Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag:
Ako ay Filipino
Buong katapatang nanunumpa
Sa watawat ng Pilipinas
At sa bansang kanyang sinasagisag
Na may dangal, katarungan, at kalayaan
Na pinakikilos ng sambayanang
Maka-Diyos,
Makatao,
Makakalikasan, at
Makabansa.
 Lesson 4: Good Citizenship Values

Values are like fingerprints, nobody are the same, but you
leave them all over everything you do.
-Elvis Presley
What is values?
 The Promotion of the Filipino Values
The promotion of the Filipino Values is embodied in the
Preamble of the 1987 Constitution.

I. Pagkamaka-Diyos
• Faith in the almighty
• Respect for life
• Order
• Work
• Concern for the family and future generation.
 The Promotion of the Filipino Values
The promotion of the Filipino Values is embodied in the
Preamble of the 1987 Constitution.

I.Pagkamaka – tao
1. Love
2. Freedom
3. Peace
4. Truth
5. Justice
 The Promotion of the Filipino Values
The promotion of the Filipino Values is embodied in the
Preamble of the 1987 Constitution.

III.Pagkamaka – Bayan
1. Unity
2. Equality
3. Respect for law and Government
4. Patriotism
5. Promotion of common good
 The Promotion of the Filipino Values
The promotion of the Filipino Values is embodied in the
Preamble of the 1987 Constitution.

IV.Pagkamaka – Kalikasan
1. Concern for the Environment.
 Good governance is not enough because people
should work on being good citizens. They should
translate the good citizenship values derived from
the Preamble of the Constitution into concrete
action to build the nation.