National Service Training Program Orientation

nstp orientation

1. NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM •

2. What is the legal basis of the National Service Training Program (NSTP)? •

3. What is the legal basis of the National Service Training Program (NSTP)? • The National Service Training Program (NSTP) Law or RA 9163 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.” was enacted last January 2002 to amend the Expanded ROTC .

4. What is the legal basis of the National Service Training Program (NSTP)? • Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Republic Act No. 9163, Otherwise known as the NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM ACT OF 2001.

5. What is the legal basis of the National Service Training Program (NSTP)? • This program aimed to enhance civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of service and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its three (3) program components, specifically designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the general welfare .

6. W h a t ar e t h e c o m p on e n t s o f the NSTP? Reserve Officer’s Training Corps [ROTC] - Refers to the program component, institutionalized under Section 38 and 39 of Republic Act No. 7077, designed to provide military training to motivate, train organize and mobilize them for national defense preparedness .

7. W h a t ar e t h e c o m p on e n t s o f the NSTP? Civic Welfare Training Service [CWTS] - 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.

8. W h a t ar e t h e c o m p on e n t s o f the NSTP? Literacy Training Service [LTS] - Refers to the program component designed to train the students to teach literacy and numeracy skills to school children , out-of-school youth and other segments of society in need of their services.

9. NSTP Common Module Phase Students enrolled in the first semester of the freshman year shall be made to undergo a common module phase for 25 hours training; drug education; disaster awareness, preparedness and management; environmental protection; and other national security concerns. Upon completion of the common module phase.

10. W h o ar e co v e r e d b y t h e NS T P Law? • • All incoming freshmen students, male and female, starting School Year (SY) 2002-2003, enrolled in any baccalaureate and in at least two (2) year technical-vocational or associate courses, are required to complete one (1) NSTP component of their choice, as a graduation requirement. All higher educational institutions including State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and technical- vocational education institutions must offer upon enrolment, all the three (3) NSTP components. (However,) State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) are required to provide and maintain the ROTC component.

11. W h o ar e co v e r e d b y t h e NS T P Law? • • State universities and colleges (SUC’S), shall offer the ROTC component and at least one (1) other NSTP component. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA), Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), and other SUC’s of similar nature, in view of the special character of these institutions, are exempted from the NSTP.

12. W h o ar e co v e r e d b y t h e NS T P Law? • Private higher education and technical- vocat i ona l educ a t io n ins t i t u t ion s w i th at leas t 3 5 0 st uden t c ade ts, m a y o ff e r t he component / maintain an d c on s e q u e n t l y a Depar t m en t O f S c i e n c e and Tac t i c s (DMST), ROTC es t ab l i sh Military subject t o t h e e x i s t in g r ule s and regu l a t ion s o f t h e A r m e d F o r ces Of T he Philippines (AFP).

13. What is the duration and equivalent course unit of each of the NSTP Component? Each of the NSTP component shall be undertaken for an academic period of two (2) semesters for 54 to 90 training hours per semester. It shall be credited for three (3) units per semester.

14. What fees shall be charged to students taking any of the NSTP components? No other fees shall be collected except basic tuition fees, which should not be more than 50% of the charges of the school per academic unit.

15. Who will manage the NSTP implementation? • The school authorities shall exercise academic and administrative supervision on the design, formulation, adoption and implementation of the different NSTP components in their respective schools. • In the case of ROTC, the school authorities and Department of National Defense (DND), subject to the policies, regulations and programs of DND on the military component of the training, shall exercise joint supervision over its implementation.

16. Who will manage the NSTP implementation? • • Schools who have contracted CHED accredited or TESDA-recognized Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to formulate and administer training modules for any of the NSTP components shall jointly exercise academic and administrative supervision with those NGOs. CHED Regional Offices, TESDA, Provincial/District Offices and DND-AFP (through the Major Service Reserve Commands), shall oversee and monitor the implementation of the NSTP under their respective jurisdiction, to determine if the trainings are being conducted in consonance with the objectives of the NSTP Law.

17. What is NSTP-One Summer Program (NSTP-OSP)? NSTP-OSP is established for the three (3) components: ROTC, CWTS and LTS. This is intended for graduating students in baccalaureate or at least two-year technical- vocational or associate courses, who have yet to comply with the NSTP as a requirement for graduation, as well as for students, thus allow them to concentrate on the academic subjects and other co-curricular concerns.

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