National Service Training Program

The National Service Training Program (NSTP), is a civic education and defense preparedness program for Filipino tertiary education students instituted by the Government of the Philippines on 23 January 2002 by virtue of Republic Act 9163, otherwise known as the "National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001".[1]

Coverage

Under the NSTP Program, both male and female college students of any baccalaureate degree course or technical vocational course in public or private educational institutions are obliged to undergo one of three program components for an academic period of two semesters. The students, however, are free to choose which particular program component to take. The three NSTP Program components are:[2]

This program component is designed to provide students with activities contributory to the general welfare and betterment of life of the members of the community especially those developed to improve social welfare services.
This program component is designed to train students in teaching literacy and numeracy skills to schoolchildren and out-of-school youths.
This program component is designed to provide military education and training for students to mobilize them for national defense preparedness.

Graduates of the ROTC program component are organized into the Citizen Armed Force, while graduates of the LTS and CWTS program components are organized into the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) administered by the Department of National Defense, the Commission on Higher Education and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.

Precedents

President Manuel Quezon controlled the National Assembly which enacted the National Defense Act of 1935
President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1706 in 1980

There have been several legal precedents to the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001. These include:

Commonwealth Act No. 1

Commonwealth Act No. 1, otherwise known as the "National Defense Act", was enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines on 21 December 1935. It provided for obligatory military service for all male citizens of ages between 18 and 30.[3]

Presidential Decree No. 1706

Presidential Decree No. 1706, otherwise known as the "National Service Law", was signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on 8 August 1980. It made national service obligatory for all Filipino citizens and specified three categories of national service: civic welfare service, law enforcement service and military service.[4]

Republic Act 7077

Republic Act 7077, otherwise known as the "Citizen Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act", was enacted by the 8th Congress of the Philippines on 27 June 1991. The Reservist Act provided for organization, training and utilization of reservists, referred to in the Act as "Citizen Soldiers". The primary pool of manpower for the reservist organization are graduates of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps basic and advance courses.[5]

Presidential Decree No. 1706

Presidential Decree No. 1706, otherwise known as the "National Service Law", was signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on 8 August 1980. It made national service obligatory for all Filipino citizens and specified three categories of national service: civic welfare service, law enforcement service and military service.[6]

Republic Act 7077

Republic Act 7077, otherwise known as the "Citizen Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act", was enacted by the 8th Congress of the Philippines on 27 June 1991. The Reservist Act provided for organization, training and utilization of reservists, referred to in the Act as "Citizen Soldiers". The primary pool of manpower for the reservist organization are graduates of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps basic and advance courses.[7]

Statistics

According to the Commission on Higher Education, over a ten-year period from 2002-2012 the CWTS component has produced 8,614,000 graduates, the highest among the three NSTP components. This is followed by the ROTC component, with 1,435,000 AFP reservists and the LTS component with 538,700 graduates.[8]

A comparison of the number of NSTP graduates per component, 2002-2012
NSTP Component No. of Graduates
CWTS 8,614,000
LTS 538,700
ROTC 1,435,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ 12th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. "RA 9163". Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Labuguen, Florida C.; et al. (2012). Understanding the National Service Training Program. Mutya Publishing House. p. 11. ISBN 978-971-821-289-9.
  3. ↑ National Assembly of the Philippines. "CA No. 1". Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Ferdinand E. Marcos. "PD No. 1706". Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  5. ↑ 8th Congress of the Republic to the Philippines. "RA 7077". Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Ferdinand E. Marcos. "PD No. 1706". Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  7. ↑ 8th Congress of the Republic to the Philippines. "RA 7077". Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Liveta, Ronaldo A. (April 28, 2015). "NSTP-NSRC Updates and Challenges". 13th National Congress of NSTP Educators and Implementors. Philippine Society of NSTP Educators and Implementors.
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