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MODULE 1
RA9163 AND IMPLEMENTING RULES
AND REGULATIONS
THE
al Service Training Program Instructional Manual
– 2020 Edition
Recognizing the youth’s vital role in nation-building, the State shall promote civil
consciousness among the youth and shall develop their physical, moral, spiritual,
intellectual and social well-being. It shall inculcate in the youth patriotism,
nationalism, and advance their involvement in public and civic affairs.
In pursuit of these goals, the youth, the most valuable resource of the nation,
shall be motivated, trained, organized and mobilized in military training, literacy,
civic welfare and other similar endeavors in the service of the nation.
SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. – For purpose of this Act, the following are defined
as follows:
(e) “Program component” shall refer to the service components of the NSTP as
enumerated in Section 4 of this Act.
(1) The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), which is hereby made optional
and voluntary upon the effectivity of this Act;
(2) The Literacy Training Service; and
(3) The Civic Welfare Training Service
The ROTC under the NSTP shall instill patriotism, moral, virtues, respect for
rights of civilians, and adherence to the Constitution, among others. Citizenship
training shall be given emphasis in all three (3) program components.
In lieu of the two (2) semester program for any components of the NSTP, a one
(1) summer program may be designed, formulated and adopted by the DND,
CHED and TESDA.
In offering the NSTP whether during the semestral or summer periods, clustering
of affected students from different educational institutions maybe done, taking
into account logistics, branch of service and geographical considerations.
Schools that do not meet the required number of students to maintain the
optional ROTC and any of the NSTP components shall allow their students to
In the case of the ROTC, the DND shall formulate and adopt a program of
assistance and/or incentive to those students who will take the said component.
The school authorities concerned, CHED and TESDA shall ensure that group
insurance for health and accident shall be provided for students enrolled in any of
the NSTP components.
The CHED and TESDA regional offices shall oversee and monitor the
implementation of the NSTP under their jurisdiction to determine if the trainings
are being conducted in consonance with the objectives of the Act. Periodic
reports shall be submitted to the CHED, TESDA and DND in this regard.
SECTION 11. Creation of the National Service Reserve Corps. – There is hereby
created a National Service Reserve Corps, to be composed of the graduates of
the non-ROTC components. Members of this Corps may be tapped by the State
for literacy and civic welfare activities through the joint effort of DND, CHED and
TESDA.
Graduates of the ROTC shall form part of the Citizens Armed Force, pursuant to
Republic Act No. 7077.
SECTION 12. Implementing Rules. – The DND, CHED and TESDA shall have the joint
responsibility for the adoption of the implementing rules of this Act within sixty
(60) days from the approval of this Act.
These three (3) agencies shall consult with other concerned government
agencies, the PASUC and COCOPEA, NGOs and recognized student
organizations in drafting the implementing rules.
The implementing rules shall include guidelines for the adoption of the
appropriate curriculum for each of the NSTP components as well as for the
accreditation of the same.
SECTION 13. Transitory Provisions. – Students who have yet to complete the Basic
ROTC except those falling under Section 14 of this Act, may either continue in
the program component they are currently enrolled or shift to any of the other
program components of their choice.
Provided: That in case he shifts to another program component, the Basic ROTC
courses he has completed shall be counted for the purpose of completing the
NSTP requirement; Provided, further, that once he has shifted to another
program component he shall complete the NSTP in that component.
SECTION 15. Separability Clause. – If any section on provision of this Act shall be
declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions not affected
thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 17. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in two (2) newspapers of national circulation, but the implementation
of this Act shall commence in the school year 2002 – 2003.
Approved:
Pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act 9163 otherwise known as the National Service
Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and Department of
National Defense (DND), in consultation with concerned government agencies, the
Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC), Coordinating
Council of Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (COCOPEA), Non-
Government Organizations (NGOs) and recognized student organizations, hereby jointly
issue, adopt and promulgate the following implementing rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of the Act.
Section 1. Guiding Principle. While it is the prime duty of the government to serve and
protect its citizens, in turn it shall be the responsibility of all citizens to defend the
security and promote the general welfare of the State, and in fulfillment thereof,
the government may require each citizen to render personal military or civil
service.
a. In recognition of the vital role of the youth in nation-building, the State shall
promote civic consciousness among them and shall develop their physical,
moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being. It shall inculcate the ideals
of patriotism, nationalism, and advance their involvement in public and civic
affairs.
b. As the most valuable resource of the nation, they shall be motivated, trained,
organized and involved in military, literacy, civic welfare programs and other
similar endeavors in the service of the nation.
Section 3. As used in this Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), the following
terms shall mean:
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;
Section 4. Coverage:
a. All incoming freshmen students, male and female, starting School Year
(SY) 2002-2003, enrolled in any baccalaureate and in at least two (2) year
technicalvocational or associate courses, are required to complete one (1)
NSTP component of their choice, as a graduation requirement.
cases that the enrolment of ROTC Cadets are less than 350, then the
provisions of clustering in Section 7 of NSTP IRR (RA9163) should be
followed.
c. Program of study (syllabus) and enrolment forms shall bear the “NSTP”
without stating therein the three components. There shall be an orientation for
all NSTP enrollees to be jointly conducted by the ROTC, CWTS, and LTS
coordinators/implementers. Students enrolled in the first semester of the
freshmen year shall be made to undergo a common module phase for 25
hours training period. Subjects covered are: citizenship training; drug
education; disaster awareness, preparedness and management;
environmental protection; and other national security concerns. Upon
completion of the common module phase, the student must select the specific
NSTP program component that he/she will pursue.
d. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine Merchant Marine Academy
(PMMA), Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) is exempted from the
NSTP in view of the special character of these institutions. Other State
Universities and Universities of similar nature will be exempted subject to
approval of the Department of National Defense.
a. The NSTP shall have the following components which the students can
choose from as defined in Rule II, Section 3 hereof: The Reserve Officer
Training Corps (ROTC), Literacy Training Service (LTS), and Civic Welfare
Training Service (CWTS).
b. All program components; the ROTC in particular, shall give emphasis on
citizenship training and shall instill patriotism, moral virtues, respect for the
rights of civilians and adherence to the Constitution.
c. The CHED and TESDA, in consultation with the DND, and PASUC,
COCOPEA and other concerned government agencies, may design and
implement such other non-military training components as may be necessary
in consonance with the provision of RA9163.
d. Within thirty (30) days from the approval of this IRR, the CHED, TESDA, and
the DND shall jointly issue the minimum standards for the three (3) NSTP
components, which shall form part of those guidelines.
a. Management
a.3. A functional chart of the NSTP office shall be structured based on the
capability of the institution to sustain the component program being
offered based on the number of enrollees.
a.4. In the case of the ROTC, the school authorities and DND, subject to the
policies, regulations and programs of the DND on the military component
of the training, shall exercise joint supervision over its implementation.
a.5. NGOs contracted by the school must secure a joint accreditation from
CHED, DND and TESDA to formulate and administer training modules for
CWTS and LTS components. CHED, DND and TESDA shall jointly
exercise such academic and administrative supervision with those NGOs.
Within forty five (45) days from approval and issuance of this IRR, the
CHED, DND and TESDA shall issue the necessary guidelines for the
accreditation of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and training
modules to be utilized by the NGOs.
a.6. The DND shall formulate and administer training modules for the ROTC
program.
b. Monitoring
b.1. An NSTP Joint Committee at provincial, regional and national level shall
be created by tripartite agreement for monitoring all the program
components in the various institutions.
b.2. CHED/TESDA regional offices, and DND-AFP (through the Major Service
Reserve Command) shall oversee and monitor the implementation of the
NSTP under their respective jurisdiction, to determine if the trainings
conducted are in consonance with the Act. These Offices shall submit
periodic reports to the NSTP Joint Coordinating Committee.
b.4. At the end of every school year, the Higher Education Institution shall
submit an Annual Report to the CHED Regional Office copy furnished the
Office of the Student Services in electronic template, indicating the
following:
b.4.1. Names of who finished under each NSTP component;
b.4.2. The programs, projects and activities undertaken with pictorials and
documentation as much as possible; and
b.4.3. Financial statements on the funds collected, and utilized.
Section 9. Fees.
a. No fees shall be collected for any of the NSTP component except basic tuition
fees, which should not be more than fifty (50%) percent of the charges of the
school per academic unit. NSTP fees collected shall constitute a Trust Fund,
which shall be exclusively used for the operation of the Program.
b. NSTP fees collected shall constitute a Trust Fund, 70% of which shall be
exclusively used for the operation of the program. The remaining 30%
retained by the school shall serve as contingency fund especially in support to
unprogrammed activities not originally included in the program of
expenditures prepared by the ROTC commandant or CWTS/LTS Coordinator
and approved by the school head.
c. NSTP funds derived from NSTP-related operations shall serve as
augmentation to sustain un-programmed activities of the NSTP.
d. The unexpended fund balance shall be carried over to the next semester,
provided however; NSTP funds shall not be converted into savings at the
expense of the proper implementation of the program.
e. Subsidies from the government, any legal agency or institution appropriated
for NSTP shall be included in the preparation of the program of expenditure
and report on the utilization of funds.
f. Expenditures/disbursements shall be subjected to periodic audits by the
proper school authorities and concerned NSTP officers.
g. NSTP component (ROTC/CWTS/LTS) coordinators shall submit a
comprehensive report on the utilization of the NSTP funds to their respective
NSTP Directors two (2) weeks after every end of every semester. ROTC
Commandants shall submit the same report to their respective Major Service
Reserve Commands.
a. Incentives
b.1. School authorities concerned, CHED and TESDA shall ensure that
health and accident group insurances are provided for students
enrolled in any of the NSTP components.
b.2. Schools that already provide health and accident group insurance and
collect the necessary fees for the purpose from their students as of
the effectivity of these Rules, are deemed to have complied with this
requirement.
c. Graduates of the ROTC program shall form part of the Citizen Armed Force
pursuant to RA 7077, subject to the requirements of DND.
Section 13. Information Dissemination. The CHED, TESDA and DND shall provide
information on these Act and IRR to all concerned publics through different
modes of disseminating information.
Section 15. Separability Clause. If any section or provision of this IRR shall be
declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions not affected
thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 16. Effectivity. This Rules shall take effect 15 days after publication in a
newspaper of general circulation and shall remain in force and effect until
revoked or amended.
Adopted and issued: In witness whereof, the parties herein hereby affix their
signatures this 13th day of November 2009.
STUDENT ACTIVITy
Collage Making
Create a collage (digital or manual) about the legal basis of NSTP. Think of a design that
would best depict the legal basis of the program. Collect or draw pictures or materials
that can relate to the theme. Use any available materials around you in making your
collage. Take a picture or directly submit/post your output in the Google Classroom on
the scheduled due date.