INTRODUCTION TO

NSTP AND ITS IRR

Implementing Rules and Regulations
QUESTIONS?
 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.
 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.
 What are the ROTC
components of CWTS
NSTP? LTS
 What are the components of 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.
 What are the components of 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.
 What are the components of 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.
 Who are covered by the NSTP Law?
 All incoming freshmen students, male, 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 and technical-vocational education institutions must

at least offer one (1) of the NSTP components.

 Who are covered by the NSTP 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.
 Who are covered by the NSTP Law?
  Privatehigher education and technical- vocational
education institutions with at least 350 student cadets,
may offer the ROTC component and consequently
establish / maintain a Department Of Military Science
and Tactics (DMST), subject to the existing rules and
regulations of the Armed Forces Of The Philippines
(AFP).
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 Who will manage the NSTP implementation? 
 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.
 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.
 What is the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC)?
 NSRC is created under Section 11 of RA 9163 or the
NSTP Act of 2001, composed of graduates of the non-
ROTC components: the CWTS and LTS. Members of
this Corps maybe tapped by the State for literacy and
civic welfare activities, through the joint effort of DND,
CHED, and TESDA.
 THE NSTP-CWTS DIMENSIONS OF
DEVELOPMENT 
 S-afetyand Security
 E-ducation
 R-ecreation
 V-alues Formation and Moral Recovery
 I-ndustry and Entrepreneurship
 C-are for Health
 E-nvironment
 NSTP-CWTS Service Components
 Safety and Security - This area involves disaster
preparedness during fire, earthquake or other calamity
that needs immediate response from any trained
civilians during emergency situations. Basic life saving
seminar, fire drill and the like are some of these
examples.
 NSTP-CWTS Service Components
 Education - This area involves enhancement of institutional
support materials and facilities for the community and school
such as providing materials containing basic literacy skills for
pre-schoolers, alternative learning system for out-of-school
youths and adults, mathematics and science tutorials and
extended services of skilled students.
 NSTP-CWTS Service Components
Recreation - This area involves sports fest, parlor
games for street children and painting that enrich
youth’s capacities to relate with one another in the
community
 NSTP-CWTS Service Components
Values Formation and Moral Recovery - This
involves the development of youth to be good
leaders, responsible individuals imbued with good
moral values and active agent of development of
the community.
 NSTP-CWTS Service Components
  Industry
and Entrepreneurship - This area includes
programs and activities that are vital to economic
growth. CWTS students demonstrate technical skills in
communities like meat processing, silkscreen making
and how to establish small business.
 NSTP-CWTS Service Components
 Carefor Health - This area aims to give knowledge on
medical-related fields and extend health services needed in the
community. It includes medical services like first- aid
operation, vaccination, info dissemination, basic life saving
seminars, heath / nutrition technical assistance and training of
youth to be first aid assistants.
 NSTP-CWTS Service Components
 Environment - This area inculcates environmental awareness
and its contribution to health and related fields. It involves
management of waste, environmental protection,
dissemination and application of technologies supportive of
the community needs and livelihood activities related to
environment and other related fields supportive of the national
thrust.
 REFERENCE/S:
 https://www.slideshare.net/ArnelLPU/lesson-1-intro-to-nstp
 ACTIVITY
Search an article/s explaining the
importance of taking NSTP in tertiary
level.
Give ten (10) importance and explain

why (in your own words).

Proper citations.
 ACTIVITY
Follow the format for this activity.
◦Title of the Article
◦Author or Publisher
◦10 Importance and explanation
◦Citation
Arial, 12, double spacing, 1 inch margin.