C NSTP IRR Rule 1 and 2 S.Y. 2020 2021

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REVISED IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE

NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP)


Pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act No. 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, adapt and
promulgate the following implementing rules and
regulations in implement the provisions of the Act.
Rule I - GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Section 1.
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.
Section 2. Role of the Youth

• 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.

• 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.
Rule II - DEFINITION OF TERMS
Section 3. As used in this Implementing Rules
and Regulations (IRR), the following terms shall
mean:
a. “National Service Training Program” (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;
b. “Reserve Officers’ Training Corps” (ROTC) – refers
to the Program component, institutionalized under
Sections 38 and 39 of Republic Act No. 7077,
designed to provide military training to tertiary
level students in order to motivate, train, organize
and mobilize them for national defense
preparedness;

c. “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 youths and other segments
of society in need of their services;
d. “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;

e. “Program Component” – refers to the service components


of NSTP as defined herein;

f. “Clustering” – refers to the grouping of students enrolled to


different schools and taking up the same NSTP component
into one (1) group under the management and supervision
of a designated school;
g. “Cross Enrollment” – refers to a system of enrollment were
a student is officially enrolled in an academic program of
an origin school but is allowed to enroll in the NSTP
component of another accepting school; and

h. “Non-Government Organization” (NGO) – refers to any


private organization duly accredited by CHED or recognized
by TESDA.

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