INTRODUCTION TO

NSTP
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163
EVOLUTION OF R.A. NO. 9163

Prepared by: CB Joan R. Doyo, MCA, PhD

WHAT IS RA 9163?
• IS AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING
PROGRAM (NSTP) FOR TERTIARY LEVEL STUDENTS, AMENDING
FOR THE PURPOSE RA NO. 7077 AND PD NO. 1706, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
• ITS SHORT TITLE IS "NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM
(NSTP) ACT OF 2001.”
• IT WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE
SENATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON DECEMBER 19,
2001.
• IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO LAST JANUARY 23, 2002.
• THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RA 9163 COMMENCED IN SCHOOL YEAR
2002-2003.
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE NATIONAL SERVICE
TRAINING PROGRAM?

• THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) IS DEFINED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163,
SECTION 3, AS A 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 ITS THREE PROGRAM COMPONENTS.
RATIONALE OF THE LAW

• ARTICLE II SECTION 4 OF 1987 CONSTITUTION STATES:

“THE PRIME DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT IS TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT MAY
CALL UPON THE PEOPLE TO DEFEND THE STATE AND, IN THE FULFILLMENT THEREOF, ALL CITIZENS MAY BE
REQUIRED, UNDER CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY LAW, TO RENDER PERSONAL, MILITARY OR CIVIL SERVICE.”
ROLE OF THE YOUTH
• RULE 1 SECTION 2 OF RA NO. 9163
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.
PROGRAM COMPONENT
• “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.
• “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.
• “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
EXEMPTION TO THE LAW
• STUDENTS WHO FINISHED OR GRADUATED FROM A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE OR TWO YEAR TECHNICAL-
VOCATIONAL OR ASSOCIATE COURSE AND PURSUING OR ENROLLED IN ANOTHER OR ADDITIONAL
BACCALAUREATE DEGREE OR TWO-YEAR TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL OR ASSOCIATE COURSE IN SY 2003-
2004, AND;
• STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED ANY OF THE THREE NSTP COMPONENTS BUT CONSIDERED FRESHMEN TO
THE COURSE WHERE THEY TRANSFERRED OR SHIFTED.
• FOREIGN STUDENTS OR ALIENS.
• STUDENTS OF PMA, PMMA AND PNPA IN VIEW OF THE SPECIAL CHARACTERS OF THESE INSTITUTIONS.
OTHER STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF SIMILAR NATURE WILL BE EXEMPTED SUBJECT TO
APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.
COVERAGE OF THE LAW

• RA NO. 9163 SECTION 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM

“THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL FORM PART OF
THE CURRICULA OF ALL BACCALAUREATE DEGREE COURSES AND AT LEAST TWO (2)-YEAR TECHNICAL
VOCATIONAL COURSES AND IS A REQUISITE FOR GRADUATION.”
DURATION AND EQUIVALENT COURSE UNIT
• SECTION 6 OF IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATION OF RA 9163 STATES:
a. EACH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED NSTP COMPONENTS SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN FOR AN
ACADEMIC PERIOD OF TWO (2) SEMESTERS. IT SHALL BE CREDITED FOR THREE(3) UNITS PER
SEMESTER, FOR FIFTY-FOUR (54) TO NINETY (90) TRAINING HOURS PER SEMESTER.
b. A ONE (1) SUMMER PROGRAM (OSP) IN LIEU OF THE TWO (2) SEMESTER PROGRAM MAY BE DESIGNED,
FORMULATED AND ADOPTED BY THE DND,CHED AND TESDA, SUBJECT TO THE CAPABILITY OF THE
SCHOOL AND THE AFP TO HANDLE THE SAME.
c. EARNED NSTP UNITS SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPUTATION OF GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)
GRADES OF COLLEGE GRADUATING STUDENTS.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

• RA NO. 9163 IRR RULE VI SECTION 12: CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

“CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION WITH CORRESPONDING SERIAL NUMBER ISSUED BY CHED, TESDA OR DND,
SHALL BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLIED WITH THE
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.”
EVOLUTION OF RA. NO. 9163
NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT
• ALSO KNOWN AS COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 1
• SIGNED BY THEN PRES. MANUEL L. QUEZON
• IT PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
NATIONAL DEFENSE FOR THE COUNTRY.
• UNDER THIS LAW, FILIPINOS WERE MANDATED
TO UNDERGO MILITARY TRAINING WHILE IN HIGH
SCHOOL OR COLLEGE.
EVOLUTION OF RA. NO. 9163
NATIONAL SERVICE LAW
• ALSO KNOWN AS PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1706
• SIGNED BY THEN PRESIDENT FERDINAND E. MARCOS
• IT FOCUSED ON THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE CITIZENS
RESPECT FOR THE LAW AND LAWFULLY
CONSTITUTED AUTHORITIES.
• IT WAS COMPOSED OF THREE MAIN PROGRAM;
CIVIC WELFARE SERVICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT
SERVICE, AND MILITARY SERVICE.
EVOLUTION OF RA. NO. 9163
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7077
• ALSO KNOWN AS THE CITIZEN ARMED FORCE OR ARMED
FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES RESERVIST ACT.
• SIGNED BY THEN PRESIDENT CORAZON C. AQUINO
• SEC. 38: THE MILITARY TRAINING FOR STUDENTS
ENROLLED IN COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND SIMILAR
INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING IS MANDATORY PURSUANT TO
THE PROVISIONS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT AND THE 1987
CONSTITUTION.
• SEC. 39: ESTABLISHMENT OF ROTC UNITS IN COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THANK YOU FOR
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END OF LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO
NSTP