NSTP

National Service Training Program

Legal Bases
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 to implement the provisions of the Act.

promote civic consciousness among the youth:

Develop their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well being; and
Inculcate patriotism, nationalism, and advance their involvement on public and civic affairs.
Legal Bases
NSTP in accordance with its newly revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The NSTP
components are the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Literacy Training Service (LTS), and
CWTS.
NSTP aims to inculcate civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the Filipino youth. It helps
develop in them the ethics of service and patriotism while they undergo training in any of the
program's three components which are specifically designed to enhance the students' participation
in nation-building.
The NSTP Law or Republic Act No. 9163, also known as An Act Establishing the NSTP for Tertiary-Level
Students, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7077 and Presidential Decree No. 1706 and for
Other Purposes, was signed by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on January 23, 2002. It is a
consolidation of House Bill No.
3593 and Senate Bill No. 1824 passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on December
19, 2001.
The NSTP Law has made ROTC optional since the first semester of school year
2002-2003 and has allowed students to choose from ROTC, LTS, and CWTS as a requisite for
graduation.
Coverage of the NSTP Law
The NSTP Law covers the following:
1. All students, both male and female, enrolled in any baccalaureate degree or two-year technical-
vocational or non-degree courses in public and private schools must complete one NSTP component
of their choice for two semesters as a graduation requirement.
2. All higher and technical-vocational institutions, public and private, must offer at least one NSTP
component.
3. State universities and colleges (SUCs) must offer ROTC and at least one other
NSTP component, namely ITS or CWTS.
4. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine Merchant Marine
Academy (PMMA), Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), and other SUCs of similar nature, in
view of the special character of these institutions, are not covered by the NSTP Law.
Program Components
The NSTP shall have the following components
which the students can choose from as defined
in Rule II, Section 3 hereof: The Reserve Officers
Training Corps (ROTC), Literacy Training Service
(LTS), and Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS).
 A program component that institutionalized under Section 38 and
Reserve Officers’ Training
39 of Republic Act No. 7077, designed to provide military training to
motivate, train, organize and mobilize students for national defense
Corps (ROTC)
preparedness.
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 improve
health, education, environment, entrepreneurship, safety, recreation and
moral of the citizenry and other social welfare services.
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.
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
COVERAGE:
Incoming first year level students of any baccalaureate
degree program or of at least two (2) year TVET programs in
public and private educational institutions and enterprises
shall be required to complete one (1) of the NSTP
components as a requisite for graduation, in accordance with
RA 9163
 ORGANIZATION OF GRADUATES
NATIONAL
ROTC GRADUATES AFP RESERVE FORCE

SERVICE

TRAINING CWTS GRADUATES NATIONAL SERVICE

RESERVE CORPS
LTS GRADUATES (NSRC)
PROGRAM
1. These bills recognized the vital role of the Filipino youth in
nation-building.
a. House Bill No. 3593 and Senate Bill No. 1824
b. House Bill No. 3953 and Senate Bill No. 1284
c. House Bill No. 3593 and Senate Bill No. 1482
d. House Bill No. 3593 and Senate Bill No. 2184
2. Republic Act No. 9163 is also known as
a. ROTC Program
b. NSTP Act of 2001
c. Arroyo Law of 2001
d. NSTP Act of 2002
3. ROTC was institutionalized in _________ of Republic Act
No. 7077.
a. Sections 36 and 37
b. Sections 38 and 39
c. Sections 37 and 38
d. Sections 35 and 36
4. IRR means
a. Implementing Rules and Regulations
b. Implementing Rules and Rites
c. Important Rules and Regulations
d. Implementing Registration and Regulation
[Link] PMA, PMMA, and _ are not covered by the NSTP Law.
a. PNP
b. PNB
c. PSG
d. PNPA