Legal Bases

Legal Bases

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  Legal Bases Background forNSTP Program Overview of ROTC
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  Objective O To letthe cadets know what is the legal bases for establishing ROTC
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  What is R.A.9163? O Known as the National Service Training program (NSTP) Act of 2001 O An act establishing the National Service Training Program (NSTP) for tertiary level student
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  Section 2 O theprime duty of the government to serve and protect its citizens O responsibility of all the citizens to defend the security of the State O the government may require each citizen to render personal, military or civic service
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  Section 3. Definitionof Terms O National Service Training Program -a program aimed at enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness by developing the ethics of service patriotism
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  Section 3 continued… OReserve Officer Training Corps -designed to provide military training to tertiary level students -in order to motivate, train, organize and mobilize them for national defense preparedness
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  Section 3 continued… OLiteracy Training Service - to train students to become teachers of literacy and numeric skills
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  Section 3 continued… OCivic Welfare Training Service -programs or activities contributory to the general welfare and to the betterment of life for the members of the community
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  Section 4. Establishmentof the National Service Training Program O any baccalaureate course of at least two years need O ROTC is optional
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  Section 5 and6 O Male and female tertiary students O Required to complete ONE (1) NSTP component O Taken for two (2) semesters