COURSE CODE: NSTP101b

Civic Welfare Training Service 1

The lessons on Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) of the
Module 1 National Service Training Program
(NSTP) include both lectures and practicum. The lectures are usually held at the university
| 1st Semester,
lecture hall and classrooms while the practicum S.Y. 2020-2021
is conducted at the adopted target communities.
The practicum includes activities from CWTS/LTS I that are related to community extension
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projects and services. Introduction
Intended Learning Outcomes
 Discuss the RA 9163
 Manifest knowledge and competencies on the primary duty of the government
to the Filipino youth;
 Apply the principles and concepts on the role of the youth in nation building;
 Discuss the responsibility of the youth to the country.

NSTP/CWTS II CURRICULAR PROGRAM

What is NSTP?

Republic Act 9163 enabled the establishment of National Service Training Program for Tertiary Level
students with an aim to promote civic consciousness among the youth and inculcate in them the spirit of
nationalism and advance their involvement in public and civic affairs.

NSTP is a program designed to develop the youth’s physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-
being and promote defense preparedness and ethics of service while undergoing training in any of its three
program components. Its various components are specially designed to enhance the youth’s active
contribution to the general welfare.

What are its three program components?

The NSTP has three components which are as follows:

i. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC)

A program 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.

ii. Literacy Training Service (LTS)

A program designed to train students to become teachers of literacy and numeracy skills to school
children, out of school youth, and other segments of society in need of their service.

iii. Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)

 It is composed of programs 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 morals of the
citizenry.
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Who are required to complete the NSTP?

Students of any baccalaureate degree course or at least two-year technical vocational

courses in public and private educational institutions shall be required to complete
one of the NSTP components as requisite for graduation.

Exemptions only apply to:

i. Students who have already taken NSTP from a prior degree completed;

ii. Transferees and shiftees who have completed NSTP prior to transferring
or shifting; and

iii. Foreign students or aliens

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 to
implement the provisions of the Act.

Rule I GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Section 1. Guiding Principle. 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

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
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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 shallmean:

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 enrolment where a student

is officially enrolled in an academic program of an origin school but is
allowed to enrol 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.

i. “Student Cadet”- refers to the student enrolled in the ROTCComponent

Rule III

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
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Section 4. Coverage

a. All incoming freshmen students, male and 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.

The above provision however does not cover the following:

a.1 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;

a.2 Students who completed any of the three NSTP component but
considered freshmen to the course where they transferred or shifted.

a.3 Foreign students or aliens.

b. All higher educational institutions including State Universities and

Colleges (SUCs) and technical- vocational education institutions must
offer upon enrolment, all the three (3) NSTP components. (However,)
State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) are required to provide and
maintain the ROTC component.

c. Program of study (syllabus) and enrolment forms shall bear the

“NSTP” without stating therein the three components. There shall be an
orientation for all NSTP enrolees to be jointly conducted by the ROTC,
CWTS, and LTS coordinators/implementers. Students enrolled in the first
semester of the freshman year shall be made to undergo a common
module phase for 25 hours training; drug education; disaster awareness,
preparedness and management; environmental protection; and other
national security concerns. Upon completion of the common module
phase, the student must select the specific NSTP program component that
he/she will pursue.

d. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine Merchant Marine

Academy (PMMA), Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) is
exempted from the NSTP in view of the special character of these
institutions. Other State Universities and Colleges of similar nature will
be exempted subject to approval of the Department of National Defense.

e. Private Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and technical vocational

education institutions with at least 350 student cadets, must
 establish/maintain a Department of Military Science and Tactics (DMST),
subject to existing rules and regulations. DMST previously approved and
activated shall retain the status regardless of the number of cadets.
However, for DMST that has been created after approval of this IRR,
there must be a minimum of 350 cadets. In cases where the number of
cadets will be lesser than 350 clustering or ROTCU will be undertaken
with ROTCU of the State University and Colleges within the nearest
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environ with the lead role.

Section 5. Program Components

a. 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).

b. All program components; the ROTC in particular, shall give emphasis

on citizenship training and shall instill patriotism, moral virtues, respect
for the rights of civilians and adhce to the Constitution.

c. The CHED, TESDA in consultation with the DND, and PASUC,

COCOPEA and other concerned government agencies, may design and
implement such other non-military training components as may be
necessary in consonance with the provisions of R.A. 9163.

d. Within thirty (30) days from the approval of this revised IRR, the
CHED, TESDA, and the DND shall jointly issue the minimum standards
for the three (3) NSTP components which shall form part of these
guidelines.

Section 6. Duration and Equivalent Course Unit

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.

Section 7. Clustering and Cross-Enrollment

a. Clustering of students from different education institutions during

semestral or summer periods may be done for any of the NSTP
component, taking into account logistics, branch of service and
geographical locations. The host school shall be responsible in managing
 the Program.

b. The school must allow any NSTP student to cross-enroll in any

CHED/TESDA recognized institution. In cases that enrolment of ROTC
Cadets is less than 350 then, the provisions of clustering in Section 7 of
NSTP IRR (RA9163) should be followed.
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c. Students intending to cross-enroll shall be subject to the existing rules
and regulations of the school of origin and the accepting school.

Section 8. Monitoring and Evaluation

A. Management

a.1 The school authorities shall exercise academic and administrative

supervision over the design, formulation, adoption and spective schools,
Subject to the provision of this IRR.

a.2 There should be an NSTP Office in each school, college, or university

headed by an NSTP Director or its equivalent position responsible for the
implementation of the Program. Each of the NSTP components is
considered a distinct and/or separate unit under the NSTP office, and the
head of the unit shall report directly to the NSTP Director or its
equivalent position

a.3 A functional chart of the NSTP Office shall be structured based on the
capability of the institution to sustain the component program being
offered based on the number of enrollees.

a.4 In the case of ROTC, the school authorities and DND, subject to the
policies, regulations and program of DND on the military component of
the training, shall exercise joint supervision over its implementation.

a.5 NGOs contracted by the school must secure a joint accreditation from
CHED, DND and TESDA to formulate and administer training modules
for CWTS and LTS component. CHED, DND and TESDA shall jointly
exercise such academic and administrative supervision with those NGOs.
Within forty five (45) days from approval and issuance of this IRR, the
CHED, TESDA and DND shall issue the necessary guidelines for the
accreditation of non-government organizations (NGOs) and training
modules to be utilized by these NGOs.

a.6 The DND shall formulate and administer training modules for the
ROTCProgram.

B. Monitoring

b.1 An NSTP Joint Committee at provincial, regional and national level

shall be created by Tripartite agreement for monitoring all the program
components. In the various institutions.

b.2 CHED/TESDA Regional 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 conducted are in consonance with the Act.
These offices shall submit periodic reports to the NSTP Joint
Coordinating Committee.

b.3 An Annual NSTP Performance Evaluation (ANPE) shall be

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conducted towards the end of the

school year to evaluate and determine the achievement of training

objective of the NSTP three components program.

CHED, TESDA and DND (throughMajor Service Reserve Commands)

shall formulate respective evaluation parameters on program
administration and implementation which shall jointly form part of the
minimum standards.

b.4 At the end of every school year, the Higher Education Institution shall
submit an Annual Report to the CHED Regional Office copy furnished
the Office of the Student Services in electronic template, indicating the
following

b.4.1 Names who finished under each NSTP component,

b.4.2 The programs, projects and activities undertaken with pictorials and
documentation as much as possible, and

b.4.3 Financial statements on the funds collected, allocated andutilized.

The annual report on NSTP by the university or college shall be made

available to faculty, students and the general public in the NSTP Office.

In regions with universities and colleges having two or more campuses,

the university concerned shall consolidate the report before submission to
CHED Regional Offices.

b.5 In cases of violations of guidelines, warnings and/or sanctions shall be

imposed to schools and accredited NGOs pursuant to pertinent rules and
regulations.

Rule IV

FEES AND INCENTIVES

Section 9. Fees

a. No fees shall be collected for any of the NSTP components except

basic tuition which should not be more than fifty (50%) percent of the
charges of the school per academic unit. NSTP tuition collected shall
constitute a Trust Fund, which shall be exclusively used for the operation
of the Program.
 b. The NSTP fees collected shall constitute a Trust Fund, 70% of which
shall be exclusively used for the operation of the Program. The remaining
30% retained by the school shall serve as contingency fund especially in
support to un-programmed activities not originally included in the
program of expenditures prepared by the ROTC Commandant or
CWTS/LTS Coordinator and approved by the school head.
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c. NSTP funds derived from NSTP-related operations shall serve as
augmentation to sustain un- programmed activities of the NSTP.

d. The unexpected fund balance shall be carried over to the next semester,
provided however, NSTP funds shall not be converted into savings at the
expense of the proper implementation of the program.

e. Subsidies from the government, any legal agency or institution

appropriated for NSTP shall be included in the preparation of the program
of expenditure and report on the utilization of
funds.Expenditures/disbursement shall be subjected to periodic audits by
the proper school authorities and concerned NSTP Offices.

f. NSTP Component (ROTC/CWTS/LTS) coordinators shall submit a

comprehensive report on the utilization of the NSTP Funds to their
respective NSTP Directors two (2) weeks after the end of every semester.
ROTC Commandants shall submit the same report to their respective
Major Service Reserve Commands.

g. The NSTP Director or its equivalent shall submit a consolidated

comprehensive report on the utilization of the NSTP Funds by program
component to the school head, within 30 calendar days after the end of
every semester.

h. Rental space of school and other similar expenses shall not be charged
toNSTP.

Section 10. Incentive, Insurance and Protection

A. Incentives

A program of assistance/incentives for ROTC students shall be provided

and administered by DND, in accordance with existing laws and
regulations and subject to the availability of funds.

A special Scholarship Program and other forms of assistance and

incentives for qualified NSTP students shall be administered by CHED
and TESDA, with funds for the purpose to be included in the annual
regular appropriations of the two agencies to the availability of funds.

The college or university may provide scholarship and other forms of

assistance and incentives to qualified and deserving NSTP students, the
funding of which shall come from available NSTP funds of the school.

Personnel involved in the NSTP shall be provided honorarium and other

 incentives based on the standard policy set forth by the HEIs.

B.Insurance and Protection

School authorities concerned, CHED and TESDA shall ensure that health
and accident group insuranceare provided for students enrolled in any of
the NSTP components.
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Schools that already provide health and accident group insurance and
collect the necessary fees for the purpose from their students as of the
effectivity of this Rules, are deemed to have complied with this
requirement.

Rule V

ORGANIZATION OF NSTP GRADUATES

Section 11. Organization of NSTP Graduates

a. Graduates of the non-ROTC components of the NSTP shall belong to

the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) and could be tapped by the
State for literacy and civic welfare activities, especially in times of
calamities through the joint efforts of DND, CHED, and TESDA, in
coordination with DILG, DSWD and other concerned
agencies/associations. b. The CHED, TESDA and DND, in consultation
with other concerned government and non- government agencies, shall
issue the necessary guidelines for the establishment, organization,
maintenance and utilization of the National Service Reserve Corps. c.
Graduates of the ROTC program shall form part of the Citizen Armed
Force pursuant to RA 7077, subject to the requirements of DND.

Rule VI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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.

Section 13. Information Dissemination

The CHED, TESDA and DND shall provide information on these Act and
IRR to all concerned publics through different modes of disseminating
information.

Section 14. Amendatory Clause

a.Section 35 of Commonwealth act No. 1, Executive Order No. 207 of

1939, Section 2 and 3 ofpresidential Decree No. 1706, and Sections 38
 and 39 of Republic Act No. 7077, as well as all laws, decrees,

orders, rules and regulations and other issuances inconsistent with the
provisions of the Act are hereby deemed amended and modified
accordingly.

b.This Rules may be amended, modified, or replaced jointly by CHED,

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TESDA and DND, in consultationwith PSUC, COCOPEA, NGOs and
recognized student organizations

Section 15. Separability Clause

If any section or provisions of this IRR shall be declared unconstitutional

or invalid the other sections or provisions not affected thereby shall
remain in full force and effect.

Section 16. Effectivity

This rule shall take effect 15 days after publication in a newspaper of

general circulation and shall remain in force and effect until revoked or
amended.

6161 Adopted and Issued on day of _ 2006.

AVELINO CRUZ, JR. CARLITO S. PUNO, DPA

Secretary, DND Chairman, CHED

Sec. AGUSTO ‘’BOBOY’’SYJUCO

Director General, TESDA

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