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NSTP:
Frequently Asked Questions
Taken
from the Armed Forces of the Philippine website
What
is the National Service Training Program Law?
Who shall take the NSTP?
When will the NSTP be implemented?
How will the NSTP be taken up?
What if I can not take up the NSTP
during the regular semester?
What if the NSTP of my choice
is not offered in my school?
Are currently - enrolled
students covered by the NSTP?
Will a student who has completed
all his academic requirements except ROTC be allowed
to graduate?
What if a male student has completed
two semesters of the previous E-ROTC/NSP?
What if a male student has only taken
one (1) sem of Basic ROTC & E-ROTC/NSP?
What will become of NSTP Graduates?
How can a student continue to qualify
for enlistment in the AFP Reserve Force?
Are there any student incentives
provided for by the NSTP?
Who is responsible for supervising
the NSTP?
What lead agencies will monitor
the implementation of the NSTP?
Is the NSTP available in all
Schools and Universities?
What
is the National Service Training Program Law?
The National Service Training Program (NSTP) Law or
Republic Act 9163 is 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 (3)
program components specifically designed to enhance
the youth's active contribution to the general welfare.
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What
are the Program components of the NSTP?
First is the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
which is designed to provide military training to
tertiary level students in order to motivate, train,
organize, and mobilize, them for national defense
preparedness.
Second is the Literacy Training Service (LTS) which
is 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.
Third is the Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)
which refers to 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 developed to improving health, education,
environment, entrepreneurship, safety, recreation
and moral of the citizenry and other social welfare
services.
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Who
shall take the NSTP?
All incoming freshmen students, male and female, 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.
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When
will the NSTP be implemented?
The
NSTP will be implemented starting School Year SY)
2002-2003.
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How
will the NSTP be taken up?
Each of the NSTP components shall be undertaken for
an academic period of two (2) semesters and credited
for three (3) units per semester with 54 to 90 training
hours per semester.
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What
if I can not take up the NSTP during the regular semester?
A one (1) summer program in lieu of the two (2) semester
program may be designed, formulated and adopted by
DND, CHED and TESDA subject to the capability of the
school and the AFP to handle the same.
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What
if the NSTP of my choice is not offered in my school?
Schools that do not meet the required number of students
in order to conduct a Program component or do not
offer the component chosen by their students shall
allow them to cross-enroll to other schools irrespective
of whether that school is under CHED or TESDA and
for ROTC, whether they are managed by different AFP
Branches of Service.
These students however, shall be subjected to the
existing rules and regulations of their original school
and the accepting school.
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Are
currently - enrolled students covered by the NSTP?
Male
students currently enrolled but have not taken any
program component of the previous Expanded ROTC (E-ROTC)/National
Service Program (NSP) are covered by the NSTP.
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Will
a student who has completed all his academic requirements
except ROTC be allowed to graduate?
A Student who has completed all his academic requirements
except for ROTC will be allowed to graduate provided
that he is a certified candidate by the school on
or before the effectivity of the NSTP which is March
23, 2002.
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What
if a male student has completed two semesters of the
previous E-ROTC/NSP?
He is deemed to have complied with the NSTP requirement.
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What
if a male student has only taken one (1) sem of Basic
ROTC & E-ROTC/NSP?
He shall take one more sem of any of the NSTP components
to qualify for graduation.
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What
will become of NSTP Graduates?
Graduates of the non-ROTC components shall belong
to the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) which
could be tapped by the State for literacy and civic
welfare activities. Graduates of the ROTC component
shall form only part of the AFP Citizen Armed Force,
subject to DND requirements.
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How
can a student continue to qualify for enlistment in
the AFP Reserve Force?
He/she may qualify for enlistment in the AFP Reserve
Force as long as he/she has completed the two (2)
Semesters of Basic ROTC. How much fee will be charged
for an NSTP component? No fees shall be collected
for any of the NSTP component except basic tuition
fees, which should not be more than fifty percent
(50%) of the charges of the school per academic unit.
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Are
there any student incentives provided for by the NSTP?
The following incentives to students are to be provided
for when they take up NSTP:
A program of assistance/incentives for ROTC students
from DND which will be in accordance with existing
laws and regulations and subject to the availability
of funds.
School
authorities concerned, CHED and TESDA shall ensure
that health and accident group insurances are provided
to students enrolled in any of the NSTP components.
A
Special Scholarship Program for qualified NSTP shall
be administered by CHED and TESDA subject to the availability
of funds.
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Who
is responsible for supervising the NSTP?
School Authorities shall exercise academic and administrative
supervision over the design, formulation, adoption
and implementation of the different NSTP components
in their respective schools.
In the case of ROTC, the School Authorities and DND
shall exercise joint supervision over its implementation.
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What
lead agencies will monitor the implementation of the
NSTP?
CHED Regional Officers, TESDA Provincial and District
Offices and the DND-AFP through the major Service
Reserve Commands and their ROTC Units shall oversee
if the training's conducted is in consonance with
the Republic Act.
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Is
the NSTP available in all Schools and Universities?
All Higher and Technical-vocational educational institutions
will be offering at least one (1) of the NSTP components
while State Universities and Colleges will offer the
ROTC component and a least one other NSTP component.
Private schools who have at least 350 student cadets
will be offering the ROTC component thru its Department
of Military Science and Tactics (DMST).
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