“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands —
one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” — Audrey Hepburn
Intended Learning Outcomes:
Within the session series, the NSTP students will be able to:
identify the salient elements of the NSTP Law (RA 9163), the fundamental basis of the Program;
demonstrate understanding that NSTP is a youth empowering in preparation for community service and development; and to
cultivate the spirit of volunteerism as agents of change and for development.
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Topic 1: Law on National Service Training Program, link click here
The National Service Training Program (NSTP) 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. Its various components are specially designed to enhance the youth's active contribution to the general welfare. For UP students, the following rules about NSTP are observed:
Each student is required to take 3 unit courses for 2 semesters (6 units total).
Congress of the Philippines
Twelfth Congress
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163 January 23, 2002
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) FOR TERTIARY LEVEL STUDENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7077 AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1706, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Short Title - This Act shall be known as the "National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001".
Section 2. Declaration of Policy - It is hereby affirmed 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 of the State and in fulfillment thereof, the government may require each citizen to render personal, military or civil service.
Recognizing the youth's vital role in nation-building, the State shall promote civic consciousness among the youth and shall develop their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being. It shall inculcate in the youth patriotism, nationalism, and advance their involvement in public and civic affairs.
In pursuit of these goals, the youth, the most valuable resource of the nation, shall be motivated, trained, organized and mobilized in military training, literacy, civic welfare and other similar endeavors in the service of the nation.
Section 3. Definition of Terms - For purposes of this Act, the following are hereby defined as follows:
(a) "National Service Training Program (NSTP)" 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. Its various components are specially designed to enhance the youth's active contribution to the general welfare.
(b) "Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)" is 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.
(c) "Literacy Training Service" is 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.
(d) "Civic Welfare Training Service" refers to 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.
(e) "Program component" shall refer to the service components of the NSTP as enumerated in Section 4 of this Act.
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 of at least two (2)-year technical vocational courses and is a requisite for graduation, consisting of the following service components:
(1) The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), which is hereby made option and voluntary upon the effectivity of this Act;
(2) The Literacy Training Service; and
(3) The Civic Welfare Training Service
The ROTC under the NSTP shall instill patriotism, moral virtues, respect for rights of civilians, and adherence to the Constitution, among others. Citizenship training shall be given emphasis in all three (3) program components.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), in consultation with the Department of National Defense (DND), Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC), Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (COCOPEA) and other concerned government agencies, may design and implement such other program components as may be necessary in consonance with the provisions of this Act.
Section 5. Coverage - Students, male and female, of any baccalaureate degree course or at least two (2)-year technical vocational courses in public and private educational institutions shall be required to complete one (1) of the NSTP components as requisite for graduation.
Section 6. Duration and Equivalent Course Unit - Each of the aforementioned NSTP program components shall be undertaken for an academic period of two (2) semesters.
In lieu of the two (2) semester program for any of the components of the NSTP, a one (1)-summer program may be designed, formulated and adopted by the DND, CHED, and TESDA.
Section 7. NSTP Offering in Higher and Technical-Vocational Educational Institutions - All higher and technical-vocational institutions, public and private, must offer at least one of the program components; Provided, that State universities and colleges shall offer the ROTC component and at least one other component as provided herein; Provided, further, that private higher and technical-vocational education institutions may also offer the ROTC if they have at least three hundred and fifty (350) cadet students.
In offering the NSTP whether during the semestral or summer periods, clustering of affected students from different educational institutions may be done, taking into account logistics, branch of service and geographical considerations. Schools that do not meet the required number of students to maintain the optional ROTC and any of the NSTP components shall allow their students to cross-enroll to other schools irrespective of whether or not the NSTP components in said schools are being administered by the same or another branch of service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), CHED and TESDA to which schools are identified.
Section 8. Fees and Incentives - Higher and technical vocational institutions shall not collect any fee for any of the NSTP components except basic tuition fees, which shall not be more than fifty percent (50%) of what is currently charged by schools per unit.
In the case of ROTC, the DND shall formulate and adopt a program of assistance and/or incentive to those students who will take the said component.
The school authorities concerned, CHED and TESDA shall ensure that group insurance for health and accident shall be provided for students enrolled in any of the NSTP components.
Section 9. Scholarships - There is hereby created a Special Scholarship Program for qualified students taking the NSTP which shall be administered by the CHED and TESDA. Funds for this purpose shall be included in the annual regular appropriations of the CHED and TESDA.
Section 10. Management of the NSTP Components - The school authorities shall exercise academic and administrative supervision over the design, formulation, adoption and implementation of the different NSTP components in their respective schools; Provided, That in case a CHED- or TESDA-accredited non government organization (NGO) has been contracted to formulate and administer a training module for any of the NSTP components, such academic and administrative supervision shall be exercised jointly with that accredited NGO; Provided, further, That such training module shall be accredited by the CHED and TESDA.
The CHED and TESDA regional offices shall oversee and monitor the implementation of the NSTP under their jurisdiction to determine if the trainings are being conducted in consonance with the objectives of this Act. Periodic reports shall be submitted to the CHED, TESDA and DND in this regard.
Section 11. Creation of the National Service Reserve Corps - There is hereby created a National Service Reserve Corps, to be composed of the graduates of the non-ROTC components. Members of this Corps may be tapped by the State for literacy and civic welfare activities through the joint effort of the DND, CHED and TESDA.
Graduates of the ROTC shall form part of the Citizens' Armed Force, pursuant to Republic Act No. 7077.
Section 12. Implementing Rules. - The DND, CHED and TESDA shall have the joint responsibility for the adoption of the implementing rules of this Act within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act.
These three (3) agencies shall consult with other concerned government agencies, the PASUC and COCOPEA, NGOs and recognized student organizations in drafting the implementing rules.
The implementing rules shall include the guideline for the adoption of the appropriate curriculum for each of the NSTP components as well as for the accreditation of the same.
Section 13. Transitory Provisions - Students who have yet to complete the Basic ROTC, except those falling under Section 14 of this Act, may either continue in the program component they are currently enrolled or shift to any of the other program components of their choice; Provided, That in case he shifts to another program component, the Basic ROTC course he has completed shall be counted for the purpose of completing the NSTP requirement; Provided, further, That once he has shifted to another program component, he shall complete the NSTP in component.
Section 14. Suspension of ROTC Requirement - The completion of ROTC training as a requisite for graduation is hereby set aside for those students who despite completing all their academic units as of the effectivity of this Act have not been allowed to graduate.
Section 15. Separability Clause - If any section or provision of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 16. Amendatory Clause - Section 35 of Commonwealth Act No. 1, Executive Order No.207 of 1939, Sections 2 and 3 of Presidential Decree No. 1706, and Sections 38 and 39 or Republic Act No. 7077, as well as all laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations and other issuances inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby deemed amended and modified accordingly.
Section 17. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) newspapers of national circulation, but the implementation of this Act shall commence in the school year of 2002-2003.
Approved,
(Sgd) FRANKLIN M. DRILON
President of the Senate
(Sgd) JOSE DE VENECIA, JR.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
This Act which is a consolidation of H.B. No. 3593 and S.B. No. 1824 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on December 19, 2001.
(Sgd) OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary of the Senate
(Sgd) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary General
House of Representatives
Approved: January 23, 2002
(Sgd) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
NSTP - a civic education and defense preparedness program instituted by the Government of the Philippines on 5 January 2000 by virtue of Republic Act 9163, otherwise known as the "National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001"Students may only take these courses after their first year. However, if the student wishes to graduate with honors, he must finish these courses on the second year of his course.
Under the NSTP Program, both male and female college students of any baccalaureate degree course or technical vocational course in public or private educational institutions are obliged to undergo one of three program components for an academic period of two semesters.
The students, however, are free to choose which particular program component to take.
The three NSTP Program components are:
1- Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)
2- Literacy Training Service (LTS)
3- Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)
This program component is designed to provide students with activities contributory to the general welfare and betterment of life of the members of the community especially those developed to improve social welfare services.
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
This program component is designed to provide military education and training for students to mobilize them for national defense preparedness. This is also a glimpse for young people to see how military life is and encourage them into service.
What is the prime duty of the government to its citizenry?
Government-
· Serve and protect its citizens
Citizens-
· Defend the security of the state
· Citizens to render personal, military or civil service
Recognizing the Role of the Youth Nation-Building
· Promote civic consciousness
· Develop the physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being
· Inculcate the ideals of patriotism and nationalism
· Involvement in public and civic affairs
Program Components:
1) Reserve Officers Training Corps
· Provide military training to tertiary level students
· In order to motivate, train, organize and mobilize them for national defense preparedness
2) Literacy Training Service
· Train students to teach literacy and numeracy skills
· School children, Out-of-School youth and other segments of society
3) Civic Welfare Training Service
· Refers to activities contributory to the general welfare and better of the community by improving health, education, environment, entrepreneurship, safety and recreation and moral values of the citizenry and other social welfare services.
Duration of NSTP components:
· Academic Period of two (2) semesters
· Credited for three (3) units per semester
· Fifty-four (54) to Ninety (90) training hours per semester
Grade Components:
· Quizzes/Tests & Written Outputs - 20%
· Term Examination (Performance or written) - 30%
· Attendance - 50%
· Total - 100%
Attendance Requirements:
1) Students must sign in the attendance log sheet every meeting.
2) Students are required to be in class before the time.
3) A student who has incurred 10 hours of absence shall no longer be allowed to continue the course and shall be given a final grade of 5.0.
4) Students who report to class 15 minutes after the official start of the class will be considered TARDY. Three (3) accumulated tardiness is equivalent to one (1) absence.
5) Students who have failed to meet with their class and facilitator during a community-based activity will NOT be allowed to follow to the said area.
6) Students must inform their instructor via SMS if they will be absent for at least 1 hour before the start of the class. This must be followed by an excuse letter signed by their parent/guardian’s ID (SSS, employment, Passport) to be submitted the following meeting.
Topic 3: CWTS/ROTC Components
S - afety /Security
E - nvironment
R - ecreation
V - alues Formation
I - ndustry & Entrepreneurship
C - are for health
E - ducation
Safety and Security
This area involves disaster preparedness during fire, earthquake or other calamity that needs immediate response from any trained civilians during emergency situations. Basic life-saving seminar, fire drill and the like are some of these examples.
Education
This area involves enhancement of institutional support materials and facilities for the community and school such as providing materials containing basic literacy skills for preschoolers, alternative learning system for out-of-school youths and adults, mathematics and science tutorials and extended services of skilled students.
Recreation
This area involves sports fest, parlor games for street children and painting that enrich youth’s capacities to relate with one another in the community.
Values Formation and Moral Recovery
This involves the development of youth to be good leaders, responsible individuals imbued with good moral values and active agent of development of the community.
Industry and Entrepreneurship
This area includes programs and activities that are vital to economic growth. CWTS students demonstrate technical skills in communities like meat processing, silkscreen making and how to establish small business
Care for Health
This area aims to give knowledge on medical-related fields and extend health services needed in the community. It includes medical services like first aid operation, vaccination, info dissemination, basic life saving seminars, health / nutrition technical assistance and training of youth to be first aid assistants.
Environment
This area inculcates environmental awareness and its contribution to health and related fields. It involves management of waste, environmental protection, dissemination and application of technologies supportive of the community needs and livelihood activities related to environment and other related fields supportive of the national thrusts.
Republic Act 9418, link click here
Thirteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand six.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 9418 April 10, 2007
AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A STRATEGY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT, STRENGTHENING VOLUNTEERISM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known and cited as the "Volunteer Act of 2007".
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It shall be the policy of the State to promote the participation of the various sectors of the Filipino society, and as necessary, international and foreign volunteer organizations in public and civic affairs, and adopt and strengthen the practice of volunteerism as a strategy in order to attain national development and international understanding. The inculcation of volunteerism as a way of life shall rekindle in every Filipino the time-honored tradition of bayanihan to foster social justice, solidarity and sustainable development.
SEC. 3. Statement of Goals and Objectives. – To carry out the foregoing policy, the government shall pursue the attainment of the following goals and objectives:
(a) To provide a policy framework on volunteerism that shall underscore the fundamental principles necessary to harness and harmonize the broad and diverse efforts of the voluntary sector in the country into an integrative and effective partnership for local and national development as well as international cooperation and understanding;
(b) To provide a conducive and enabling environment for volunteers and volunteer service organizations by setting mechanisms to protect volunteers' rights and privileges and give due recognition to highlight their roles and contributions to society; and
(c) To provide an effective institutional mechanism to strengthen the role of the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) to perform its mandates and to oversee the implementation of this Act.
SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. – For purposes of this Act, the following shall mean:
(a) "Volunteerism" refers to an act involving a wide range of activities, including traditional forms of mutual aid and developmental interventions that provides an enabling and empowering environment both on the part of the beneficiary receiving and the volunteer rendering the act, undertaken for reasons arising from sociodevelopmental, business or corporate orientation, commitment or conviction for the attainment of the public good and where monetary and other incentives or reward are not the primary motivating factors.
(b) "Volunteer" refers to an individual or group who for reasons arising from their sociodevelopmental, business and corporate orientation, commitment or conviction, contribute time, service and resources whether on full- time or part-time basis to a just and essential social development cause, mission or endeavor in the belief that their activity is mutually meaningful and beneficial to public interest as well as to themselves.
(c) "Volunteer service organization" refers to a local or foreign group that recruits, trains, deploys and supports volunteer workers to programs and projects implemented by them or by other organizations or any group that provides services and resources, including but not limited to, information, capability building, advocacy and networking for the attainment of the common good.
(d) "Voluntary sector" refers to those sectors of Philippine society that organizes themselves into volunteers to take advocacy and action primarily for local and national development as well as international cooperation and understanding.
SEC. 5. Role and Modalities of Volunteerism in the Private Sector. –
(a) Volunteerism in the academe includes, but is not limited to, provision of technical assistance and sharing of technology within the academic circle, target communities and other clienteles and the upgrading of the quality of education and curriculum methodologies while providing career enhancement and exposure to the volunteers;
(b) Volunteerism in the corporate sector as an expression of corporate social responsibility and citizenship, refers to activities recognized by the company, where employees give their time, skills and resources in the service of the company's internal and/or external communities. These volunteering activities include, but are not limited to, employee giving of material resources to specific causes; employee-led fund-raising; one-time outreach activities; environmental campaign; medical and health related advocacies; knowledge and change management; scholarship programs; and sharing of expertise, particularly of business and developmental skills through mentoring, tutoring, training, business, consulting/advising and rendering of pro bono services on a case-to-case basis; and
(c) Volunteerism by not-for-profit organizations includes, but is not limited to, provision of complementary service delivery and human resource development in underserved communities as well as advocacy and articulation of the cause of the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.
SEC. 6. Role and Modalities of Volunteerism by Foreign Volunteer Organizations. – Volunteerism by foreign volunteer organizations includes, but is not limited to, provision of technical assistance not locally accessible in priority development areas within the framework of technical cooperation and socio cultural exchange.
SEC. 7. Role of the Government. – The government shall coordinate, facilitate and encourage the participation of the voluntary sector in the promotion, utilization and recognition of volunteerism in national development and international cooperation. This shall be achieved through the provision of enabling and conducive environment for volunteer work.
SEC. 8. The Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA). – The PNVSCA created by Executive Order No. 134, as amended, shall undertake the implementation and execution of the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 9. Mandates of the PNVSCA. – The PNVSCA shall have the following functions:
(a) Review and formulate policies and guidelines concerning the national volunteer service program consistent with national development priorities;
(b) Coordinate, monitor and evaluate the national volunteer service program in order that volunteer assistance may fit into the total national development goals;
(c) Act as clearing house for matters pertaining to international volunteer services;
(d) Develop and implement prototypes and models of volunteering for adoption by institutions and communities;
(e) Provide technical services and support for capability building of volunteers and volunteer organizations;
(f) Undertake advocacy for the promotion and recognition of volunteerism as a tool for development;
(g) Establish and maintain a national network of volunteer organizations and serve as liaison between and among local and foreign governmental private voluntary organizations including the United Nations Volunteers (UNV); and
(h) Administer all the PNVSCA funds from all sources including foreign aid in accordance with accounting and auditing requirements. For this purpose, the executive director of the PNVSCA shall submit an organizational plan upon advice of the MultiSectoral Advisory Body to the Department of Budget and Management.
SEC. 10. The MultiSectoral Advisory Body (MSAB). – To assist the PNVSCA, the Body created under Executive Order No. 635 shall be reconstituted with the following members:
(a) The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA);
(b) The Department of Education (DepED);
(c) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA);
(d) The Department of Justice (DOJ);
(e) The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG);
(f) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD);
(g) The Commission on Higher Education (CHED);
(h) The Presidential Management Staff (PMS), Office of the President;
(i) The Representative/s from the corporate sector;
(j) The Representative/s from the private academe sector; and
(k) The Representative/s from the not-for-profit sector. All member government agencies shall be represented at least by an assistant secretary while the private sector agencies shall be represented at least by their highest executive officers. The government agencies shall be permanent members while the representatives from the private sector shall serve for a twoyear term. The chair of the MSAB shall be elected from among the members of the body. The PNVSCA executive director, being an ex officio member, shall serve as the permanent vice chair.
The MSAB may call on representatives of other government agencies and/or the private sector to serve as resource person/s on volunteerism as the need arises.
SEC. 11. Functions of the MSAB. – The MSAB shall have the following functions:
(a) Provide advice in the formulation of policies and guidelines for the national volunteer service program;
(b) Provide consultative and technical advisory services on volunteer matters; and
(c) Serve as a forum to enhance and strengthen linkages between and among volunteer groups and communities.
SEC. 12. Special Provisions. –
(a) Establishment of a National Volunteer Infrastructure and Forum. – The PNVSCA shall develop and establish a system of national registration and networking to improve coordination of volunteers and volunteer service organizations to widen horizon for sharing and complementing information, experiences and resources.
(b) Integration of Volunteerism in the Basic and Higher Education Curriculum. – The DepEd and the CHED shall integrate volunteerism as part of the curriculum in basic and higher education to raise the consciousness of the youth and develop the culture of volunteerism among the citizenry.
(c) Establishment of Volunteer Program in National Government Agencies and Local Government Units (LGUs). – National government agencies and LGUs shall establish volunteer programs in their respective offices to promote and encourage volunteering in government programs and projects as well as enjoin government employees to render volunteer service in social, economic and humanitarian development undertakings in the community.
(d) Recognition and Incentives to Volunteers. – Government agencies and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) implementing volunteer programs are encouraged to develop and provide volunteers recognition and incentive package which may include, but not limited to allowance, insurance, training and the grant of privileges and status to Filipino overseas volunteers at par with Filipino overseas workers.
(e) Visa Privileges for Foreign Volunteers. – Foreign volunteers approved for assignment by the PNVSCA as well as their legal dependents may be entitled to 47 (a) (2) visa with multiple entry privileges and corresponding exemption from visa and immigration fees and other related processing/application fees or charges. Foreign nationals already in the Philippines who have been approved for volunteer assignment by the PNVSCA may avail of the above visa category and privileges upon endorsement by the PNVSCA to the DOJ.
SEC. 13. Institutional Mechanism for Research, Documentation, Recognition and Modeling of Best Volunteer Practices. – To carry out the purposes of this Act, an institutional mechanism shall be established, to be spearheaded and administered by the PNVSCA, for continuing research, documentation, recognition and modeling of best volunteer practices as an important component of implementing development programs and projects and undertaking humanitarian activities. For this purpose, the PNVSCA in consultation with any and all relevant government agencies, NGOs, private institutions and persons shall effect the setting up of the mechanism as well as determine all requirements and, or necessary acts to ensure its effective implementation.
SEC. 14. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The PNVSCA, with advice from the MSAB, shall promulgate the rules and regulations to effectively implement the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 15. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive orders and rules and regulations or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, including Section 12 of Executive Order No. 635 are hereby deemed repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 16. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
MANNY VILLAR
President of the Senate
JOSE DE VENECIA JR.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on April 5, 2006 and February 5, 2007, respectively.
OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary of Senate
ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary General
House of Represenatives
Approved: APR 10, 2007
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
