NSTP Components
NSTP Components
NSTP consists of the following:
1. ROTC, institutionalized under Sections 38 and 39 of
Republic Act No.7077, is designed to provide military training
to motivate, equip, organize, and mobilize the youth for
national defense preparedness. It shall instill in them
patriotism, moral virtues, respect for rights of civilians, and
adherence to the Constitution.
2. LTS is designed to train students to teach literacy and
numeracy skills to school children, out-of-school youth, and
other segments of society in need of such services.
3. CWTS is designed to involve students actively in activities
contributory to the general welfare and the betterment of life
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.
The Department of National Defense (DND), Commission
on Higher Education (CHED), and Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) lead in the implementation and
monitoring of NSTP. Their primary function is to oversee if the
program being conducted in schools is in consonance with the
newly revised IRR dated November 13, 2009.
Coverage of the NSTP Law
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 LTS 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 the are not covered by the
NSTP Law.
5. Private higher educational institutional (HEIs) and
technical vocational educational institutions with at least
350 student cadets may offer ROTC and consequently
establish and maintain a Department of Military Science and
Tactics, which is still subject to the existing rules and
regulations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
NSTP-CWTS Vision
NSTP-CWTS Vision
To train students to become innovators of social change with a
culture of excellence and leaders with integrity, competence, and
commitment to render service to the community.
To develop in the youth the values of patriotism and national
pride, discipline and hard work, integrity and accountability for
nation-building, and volunteerism as valuable and effective
members of the National Service Corps of CWTS.
NSTP-CWTS Mission
NSTP-CWTS Mission
NSTP-CWTS aims to promote and integrate values education,
transformational leadership, and sustainable social mobilization
for youth development, community- building, national renewal,
and global solidarity by:
1. Providing relevant activities that will contribute to the
physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social development of
students
2. Inculcating in students the values of leadership, patriotism,
and social responsibility
3. Training students to become project planners, designers,
and managers of innovative and sustainable community
service-oriented projects
4. Conducting capability enhancements for civic welfare
services geared toward preparing the youth to become results-
oriented social entrepreneurs, volunteers, and a socio
economic mobilizing force that serves communities as value-
driven innovators for progress
5. Working closely with a network of organizations within and
outside the higher education institution
6. Creating opportunities where students can render direct
service to the community.
NSTP-CWTS Core Values
NSTP-CWTS Core Values
NSTP-CWTS fosters the following values:
1. Love of God
2. Human di8nity
3. Discipline, truth, goodness, and social responsibility
4. Awareness, innovation, and creativity
5. Respect, Synergy, and professionalism
6. Excellence and indigenous learning
7. Protection and conservation of the environment
8. Quality service delivery
NSTP-CWTS Minimum Standards
NSTP-CWTS Minimum Standards
NSTP-CWTS helps develop informed and self-reliant
communities by encouraging inter-government agency
cooperation and providing complementary assistance and support
to facilitate socio-economic progress, environmental
management, and delivery of basic services, geared toward
uplifting the well-being of people.
The NSTP-CWTS strategies follow an integrative approach to
community development, which unites the people, local officials,
civic leaders, and non-governmental organizations.
The NSTP-CWTS 1 is a three-unit, non-academic course for
students who opt to take the CWTS component of NSTP. The
minimum standard for NSTP is the development of the common
and specific modules set forth in the IRR. NSTP-CWTS 1 spans a
total of 83 training hours for two semesters and includes seven
topics and a scope of instructions as follows:
1. Self-awareness and values development deal with the
nature of self, personal development. Roots of the Filipino
character, nationalism and patriotism, and good citizenship
values with core Filipino values.
2. Leadership training discusses the concepts of leadership,
human behavior, communication, motivation, teamwork, time
management, and decision- making.
3. Dimensions of development cover global, national and local
issues on (a) health, (b) education (enhancement of
instructional support materials and faculties), (c)
entrepreneurship, (d) recreation, and (e) morals of the
citizenry and other social welfare concerns such as voters'
education and poverty alleviation.
4. Community exposure and agency visits refer to the nature,
development, and approaches in community work and
community-building.
5. Community needs assessment includes knowing the
community and the community needs assessment process,
survey, and actual conduct.
6. Community services dwell on drug education, health
education (medical and dental), environmental education,
entrepreneurship, and culture.
7. Program evaluation tackles the fundamentals,
development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of
the program.
