The National Service Training Program (NSTP) is a civic education and defense preparedness program for students instituted by the Government of the Philippines on November 13, 2009, by virtue of Republic Act 9163, otherwise known as the "National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001."
5-673: The Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) is one of three components of the National Service Training Program , a civic education and defense preparedness program for higher and vocational education students in the Philippines . CWTS activities "are 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
10-677: The "Citizen Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act", was enacted by the 8th Congress of the Philippines on June 27, 1991. The Reservist Act provided for organization, training and utilization of reservists , referred to in the Act as "Citizen Soldiers". The primary pool of manpower for the reservist organization are graduates of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps basic and advance courses. According to
15-612: The "National Defense Act", was enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines on December 21, 1935. It provided for obligatory military service for all male citizens of ages between 18 and 30. Presidential Decree No. 1706, otherwise known as the "National Service Law", was signed into law on August 8, 1980. It made national service obligatory for all Filipino citizens and specified three categories of national service: civic welfare service, law enforcement service and military service. Republic Act 7077, otherwise known as
20-963: The ROTC program component are organized into the Citizen Armed Force, while graduates of the LTS and CWTS program components are organized into the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) administered by the Department of National Defense , the Commission on Higher Education and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority . There have been several legal precedents to the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001. These include: Commonwealth Act No. 1, otherwise known as
25-814: The citizenry". Graduates of the CWTS become members of the National Service Reserve Corps , which may be tapped by the state for the delivery of literacy , civic welfare and disaster risk reduction programs and activities. National Service Training Program Under the NSTP Program, both male and female college students of any baccalaureate degree course or technical vocational course in public or private higher 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: Graduates of
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