NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM

Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE – BULAN CAMPUS
Information and Communication Technology Department

National Service
Training Program
Module 3 – Good Citizenship Values

Description
The National Service Training Program is based on
Republic Act 9163 or the National Service Training Program
(NSTP) Act which is signed into law in 2001. This program
seeks to promote civic consciousness among the youth and
develop their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and
social well-being. It also inculcates in the youth patriotism,
nationalism, and advance their involvement in public and
civic affairs. It has three program components namely; (1)
Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS); Literacy Training
Services (LTS); and (3) Reserve Officer’s Training Service
(ROTC)..

Module for: BSCS & BSIS

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A. HISTORICAL AND LEGAL BASES OF NSTP

Module 3 – Good Citizenship Values

I. Learning Activities Assignment and Assessment

Flag Heraldic Code of the Philippines R.A. 8491

For the implementation of the Flag Heraldic Code of the Philippines, the NSTP should be guided with
the following provisions:

SEC. 2 States that it is the policy of the state to prescribe the Code of the National Flag, Anthem, Motto,
Coat-of-Arms and other Heraldic Items and Devices of the Philippines, ensure the promotion
and implementation of its corresponding rules and regulations, and

adopt effective administrative, regulatory, coordinative and supervisory programs and activities,
where appropriate, in conformity with national government policies.

SEC. 4 The Flag Heraldic Code of the Philippines will promote or sustain reverence and respect for
the flag, the anthem and other national symbols, and those which symbolizes the national
ideals and traditions.

DEFINITION OF TERMS. These are the terminologies used in these rules:

1. Military – means all the branches of the Armed Forces of the Philippines including the Philippine
National Police, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and the Bureau of Fire Protection
2. Festoon – to hang in a curved shape between two points as a decoration
3. National Flag – is the National Flag and Ensign of the Philippines, use on land and sea by public,
private and the military and shall refer to the flag or any other design that resembles it as likely to
cause any person to believe that it is the flag or design stated
4. Fly – is the part of the flag outside the hoist or length
5. Symbol – any conventional sign that shows man’s achievement and heroism, identification,
authority and a sign of dignity
6. Half-mast – is the lowering of the flag to the middle of the pole
7. Halyard – the long rope used for raising and lowering the flag
8. Inclement Weather – when there is a typhoon signal raised in a locality
9. National Anthem – the “Lupang Hinirang”, Philippine National Anthem
10. Official Residences – is Malacanang and other government-owned structures where the President
lives, and other structures occupied by the Philippine Consulate or Embassies abroad

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11. Places of Frivolity – places of hilarity marked by or providing boisterous merriment or

recreation
12. Advertisement or Infomercial – these are any information material, printed or through radio,
television and electronic media which seeks to promote individuals, products or services, political
purposes or information campaigns
13. Heraldic Items and Devices – are coat-of-arms, seals, logos, insignia, badges, flashes, patches,
orders and decorations, medals, stars, citations, lapel pins, trophies, dry, wax or wet seals, and
imprints on letterheads, envelops and cards
14. Government Entities – all branches of government, its bureaus and attached agencies,
constitutional offices, government owned and/or controlled corporations, government
financial institutions, state universities and colleges, Armed Forces of the Philippines and its
basic units
15. Vexillary Items – national, local house flags or administrative and corporate organization’s
banner

A. HALF-MAST

SEC. 27 The National Flag should be at half-mast as a sign of mourning on all the buildings and
places where it is displayed on the official day of announcement of the death of the following
officials:
a. The President or former President (10 days);
b. The Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives (7 days);
c. Cabinet Secretaries, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Members of the Senate
and House of Representatives, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines and the Director-General of the Philippine National Police (5 days);
d. Head of National Government Agencies, including Government Owned and
Control Corporations and Government Financial Institutions (3 days)
e. The Commanding Generals of the Philippine Air Force and the Philippine
Army and the Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy (3 days)
f. Governors, Vice-Governors, city and municipal Mayor, city and municipal
ViceMayors (3 days)
g. Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Sangguniang Panlungsod and
Sangguniang Bayan (on the day of interment)
h. Barangay Chairmen and Barangay Councilmen on the day of interment
i. Former National or Local Government Officials, appointive or elective
j. Regional Directors, Superintendents, Supervisors, Principals, Teachers and other school
officials
During calamities and disasters, National Flag shall also be flown at half-mast.

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B. CASKET

SEC. 28 The National Flag may be used to cover the caskets of the dead honored men
(military, veterans of previous wars, National Artists and other civilians) who rendered noble service to
our nation. It should not touch the ground but must be folded solemnly and handed it to the heirs of
the deceased. No object must be placed on top of it except for the religious objects that symbolizes
“God above the country”.

C. PLEDGE TO THE NATIONAL FLAG

SEC. 29 The following shall be the Pledge of Allegiance to the National Flag:
Panunumpa ng Katapatan sa Watawat ng Pilipinas

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Ako ay Pilipino Buong Katapatang nanunumpa Sa watawat ng Pilipinas

At sa bansang kanyang sinasagisag Na may dangal , Katarungan at kalayaan Na
pinakikilos ng sambayanang Maka - Diyos Maka - Tao
Makakalikasan at Makabansa .

This pledge should be recited right after singing the National Anthem with right palm open
and shoulder raised high.

D. PROHIBITED ACTS

SEC. 39 It is prohibited:
a. To mutilate, deface, defile, trample on, cast contempt, or commit any act or omission
casting dishonor or ridicule upon the National Flag or over its surface;

b. To dip the National Flag to any person or object by way of compliment or salute;

c. To use National Flag

1. As drapery, festoon, tablecloth;
2. As covering for ceilings, walls, statues or other objects;
3. As a pennant in the hood, side, back and top of motor vehicles;
4. As a staff or whip;

d. To display the National Flag:

1. Under any painting or picture;
2. Horizontally. It shall always be hoisted aloft and be allowed to fall freely; 3. Below any
platform; or

4. In discotheques, cockpits, night and day clubs, casinos, gambling joints and places of
vice or where frivolity prevails.

E. NATIONAL ANTHEM

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LUPANG HINIRANG
Bayang Magiliw Perlas ng Silanganan,
Alab ng puso Sa Dibdib mo’y buhay.
Lupang Hinirang Duyan ka ng magiting, Sa manlulupig. Di ka pasisiil.
Sa dagat at bundok, Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw,
May dilag ang tula At awit sa paglayang minamahal.
Ang kislap ng watawat mo’y Tagumpay na nagniningning Ang bituin at araw niya, Kailan pa may di magdidilim.

Lupa ng araw , ng luwalhati’t pagsinta , Buhay ay langit sa piling mo , Aming ligaya na pag may mang - aapi , Ang mamatay ng dahil sa iyo .

SEC. 40 -41 The National Anthem should be interpreted in accordance with the musical arrangement
and composition of Julian Felipe with its original lyrics and tempo.

F. NATIONAL MOTTO

SEC. 45 The Philippine National Motto is

G. NATIONAL COAT-OF-ARMS (SAGISAG NG PILIPINAS)

SEC. 46 The National Coat-of-Arms shall have: Paleways of two (2) pieces, azure and
gules; a chief argent studded with three (3) mullets equidistant from each other; and, in point of
honor, ovoid argent over all the sun rayonnant with eight minor and lesser rays. Beneath shall be
the scroll with the words “REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS,” inscribed thereon.

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The eight-rayed sun symbolizes the eight provinces (Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Manila,
Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tarlac) which were placed under martial law by
Governor-General Ramón Blanco during the Philippine Revolution, and the three five-
pointed stars representing the three primary geographic regions of Luzon, Visayas, and
Mindanao.

H. THE GREAT SEAL

The Great Seal should be in circular form with the same

descriptions with the National Coat-of-Arms but without
the scroll and the inscription “Republika ng Pilipinas”. It
should be surrounded by a double marginal circle which
“Republika ng Pilipinas” should appear. The Great Seal
should also bear the National Motto.

I. PENALTIES

Failure or refusal to adhere to the provisions of this act, and/or any violations of these Rules
shall be penalized as stipulated in R.A. 8491.

Progress Assessment (Jingle Composition)

1. Compose a short jingle with a theme on good citizenship. Lyrics could be written
in English, Tagalog or even in Sorsogon dialect.

Format
Song Title Title
Lyrics by: ____________________
(Song Form)
Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2
Note: Each verse should compose of at least 3 lines while Chorus can also
be written with at least 3 lines.

Answer the Progress Assessment question (Jingle

Composition) on the Learning Management System.

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Good Citizenship Values

Filipino Citizenship Values

Every Filipino child needs to be helped in honing his own values, these are consistent with the basic
Filipino values as he grow into a citizen who is “maka-Diyos, maka-tao, makabayan, and maka-
kalikasan”.

The given set of values is inherently within each Filipino. This part of the module aspires to awaken
these values amongst us and hopefully, later on, inspire us to practice it in our everyday lives. These
values, if carried out with one’s heart can serve as a vehicle and reinforcement towards our goal of
realizing social change and progress.
For us to have a better view on the said topic, short stories and activities, conveying and promoting the
said set of values were integrated in this module.

1. Respect for Life

“Treat Life with Respect and Life Itself will Reveal its Beauty to you.”
THE HOUSE OF LIFE An adaptation of Andrew Maria (2004)

The crowd said to the Mystic, “We found a big and beautiful house called Life. Without giving any
thought to whom the House of Life might belong, we rushed inside it. Yet to our dismay, the House of
Life was empty and there was nothing in it. Life is empty, Life has no meaning.”

The Mystic went to the House of Life to see if it really was empty. He knocked on the door before
entering and someone from within opened it. He stayed inside the house for quite some time while the
crowd waited outside. It was already evening when the Mystic went out.

“Is the House of Life empty as we told you?” the crowd questioned him.
The Mystic answered the crowd, “the House of Life is not empty. When I was inside, I saw the most
beautiful rooms with golden chairs, silver tables, and jeweled walls. Above all these, I dined and
conversed with the Master of Life himself.”

“How can that be? The crowd insisted. “When we were inside the House of Life, it was empty,
yet now you tell us that it is not.”

The Mystic rebuked the crowd, “You found the House of Life empty because you did not knock before
you entered it. You rushed into life even without knocking, as if the house belonged to you. The Master
of Life, seeing that you lacked respect for life and reverence for it, took away its beauty because you
would not know how to use it. You are proud and vain as if you are the master of your own life. For this
reason, the Master of Life gave you the House of Life to look at but not to live in. If only you had

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knocked before you entered, then you would have seen the beauty I saw and conversed with the Master
of Life himself.”

“Tell us please,” the crowd begged the mystic, “what does it mean to knock on the Door of Life?”

The Mystic solemnly spoke, “to knock on the door of Life is to be humble enough to accept that the
house does not belong to you but to the Master. “To knock on the door of life is to seek the Master of
the House and not the treasure in the House. To knock on the Door of Life is to wait with patience for
the Master to open it from within and not to force it from the outside. To knock on the Door of Life is
to follow the statutes and commandments of the Master of Life.”

“To knock on the Door of Life is to pray to the Master of Life that you may love him since he not only
owns the house but your very selves as well.”

They left the Mystic after they heard this. The crowd returned to the House of Life and they knocked
before entering. The Master of the House of Life opened it from within. Once inside, the crowd saw the
beautiful things the Mystic had seen. But most of all, they were able to dine and converse with the
Master of Life himself.
Life, after all, is not empty.

2. Concern for the Family and the Future Generations

FATHER’S MISTAKE - NO TIME

An adaptation of Bel San Luis (2004)

One night, a father came to a parent-teacher conference in a city high school. During a talk with one
of his son’s teachers, the father broke down and began to cry.
After he regained his composure, the father apologized, saying, “My son no longer lives with me.
But I still love him and I want to know how he’s doing in school.”

The father then told the teacher how his wife and four children had left him that afternoon.

He was a building contractor and sometimes worked sixteen hours a day. Naturally, he saw little of his
family, and then slowly grew farther and farther apart.
Then the father said something sad. He said: “I wanted to buy my wife and kids all the things I had
dreamed of giving them. But in the process, I got so involved in working that I forgot about what they
needed most: a father who was around at nights to give them love and support”.

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3.Truth
THE THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES (2004)

Lies are said in the place of truth …

Why not prefer to tell the truth than settle for a lie?

There are no half - truths or white lies … It’s

either you say the truth or tell a lie!

A million lies cannot make up a single truth … You

can never transform a lie into truth.

It’s easier to tell the truth than tell a lie … With the
truth, you merely have to state the facts:
With lies, you’d have to cook up a thousand alibis.

You’ll know when your lies have caught up with you …

When you begin to believe in them as being the truth.

In the end, we find but a single truth about lies :

That there is No Truth and No Good in Lies.

4. Justice

TO EVERY MAN HIS DUE

An adaptation from Institute for Development Education Center for Research and Communication
(2004)

There was once a poor farmer who would come to town every day in order to supply a baker with
homemade bibingka. In exchange for five pounds of bibingka, the baker would give the farmer five
pounds of bread for his family.

One day, the baker decided to weigh the bibingka. He discovered that the bibingka was one pound
short. This made the baker very angry, and he accused the farmer of having cheated him.

But the farmer very calmly declared, “You see sir, I am very poor and have no weights at home. So I
take the five pounds of bread you give me and use it as a standard. In this way, I can be sure of giving
you an equal amount of bibingka.”

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5.Equality

SKULLS
An adaptation of Andrew Maria Almonte (2004)

One day, a group of skulls in the cemetery had a conversation.

“Hey,” said a skull to another, “who were you when you were alive?”

“I was a king,” answered the skull with an air of pride.

“Yes, I was once his slave,” replied another skull. “He was a tyrant, a ruthless, merciless king!”

“How dare you speak about me like that!” countered the king-skull. “I am your king, remember?”

“Shut-up!” shouted the slave-skull. “You are no longer my king nor am I your slave anymore! We are
the same now-rotten skulls!”

6. Promotion of the Common Good

A CHINESE LEGEND
An adaptation of Benigno P. Beltran (2004)

Once upon a time, in the western Kingdom, lay a beautiful garden. And there, in the cool of the day
was the Master of the garden want to walk. Of all the denizens of the garden, the most beloved was a
gracious and noble bamboo. Year after year, Bamboo grew yet more noble and gracious, conscious of
his master’s love and watchful delight, but modest and more gentle withal. And often, when the wind
revel to the garden, Bamboo could cast aside his grave stateliness, to dance and play right merrily,
tossing and swaying, leaping and bowing in joyous abandon, leading the Great Dance of the Garden
which most delighted the Master’s heart.

One day, the Master himself drew near to contemplate his Bamboo with eyes of curious expectancy.
And Bamboo, in a passion of adoration, bowed his great head to the ground in loving greeting. The
Master spoke: “Bamboo, Bamboo, I would use thee.” Bamboo flung his head to the sky in utter delight.
The day of days had come, the day for which he had been made, the day for which he had been
growing hour by hour, this day in which he would find his completion and his destiny. His voice came
low: “Master, I am ready. Use me as thou wilt.”

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“Bamboo”- the Master’s voice was grave- “I would fain take thee and cut thee down!” A trembling of
great horror shook Bamboo.

“Cut… me… down! Me… who, Master, has made the most beautiful in thy entire garden…to cut me
down! Ah, not that, not that. Use me for thy joy, O Master, but cut me not down.”

“Beloved Bamboo” – the Master’s voice grew graver still – “If I cut thee not down, I cannot use thee.”
The garden grew still. Wind held his breath. Bamboo slowly bent his proud and glorious head. There
came a whisper: “Master, if thou cannot use me if though cut me not down… then… do thy will and cut.”

“Bamboo, beloved Bamboo, I would… cut thy leaves and branches from thee also.” Master, Master,
spare me. Cut me down and lay my beauty in the dust; but wouldst though take from me my leaves
and branches also?” “Bamboo, alas, if I cut them not away, I cannot use thee.” The sun hid his face. A
listening butterfly glided fearfully away. And Bamboo shivered in terrible expectancy, whispering low:
“Master, cut away.”

“Bamboo, Bamboo, I would yet… cleave thee in twain and cut thine heart, for if I cut not so, I cannot
use thee.” Then Bamboo bowed to the ground. “Master, Master… then cut and cleave.” So the Master
of the garden took Bamboo and cut him down and hacked off his branches and stripped off his leaves
and cleaved him in twain and cut out his heart. And lifting him gently carried him to where there was a
spring of fresh, sparkling water in the midst of his dry field. Then putting one end of broken bamboo in
the spring, and the other end into the water channel in his field, the Master laid down gently his beloved
Bamboo. And the spring sang welcome and the clear, sparkling waters raced joyously own the channel
of Bamboo’s torn body into the waiting fields. Then the rice was planted, and the days went by, and
the shoots grew and the harvest came.

In that day was Bamboo, once glorious in his stately beauty, yet more glorious in his brokenness and
humility. For in his beauty he was life abundant, but in his brokenness he became a channel of abundant
life to his Master’s world.

7.Concern for the Environment (This part will be discussed in the next module).

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/ hort Quiz

(Assignment) Concepts / Elements of Volunteerism

Write a reflection paper for each story on good citizenship values in a short bond paper.

A reflection paper is your opinion on what you think about the given reading material. That
doesn’t mean you can wing it though. You got to back up those opinions with EVIDENCE.

Reflection papers are more than just an assignment. They help you grow as a person. In
today’s crazy world, we are bombarded by inputs all day long. Most of the time, we don’t
have the capacity to stop to analyze how we feel about them.

Good reflection paper:

✅ Includes specific stories from the writer’s life
✅ It starts with a clear theme followed by supporting ideas
✅ Use quotes to support their thoughts, feelings, and ideas
✅ It shows how the assignment inspired deep insights and personal growth

Answer the Assessment (Assignment/Homework) on the

Learning Management System.

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