NSTPMODULE1CIFG
NSTPMODULE1CIFG
Introduction
The National Service Training Program Civic Welfare Training Program 2 (NSTP-LTS/CWTS
2) will introduce students to their skills through the experiential learning and ethics of service, heart
for nationalism and patriotism are also developed. The course will provide students the fundamental
features and concepts of community engagement or immersion. Emphasis will be given on students
on service in the community. The practicum handouts are creatively developed and designed to
improve their knowledge and skills students outreach practicum.
Discussion
b. As the most valuable resource of the nation, they shall be motivated, trained, organized and
involved in military, literacy, civic welfare programs and other similar endeavors in the service of the
nation.
a. “National Service Training Program’’ (NSTP) – refers to the 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 the three(3) Program components,
specifically designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the general welfare;
c. “Literacy Training Service’’ (LTS) – refers to the Program component designed to train the
students to teach literacy and numeracy skills to school children, out-of-school youths and
other segments of society in need of their services;
d. “Civic Welfare Training Service’’ (CWTS) – refers to the Program component 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 moral of the citizenry and
other social welfare services;
f. “Clustering’’ – refers to the grouping of students enrolled to different schools and taking up
the same NSTP component into one (1) group under the management and supervision of a
designated school;
a. All incoming freshmen students, male and female, starting School Year (SY) 2002-2003,
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.
a.1 Students who finished or graduated from a baccalaureate degree or two year technical
vocational or associate course and pursuing or enrolled in another or additional baccalaureate
degree or two-year technical-vocational or associate course in SY 2003-2004, and;
a.2 Students who completed any of the three NSTP component but considered freshmen to the
course where they transferred or shifted.
b. All higher educational institutions including State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and
technical vocational education institutions must offer upon enrolment, all the three (3) NSTP
components. (However,) State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) are required to provide and
maintain the ROTC component.
c. Program of study (syllabus) and enrolment forms shall bear the “NSTP” without stating
therein the three components. There shall be an orientation for all NSTP enrollees to be jointly
conducted by the ROTC, CWTS, and LTS coordinators/implementers. Students enrolled in
the first semester of the freshman year shall be made to undergo a common module phase
for 25 hours training; drug education; disaster awareness, preparedness and management;
environmental protection; and other national security concerns. Upon completion of the
common module phase, the student must select the specific NSTP program component that
he/she will pursue.
d. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA),
Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) is exempted from the NSTP in view of the special
character of these institutions. Other State Universities and Colleges of similar nature will be
exempted subject to approval of the Department of National Defense.
a. The NSTP shall have the following components which the students can choose from as
defined in Rule II, Section 3 hereof: The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), Literacy
Training Service (LTS), and Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS).
b. All program components; the ROTC in particular, shall give emphasis on citizenship training
and shall instill patriotism, moral virtues, respect for the rights of civilians and adherence to
the Constitution.
c. The CHED, TESDA in consultation with the DND, and PASUC, COCOPEA and other
concerned government agencies, may design and implement such other non-military training
components as may be necessary in consonance with the provisions of R.A. 9163.
d. Within thirty (30) days from the approval of this revised IRR, the CHED, TESDA, and the DND
shall jointly issue the minimum standards for the three (3) NSTP components which shall
form part of these guidelines.
a. Each of the aforementioned NSTP components shall be undertaken for an academic period
of two (2) semesters. It shall be credited for three (3) units per semester, for fifty-four (54) to
ninety (90) training hours per semester.
b. A One (1) Summer Program (OSP) in lieu of the two (2) semester program may be designed,
formulated and adopted by the DND, CHED and TESDA, subject to the capability of the
school and the AFP to handle the same.
c. Earned NSTP units shall not be included in the computation of Grade Point Average (GPA)
grades of college graduating students.
b. The school must allow any NSTP student to cross-enroll in any CHED/TESDA recognized
institution. In cases that enrolment of ROTC Cadets is less than 350 then, the provisions of clustering
in Section 7 of NSTP IRR (RA9163) should be followed.
d. Students intending to cross-enroll shall be subject to the existing rules and regulations of the
school of origin and the accepting school.
A. Management
a.1 The school authorities shall exercise academic and administrative supervision over the
design, formulation, adoption and respective schools, Subject to the provision of this IRR.
a.2 There should be an NSTP Office in each school, college, or university headed by an
NSTP Director or its equivalent position responsible for the implementation of the Program.
Each of the NSTP components is considered a distinct and/or separate unit under the NSTP
office, and the head of the unit shall report directly to the NSTP Director or its equivalent
position
a.3 A functional chart of the NSTP Office shall be structured based on the capability of the
institution to sustain the component program being offered based on the number of enrollees.
a.4 In the case of ROTC, the school authorities and DND, subject to the policies, regulations
and program of DND on the military component of the training, shall exercise joint supervision
over its implementation.
a.5 NGOs contracted by the school must secure a joint accreditation from CHED, DND and
TESDA to formulate and administer training modules for CWTS and LTS component. CHED,
DND and TESDA shall jointly exercise such academic and administrative supervision with
those NGOs. Within forty-five (45) days from approval and issuance of this IRR, the CHED,
TESDA and DND shall issue the necessary guidelines for the accreditation of non-
government organizations (NGOs) and training modules to be utilized by these NGOs.
a.6 The DND shall formulate and administer training modules for the ROTC Program.
B. Monitoring
b.1 An NSTP Joint Committee at provincial, regional and national level shall be created by
Tripartite agreement for monitoring all the program components. In the various institutions.
b.2 CHED/TESDA Regional Offices, and DND-AFP (through the Major Service Reserve
Commands), shall oversee and monitor the implementation of the NSTP under their
respective jurisdiction, to determine if the trainings conducted are in consonance with the Act.
These offices shall submit periodic reports to the NSTP Joint Coordinating Committee.
b.3 An Annual NSTP Performance Evaluation (ANPE) shall be conducted towards the end of
the school year to evaluate and determine the achievement of training objective of the NSTP
three components program.
CHED, TESDA and DND (through Major Service Reserve Commands) shall formulate
respective evaluation parameters on program administration and implementation which shall
jointly form part of the minimum standards.
b.4 At the end of every school year, the Higher Education Institution shall submit an Annual
Report to the CHED Regional Office copy furnished the Office of the Student Service in
electronic template, indicating the following
b.4.2 The programs, projects and activities undertaken with pictorials and documentation as
much as possible, and
The annual report on NSTP by the university or college shall be made available to faculty,
students and the general public in the NSTP Office.
In regions with universities and colleges having two or more campuses, the university
concerned shall consolidate the report before submission to CHED Regional Offices.
b.5 In cases of violations of guidelines, warnings and/or sanctions shall be imposed to schools
and accredited NGOs pursuant to pertinent rules and regulations.
Rule IV
FEES AND INCENTIVE
Section 9. Fees a. No fees shall be collected for any of the NSTP components except basic
tuition which should not be more than fifty (50%) percent of the charges of the school per academic
unit. NSTP tuition collected shall constitute a Trust Fund, which shall be exclusively used for the
operation of the Program.
b. The NSTP fees collected shall constitute a Trust Fund, 70% of which shall be exclusively
used for the operation of the Program. The remaining 30% retained by the school shall serve as
contingency fund especially in support to un-programmed activities not originally included in the
program of expenditures prepared by the ROTC Commandant or CWTS/LTS Coordinator and
approved by the school head.
c. NSTP funds derived from NSTP-related operations shall serve as augmentation to sustain
programmed activities of the NSTP.
d. The unexpected fund balance shall be carried over to the next semester, provided
however, NSTP funds shall not be converted into savings at the expense of the proper
implementation of the program.
e. Subsidies from the government, any legal agency or institution appropriated for NSTP shall
be included in the preparation of the program of expenditure and report on the utilization of funds.
Expenditures/disbursement shall be subjected to periodic audits by the proper school authorities
and concerned NSTP Offices.
g. The NSTP Director or its equivalent shall submit a consolidated comprehensive report on
the utilization of the NSTP Funds by program component to the school head, within 30 calendar
days after the end of every semester.
h. Rental space of school and other similar expenses shall not be charged to NSTP.
A special Scholarship Program and other forms of assistance and incentives for qualified NSTP
students shall be administered by CHED and TESDA, with funds for the purpose to be included in
the annual regular appropriations of the two agencies to the availability of funds.
The college or university may provide scholarship and other forms of assistance and incentives to
qualified and deserving NSTP students, the funding of which shall come from available NSTP funds
of the school.
Personnel involved in the NSTP shall be provided honorarium and other incentives based on the
standard policy set forth by the HEIs.
B. Insurance and Protection
School authorities concerned, CHED and TESDA shall ensure that health and accident group
insurance are provided for students enrolled in any of the NSTP components.
Schools that already provide health and accident group insurance and collect the necessary
fees for the purpose from their students as of the effectivity of this Rules, are deemed to have
complied with this requirement.
Rule V
ORGANIZATION OF NSTP GRADUATES
a. Graduates of the non-ROTC components of the NSTP shall belong to the National Service
Reserve Corps (NSRC) and could be tapped by the State for literacy and civic welfare activities,
especially in times of calamities through the joint efforts of DND, CHED, and TESDA, in coordination
with DILG, DSWD and other concerned agencies/associations.
b. The CHED, TESDA and DND, in consultation with other concerned government and non-
government agencies, shall issue the necessary guidelines for the establishment, organization,
maintenance and utilization of the National Service Reserve Corps.
c. Graduates of the ROTC program shall form part of the Citizen Armed Force pursuant to
RA 7077, subject to the requirements of DND
Rule VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13. Information Dissemination The CHED, TESDA and DND shall provide information
on these Act and IRR to all concerned publics through different modes of disseminating information.
a. Section 35 of Commonwealth Act No. 1, Executive Order No. 207 of 1939, Section 2 and
3 of presidential Decree No. 1706, and Sections 38 and 39 of Republic Act No. 7077, as well as all
laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations and other issuances inconsistent with the provisions of
the Act are hereby deemed amended and modified accordingly.
b. This Rules may be amended, modified, or replaced jointly by CHED, TESDA and DND, in
consultation with PSUC, COCOPEA, NGOs and recognized student organizations
If any section or provisions of this IRR shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid the other
sections or provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
OUTPUT (QUIZ 1)
I. Write on the space provided Agree if the statement is true, Disagree if false. (1pts each)
Agree 1. The prime duty of this act is to secure and protect its citizens.
Agree 2. The vital role of the youth in nation building is to advance their
involvement in public and civic affairs.
Agree 3. NSTP acts to enhance civic consciousness and defense
preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of service and
patriotism while undergoing training on ROTC,LTS and CWTS.
Agree 4. ROTC is designed to provide military training to tertiary level
students in order to motivate, train and organize them to national
defense preparedness.
Agree 5. LTS is designed to train the students to teach literacy and
numeracy skills at school children, out of school youth, and other
segments of the society in need of these service.
Agree 6.CWTS refers to the program of activities of citizenry contributory
to the general welfare and the betterment of life for the number of
the community or endorsement of facilities, especially those devoted
to improving health, education, environment, safety recreations an morals.
Disagree 7. NSTP is requirements for graduation.
Agree 8. NSTP 2 is community immersion.
Agree 9. The latest revised IRR of NSTP took effect on July 21, 2007.
Agree 10. The NSTP office is headed by director.
INPUT:
Community immersion is an essential part of the NSTP course offering in the Higher and Technical
Vocational Educational Institutions both private and public (RA 9163, Sec. &.(. Specifically, it is a
course taken as a sequel of NSTP 1 whether it is on a Semestral basis or taken a s[part of the One
Summer Program. It is a course description for CWTS 2 and LTS 2
Community Immersion concerns can also be addressed through immersion with specific
designed activities related to economic, social, spiritual, etc. Economic aspect particularly connotes
financial management while social aspect deals with people’s interaction and relationship building.
The spiritual aspects can be understood by enhancing the relationship towards the Supreme Being
or GOD.
Community Immersion, as used in the NSTP Training, is an approach of bringing the NSTP
Training, is an approach of bringing the NSTP-CWTS/LTS student trainees to the field to have a feel
of the real life situation of people in the deprived, depressed and under privilege communities and
extend possible assistance for the improvement of the community which will encourage them to
work out things for the benefits of the clientele and for the enrichment of their experiences.
The success of the community immersion of the NSTP Trainees lies in the result of
preparation, support of both the trainers and the people in the community. Lastly, the commitment
of the trainees coupled with the resources are needed in the conduct of the program.
OUTPUT(QUIZ 2)
A. Make a sketch of your community involving yourself and the people in community service
and described the learning you obtained from the activity. On the blanks below briefly
explain your sketch. (20pts)
- PLANTING TREES - Trees are our best friends because they clean the air we breathe.
Likewise, they also clean the water and soil and ultimately make the earth a better place. It
is also a fact that people who live near trees are healthier, fit, and happier than people who
do not. Moreover, it is our responsibility to look after our friends who serve us in many ways.
Most importantly by saving plants, we are not doing any favor to plants but to ourselves only.
Because trees and plants do not depend on us but our lives depend on them.
B. Choose one activity below. From what you have learned about community immersion
, think of an appropriate community immersion project and connect it with community service to
subject learning (vice-versa). On the third column, identify the college or department or any private
institutions that can sponsor it. (10 pts)
INPUT:
Student trainees involved in community immersion are important factors in knowing the nature of
the community they belong and place to serve. This will provide them the opportunity to
understand community situation, problems, concerns, and as a target area for them to be
immersed.
According to Johnson, community is a collective of people with similar interest and goals living in
the same geographic locality or not.
As a trainee, one should be conscious of the elements in order to feel better about one’s
involvement in the community such as population distribution, history, way of living, structure,
income level and occupation of people. One must associate with people and partners in the
community to facilitate implementation of project.
The community as a venue for students for their immersion will allow them to conduct
activities that will let them feel, think, and behave and realize that they are far fortunate than
others, and that they need to do something to help others improve their lives.
To ensure success in conducting community immersion, one must get familiar with all the
dynamics of relating with people, knowing the community immersion and nature of the community.
Hence, there is a need for them to get familiar with the process in conducting community
immersion.
The students in NSTP-both CWTS and LTS, are mandated to take community immersion
covering the period from 54-90 hours as required by law RA 9163.
The community and the students trainees are both benefited in the NSTP community
Immersion project as major factors such as.
⮚ Chance of the trainees to feel, think, and experience people’s lives because of the
opportunity given to see real life situation and to associate with them.
⮚ Opportunity to gain life skills that will make them a better person
In short, community immersion enhances individual in knowing more of oneself and others
and at the same time help improved the quality of life in the community.
DOs DON’Ts
1. Get familiar with the basic Don’t forget to get information from people
information of the locality where you concerned about the community.
conduct your immersion
2. Comply with all preliminary Don’t forget to inform the NSTP office about
requirement by the NSTP office and your whereabouts especially your
community target. community immersion manager in-charge
and parents,
3. Inform the community leaders Don’t just go to the community without the
concerned about the purpose of your approval of the community leaders.
immersion
4. Be courteous with the leaders/people Don’t be boastful. It will create negative
in the community impact of the institution one represents.
5. Bring your own personal need. This Don’t be too dependent to the community in
will be helpful to both of you and the providing your personal needs.
community.
DOs DON’Ts
1. Be truthful and honest to yourself Don’t do anything that destroys you and the
and every person in the community. agency you represent.
2. For security reasons, wear your Don’t forget to inform your presence in the
uniform and ID community to the leaders and people.
3. Get familiar with your daily tasks and Don’t forget to make you project resources
needs in conducting your activities available.
4. Document all the details in the Don’t forget to maintain diary of all
conduct of your project. Complete activities.
the recording of your activities.
5. Make the best you can in working Don’t forget to enjoy your time with the
with the community people. Serve community people.
them well.
DOs DON’Ts
1. Assess the project activities Don’t forget to inform community people
conducted with the leaders/people of the results of your evaluation and at the
in the community. same time inform them about your leaving
the community
2. Make narrative report and present Don’t forget to share a copy of your report
results as final requirement of the to the concerned institution/barangay you
course. have served and the NSTP office.
Getting familiar with the Dos and DON’Ts in community immersion will surely guide you
trainees in making your project successful. It will give you confidence and the community
immersion managers/faculty comfort for the safety of the students.
QUALITIES OF AN EFFECTIVE AND FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKER
(LABUGUEN, 2004)
Having the right qualifications as students-community worker will surely lead one to be
successful in rendering service to target clients and the community.
OUTPUT: (QUIZ 3)
COMPONENT SPECIFIC
ILLUSTRATION
1. Population Transferring
Family to one
place to
another.
2. Past Events And Development Clean And
Green Project.
3. Ways Of Living Of The People Planting
Vegetables to
have food.
4. Occupation And Income Level The income is
Low because of
unemployed
people.
5. Physical, Political And Social Level The officials
helping the
other people
during the
calamities etc.
B. Identify and check the box of the specific stage (Pre,During and After) of
community immersion for each outreach instruction below. (5pts.)
1. Submit waiver, parent’s permit and advance schedule Pre During After
/
2. Once at the outreach site, have a courtesy call to the /
community leader.
C. In the comunity, identify the socio economic, political, cultural, spiritual problems be setting
the area by indicating your response in the circle provided (20 pts.)
POLITICAL ECONOMIC
PROBLEM PROBLEM
poverty,crime,
racism, jobs,
Lack of fund in
Overpopulation
Churches/Chapels
Suggested Readings
1. Manalili, Agulto D(1990) Community Organizing for People’s Empowerment, Quezon City
Kapatiran Kaunlaran Foundaiton, Inc.
2. Regional Association of Implementer in NSTP, 2005. NSTP CWTS Handbook, USL Multi Media
Prod. Center, Cotabato.
3. LAbuguen, Florida Cx; Carmelo J Vidal et.Al., 2008, Towards A Responsive Community Action,
1st Edition, Mutya Publishing House Inc.
4.Scwatz, M. et.al, 1997. How Build the community We Want. The Bay Area Volunteers Handbook,
2nd ed.
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