REVIEWER
HISTORY AND LEGAL BASES
National Service Training Program (NSTP)
Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9163
 known as the NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING
PROGRAM (NSTP) Act of 2001
 in consultation with CHED, TESDA, DND, PASUC
and Non-Government Organization
President Manuel L. Quezon (1935).
1. Commonwealth Act NO.1
 known as National Defense Act (an act to
provide national defense of the Philippines)
where NSTP started
 Requires college students, specifically males to
finish 2 years or 4 semesters of Military Training
 amended on August 8, 1980 to give existence to
Presidential Decree No. 1706 or National
Service Law (mandates compulsory national
service to all citizens of the country)
2. National Service Law
Three main components:
1. CIVIC WELFARE SERVICE (CWS)
2. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE (LES)
3. MILITARY SERVICE
President Corazon C. Aquino
Presidential Memorandum Order NO.1
 the implementation of the National Service Law
except the provisions of Military Service was
suspended and it became Basic Reserve Officer
Training Corps (ROTC) on S.Y. 1986-1987.
Mark Welson Chua
 19 years old, Engineering student at University
of Santo Tomas (UST)
 found dead on March 18, 2001.
 wrapped in a carpet and floating in the Pasig
River
 Reportedly, a victim of illegal ROTC practices
leads to a massive protest of the college
students and concerned parents against the
ROTC Program.

aimed at enhancing civic consciousness and
defense preparedness in the youth by
developing the ethics of service and patriotism,
undergoing training in any of the three program
components
 to enhance the youth active contribution to the
general welfare
Three Components:
1. LITERACY TRAINING SERVICE (LTS)
 designed to train the students
to teach literacy and numeracy
skills to school children, out of
school youths and other
segments of society.
2. CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING
SERVICE(CWTS)
 the students would undergo
lectures and activities
contributory to the general
welfare and betterment of life
or the members of the
community and to render
services.
3. RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS
(ROTC)
 designed to provide military
training to motivate, train
organize and mobilize them for
national defense preparedness.