NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING
SERVICE PROGRAM                                COVERAGE
       LEGAL BASIS                                             1. All incoming freshmen students, male or female
                                                                   starting 2002-2003 enrolled in any
           Republic act no. 7077 & PD No. 1706
                                                                   baccalaureate and in at least 2 years course or
              Which provide military training to
                                                                   associate courses is required to complete one
              tertiary level students to prepare them
                                                                   (1) component as a requirement for graduation.
              for military preparedness, was amended
              by:
                                                               DURATION AND EQUALENT COURSE UNIT
           Republic Act No. 9163- or NATIONAL
                                                                  1. It shall be for two semesters with three
              SERVICE TRAINING Act called
                                                                      units per semester for 54 hours to ninety
              NATIONAL TRAINING SERVICE
                                                                      training per semester curricular program
              PROGRAM ( NSTP- Act of 2001)
                                                                  CWTS=Minimum of 54 HOURS maximum of
           What is this policy?
                                                                  90 HOURS..
              -it is the prime duty of the government
              to protect its citizens and it shall be the         FIRST SEMESTER
              responsibility of all citizens to defend               1. Orientation on the NSTP RA 9163 and
              the security of the state and in                            Guidelines
              fulfillment thereof, the government must               2. Self- awareness and values development
              require each citizens to render personal,              3. Basic Leadership Training
              military or civil service.                             4. Dimensions of Development:
           What is the role of the state?                                GLOBAL/NATIONAL/LOCAL
              -it shall promote civic consciousness                       =health education
              among the youth                                             =safety recreation
              -it shall develop physical, moral                           =morals of citizenry
              intellectual and                                            =improvement of health facilities
              - Social well being among the youth                         =protection of environment
              -inculcate patriotism, nationalism and                      =livelihood
              advance involvement in Public and civic                5. Community Needs Assessment
              affairs.                                               6. Practicum
       What should the government do? How?                       SECOND SEMESTER
       The youth are motivated, trained, organized and               1. Continuation of Instruction
       mobilized:                                                    2. Basic Social Mobilization Concept
           Literacy training                                        3. Practicum Work plan Implementation
           Civic welfare military training                          4. Evaluation
           Military training                                   ISSUES AND CONCERNS: YOU MUST BE
DEFINITION OF TERMS                                             AWARE OF…!!!
NSTP – NATIONAL SRVICE TRAINING PROGRAM                          1. The three year global campaign to climate
                                                                     change
        -It has   three components namely:
                                                                 2. The ecological solid waste management act
 A. MILITARY TRAINING – CALLED THE                               3. The educators and the environment-founder
           RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS
         (ROTC FOUND IN RA 7077 SECTIONS 38 & 39).                   of greenbelt movement in Africa
        -that provides military training tertiary levels for     4. The state of the Philippine Environment
        NATIONAL DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS                            5. What about our Philippine Population?
B. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE (LES)                                 6. The Philippine Population Growth Rate
           - Contributes to the maintenance of peace and         7. The Philippine Annual Birth Growth Rate
        order enhances public safety and encourages              8. The Philippine Annual Death Rate
        observance and compliance of the law                     9. Urbanized Philippine
C. CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING SERVICE (CWTS)                         10. Poverty in the Philippines
        - Contributes to the general welfare and                 11. Urban Revolution
betterment of life for the community members or                  12. Garbage Everywhere…Solutions, anyone?
enhance the facilities especially for the improvement of         13. Environment and the Education Sector
health education, safety, recreation, livelihood and             14. Environmental Ethics: How humans view
morale of the citizenry and the protection of the                    nature
environment.                                                     15. Man is the problem
D. TRAINEE is the individual student undergoing                  16. Are we taking care of our children?
instructor or practice in any of the NATIONAL                    17. Man needs to live in harmony with nature
SERVICE PROGRAMS                                                 18. In the past humans respect nature
E. OPTIONAL ROTC- the student may choose any of                  19. Present aim for sustainable development
the components                                                   20. Citizen participation in governance
F. PROGRAM COMPONENTS – refers to the service                    21. Why investors shy away from the
component of the NSTP                                                Philippines?
G. CLUSTERING – group of students taking the same                22. Transparency: the 3 R’S respect,
component                                                            responsibility, re-kindle the BAYANIHAN
H. CROSS ENROLMENT- a student maybe allowed to                       SPIRIT
enroll in the NSTP component in another school.
23. Dirty Environment: can you feel the LAW?        = SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT has been
24. Role of the academe in the SWM (SOLID           the core of the global diplomacy and negotiation
    WASTE MANAGEMENT)                                Since the UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
25. Solid waste is a resource                       AND DEVELOPMENT or the FIRST EARTH
26. Waste minimization                              SUMMIT HELD AT Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in
27. CWTS students and the SWM                       1992. In that conference more 100 countries
28. Know the prohibited acts in the community       agreed to adopt the Agenda 21, the
29. Jurisdictional requirement                      Comprehensive global programmed of action for
30. Fines and penalty                               sustainable development.
31. Citizens suit ( rights of citizens against      Immediately after the Earth Summit we, in the
    violators of the law)                           Philippines developed and started implementing
32. Republic act 9003-NO SACRED COW                 the Philippines Agenda 21(PA21)
    (EXEMPTION)
33. Change starts from each one of us               = BUT how many Filipinos shared this vision?
                                                    And more importantly, how many appreciate it
34. Small steps but great start                     and are now contributing to its realization? How
35. Very important: GO GREEN...NOW make             many make it possible to achieve such a
    greed, apathy and ignorance things of the       physical environment?
    past..understand our role in planet earth       CAN WE SEE THE FOLLOWING VISIONS?
                                                        - FRESH clean air
36. When do we say enough is                            - Green mountains and surroundings
    E...N...O...U...G...H..?                            - Clean water
37. Law and Discipline                                  - Rich farm land
38. Caring for the earth is a shared                    - Nature in equilibrium, free to regenerate
    responsibility                                          itself
39. Together...we can make a big difference             - Well-managed garbage
40. Come... join solve global climate change            - Squatter free land
                                                        - Planted trees
DESPITE MAN’S ASSAULT, BEAUTIFUL                        - Well cared animals
MARINE LIFE STILL EXISTS IN MANY                        - Pasig river as front door of development
PARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES. BUT FOR                       - A botanical city
HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? THE                              - Economic development goes with social
PHILIPPINE’S BLESSINGS OF RICH                              progress and environment protection
MARINE RESOURCES CONTINUE TO BE                         - Government uses taxes to maintain a
THREATENED BY LACK OF SUSTAINED                             clean environment
ATTENTION.                                              - Business companies contribute to
                                                            sustainable development through job
= Our vision for the Philippine is a Filipino               and     wealth,    creation      in    an
nation where economic development goes                      environmentally sound manner
together with social progress and environmental         - The rights of the indigenous people to
protection, where everyone works hard. To                   their ancestral lands and domains are
maintain the productivity of natural resources              recognized and they are given the
while improving the quality of the environment,             chance to be stewards of those assets
and where business community contributes to             - Rich and poor strive for the same goals,
sustainable development through job and wealth              although through different means
creation in a environmentally sound manner.             - Man cares and cultivates for the
Governor Garcia’s project is creation of wealth             environment
and alleviation of poverty in Cebu.
                                                        ARE      ALL     THESE    VISION
= Our environment provides the basic                    ATTAINABLE?     YES    IF  ONLY
necessities for survival-the air we breathe, the        FILIPINOS WIIL WORK TOGETHER TO
water we drink, the food we eat and the                 MAKE THEM COME TRUE
materials we need to grow and experience good
quality of life. Hence, we must develop, produce        Ang pangarap ko ay isang Pilipinas nabalik
and consume resources to meet our needs                 kalikasan, isang Pilipinas na walang basura,
without harming our environment and without             sapagkat ang Inang ay hindi lumikha ng
undermining the capability and rights of others –       basura. “ Basura ko responsibilidad ko,
within our generation and beyond –to meet heir          Basura mo, responsibilidad mo, Basura
own     needs.     This    is   SUSTAINABLE             natin, responsibilidad natin”
DEVELOPMENT.
     Our dream of the Philippines… where people         In September 2002, the second earth summit, the
     learn from good example about the many ways        UN WORLD SUMMIT for sustainable
     to care for our environment, behave socially       development or WSSD reviewed the actions taken
     responsible, and act with integrity for the good
                                                        sp far on AGENDA 21, THE accomplishments
     of all.
                                                        and the areas for further efforts. It produced a plan
         THE 4 PRINCIPLES         OF   SUSTAINABLE      of Implementation that is expected to move and
         DEVELOPMENT:                                   guide the world further in the path to sustainable
            1. The principle     of responsibility-to   development. The plan covers a wide range of
                  help create a sustainable world       issues, particularly on the key topics of:
             2.   The principle of participation-       WATER, ENERGY, HEALTH AGRICULTURE
                  active involvement in the             OR WEHAB (water, energy, health, agriculture
                  development to the best of our        biodiversity) and the cross cutting concerns of
                  talents and capabilities              globalization, corporate accountability and
             3.   The principles of contribution-       governance
                  reaping only what we pay for in
                  whatever possible means                      -despite these two summits, other related
             4.   The principle of helping others to    events and efforts to promote and adopt
                  ensure the continuity of the          sustainable development, public understanding of
                  development process                   the term is still limited. But it is increasing.
                                                               - we are still to have a transformative change
                                                        to attain it.
     If mother earth has to sustain mankind, then
     mankind should protect her from                       THE FF. ARE THE KEYS ELEMENTS TO
     degradation. A destructive mankind inherits                 ATTAIN REAL SUSTAINABLE
     a non-productive earth. Environmental                               DEVELOPMENT
     protection and equitable distribution of               1. Caring for and harnessing the environment
     productive land are the wings for soaring                  to address poverty and deprivation
     toward sustainable development.                        2. Acting responsibly as good citizens and
                                                                stewards of the environment
     WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?                               3. Doing business with due regard to
     The Book of Genesis tells us the story of                  environment social responsibility
     creation-how God made the earth and                    4. Undertaking sustainable agriculture
     everything in it-the sea, the sky, the                 5. Practicing principles that make sustainable
     mountains, the plants, the animals and in the              development way of life
     end. He looked at what He made and found               6. Distributing productive land equitably
     them good.                                             7. Aiming for cleanliness with emphasis on
     In chapter 2, verses 8-9 and 15, it says “THE              waste prevention and waste segregation at
     LORD PLANTED THE GARDEN. OUT                               the source
     OF THE GROUND THE LORD GOD                             8. Promoting people’s awareness and
     MADE VARIOUS TREES GROWS THAT                              appreciation of a healthy environment
     WERE BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD AND                           9. Nurturing the positive elements of out
     GOOD FOR FOOD. THEN HE PLACED                              culture
     MAN IN THE GARDEN TO CULTIVATE                         10. People working together in a participatory
     IT AND CARE FOR IT.                                        process.
     =It is not our dream that one day will come             ENVIRONMENT IS LIFE. CARING FOR
     when the rights of the indigenous people in             ENVIRONMENT IS CARING FOR LIFE.
     Cordilleras to their ancestral lands and                NATURE PROVIDES WITH
     domains shall truly be recognized. And that             EVERYTHIMG WE NEED TO SUSTAIN
     dynamic        multi-ethnic    communities              A GOOD LIFE. LET US NOT ABUSE IT.
     promoting a culture based sustainable                   LET US NOT DESTROY IT.
     development in Mindanao be possible
                                                             QUESTIONS:
     PSALM 24 verse 1 of the BIBLE says’ the
     world and all in it belong to the Lord. The                 1. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT OUR
     earth and all who live on it are His.                          ENVIRONMENT IS NOW IN A
                                                                    CRITICAL STATE? WHY OR
 = as good citizens of the earth and as stewards of                 WHY NOT?
God’s riches, our responsibility. Is to help protect             2. DO WE NEED FOREIGN LOANS
environment. We must do so not only for                             TO CLEAN IT?
ourselves but for the future generations that will               3. HOW CAN NSTP-CWTS 1
come after us.                                                      STUDENTS SERVE THE
                                                                    COMMUNITY?