TOPIC 1 - NSTP LEGAL BASIS WHO ARE COVERED OF NSTP?

NSTP AIMS: A. All incoming freshmen students, male, female, starting

school year (SY) 2002-2003, enrolled in any baccalaureate and
• To include civic consciousness and defense preparedness in at least two (2) year technical- vocational or associate
in the Filipino youth. courses, are required to complete one (1) NSTP component of
• To develop the ethics of service and patriotism. their choice, as a graduation requirement.
LEGAL BASIS B. All higher and technical-vocational education institutions
What is the legal basis of the National Service Training must at least offer one (1) of the NSTP components.
Program (NSTP)?
C. State universities and colleges (SUC‟s), shall offer the ROTC
The National Service Training Program (NSTP) Law or RA 9163 component and at least one (1) other NSTP component.
also known as “An Act Establishing the National Service
Training Program (NSTP) for tertiary level students, amending D. The Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine
for the purpose Republic Act No. 7077 and Presidential Decree Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA), Philippine National
No. 1706, and for other purposes.” was enacted last January Police Academy (PNPA), and other SUC‟s of similar nature, in
2002 to amend the Expanded ROTC. This program aimed to view of the special character of these institutions, are
enhance civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the exempted from the NSTP.
youth by developing the ethics of service and patriotism while
E. Private higher education and technical-vocational education
undergoing training in any of its three (3) program
institutions with at least 350 student cadets may offer the
components, specifically designed to enhance the youth’s
ROTC component and consequently establish / maintain a
active contribution to the general welfare.
Department Of Military Science and Tactics (DMST), subject to
What are the components of the NSTP? the existing rules and regulations of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP).
1. Reserve Officer’s Training Corps [ROTC] - refers to the
program component, institutionalized under Section 38 and 39 COVERAGE OF NSTP LAW
of Republic Act No. 7077, designed to provide military training
•All students, both male and female
to motivate, train organize and mobilize them for national
•enrolled in any baccalaureate degree or two-year technical-
defense preparedness.
vocational or non-degree courses
2. Civic Welfare Training Service [CWTS] - refers to the •public and private schools must complete one NSTP
program component or activities contributory to the general component of their choice for two semesters as graduation
welfare and the betterment of life for the members of the requirement.
community or the enhancement of its facilities, especially •All higher and technical-vocational institutions, public &
those devoted to improving health, education, environment, private, must offer at least one NSTP component.
entrepreneurship, safety, recreation and moral of the citizenry •State universities and colleges (SUCs) must offer ROTC and at
and other social welfare services. least one other NSTP component, namely LTS or CWTS.

3. Literacy Training Service [LTS] - refers to the program

component designed to train the students to teach literacy and NSTP VISION
numeracy skills to school children, out-of-school youth and
other segments of society in need of their services. • To train students to become innovators of social change
with a culture of excellence and leaders with integrity,
IMPLEMENTING & MONITORING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES competence, and commitment to render service to the
community.
• To develop in the youth the values of patriotism and
national pride, discipline and hard work, integrity &
accountability for nation-building, and volunteerism as
valuable and effective members of the National Service
Corps of CWTS.

NSTP MISSION
Inculcating in students :
•Values of leadership
•Patriotism
•Social responsibility.
•Training students to become project planners, designers,
The primary function is to oversee if the program being managers of innovative and sustainable community service-
conducted in schools. oriented projects.
•Conducting capability enhancements for civic welfare 4. Every person is intrinsically a social being and cannot detach
services himself/herself from other creatures in the universe. By
•Results-oriented social entrepreneurs nature, he/she characterized by his/her relationships with
•Volunteers other creatures, objects, or his/her fellowmen.
•Social-economic mobilizing force that serves communities
•Innovators for progress 5. All living things are sexual by nature, but the uniqueness of
•Working closely with a network of organizations expression of a person’s sexuality makes him/her different.
•Creating opportunities The expression of person’s emotions, attitudes, feelings,
action, and thoughts in sexual activity best exemplifies his/her
uniqueness from animals.
NSTP-CWTS CORE VALUES

• Love of God CHARACTERISTICS OF A HUMAN PERSON

• Human dignity • Is a rational being.
• Discipline • Is free to think and has a capacity to reason and distinguish
• Truth between right and wrong.
• Goodness • Is born free.
• Has the freedom to do or not to do things but responsible
• Social responsibility
for his/her action.
• Awareness
• Human person is unique.
• Innovation and creativity
• Possesses an identity that makes him/her unlike any other
• Respect
person.
• Synergy and professionalism
• Even if the two persons have the same characteristics and
• Excellence and indigenous
physical features, they are not same because each one has
• learning
his/her own perception, and a different set of values and
• Protection and conservation
priorities in life.
• of the environment
• Every person is intrinsically a social being and cannot
• Quality service delivery. detach himself/herself from other creatures in the
universe.
TOPIC 2 - HUMAN NATURE
• Characterized by his/her relationships with other
creatures, object, or his/her fellowmen.
WHAT IS HUMAN PERSON?
• Expression of a person’s emotion, attitudes, feelings
• "Human Person as having physical, spiritual, emotional,
actions, and thoughts in sexual activity best exemplifies
and intellectual attributes."- Estañol (2009)
his/her uniqueness from animals.
• "Human Person as having physical and spiritual substance
because he/she has a soul and is created by a Superior BIBLICAL VIEW
Being with divine purpose." - St. Thomas Aquinas
• "Human Person as a “self-conscious animal”- Dictionaries • The human person has superiority and dignity inherited
from the Supreme Being.
According to BABOR 2007
• God created man and woman in His own image and
The Human Person: Not Real, But Existing, discusses the
likeness and made them masters of the fish of the sea,
several characteristics of a human person, namely:
birds, the heaven, the earth, the wild beasts, and all the
reptiles that crawl upon the earth.
1. A Human person is a rational being. He/She is free to think
• Entrusted the care of creatures on the earth, aware of the
and has the capacity to reason and distinguish between right
possibilities, challenges, and difficulties he/she will
and wrong.
encounter in his/her life.
• Designated by God to exercise dominion over other
2. Human person is born free. He/She has the freedom to do
creatures in his/her everyday use of freedom.
or not to do things. However, every person is responsible for
his/her own action.
PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS
3. A human person is unique. He/she possesses an identify
• According to Protagoras, a human person is the measure
that makes him/her unlike any other person. Generally
of all things that exist and of all things that do not exist.
speaking, even if two persons have the same characteristics
and physical features, they are not the same because each one • Plato claimed that the perfect human being does not exist
in this world because what is in this world is just an
has his/her own perception, and different set of values and
imperfect copy of humanity’s original self in the realm of
priorities in life.
ideas.
• Parmenides posited that a person has knowledge of
something that exist, for a person who does not exist is
nothing.
• A human person like other animals has external and
internal organs.
• A human being evident share thoughts and ideas with
others.

MAGUIGAD
• Conservative is not entirely positive and definitely non-
egalitarian.
• Liberalism has a more egalitarian view of human nature.
• Socialism the human being readily engages in cooperative
social activities when given the opportunity.
• Fascism holds that matters most is the country itself.

CLASSICAL GREEK VIEWS

• Human person as a rational animal. TOPIC 3 - VALUES DEVELOPMENT FOR CITIZENSHIP TRAINING
• An animal’s vegetative sensory and rational element is
integrated within his/her being. VALUES DEVELOPMENT FOR CITIZENSHIP
• Is a material body and spiritual being.
• As vegetarian creature the human person needs to have Permanence is an essential feature of “core values”. Those
food to grow, development, and reproduce. articulated by our revolutionary forebears still hold for us
• As a sentient being he/she needs sensory perceptions to today. We do subscribe to love of God, of country, and of
gain knowledge. fellow citizens. But ways of expressing the same core values
• As a rational animal needs the power of thought, reason, may change over time.
and cognition.
In the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the values of the Filipino
SOCIOLOGICAL VIEWS people are scattered in various articles and sections of the
• A perspective is a particular way of looking at and seeing Charter. But primarily, we would see them in the Preamble, as
something. well as the Article on Principles & State policies.
• A human beings behave in a social way.
PREAMBLE
• It refers to human behavior
We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of
• Human persons are social
Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society and
establish a Government that embody our ideals and
PROPOSE COMMON IDEAS ABOUT HUMAN PERSON
aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop
• Human persons are social animals.
our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the
• Human person’s social behavior is learned, not instinctive. blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of
• Human person’s social belong to the group of people. law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and
• Sociology is a discipline that looks into the totality of peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.
relationship in an individual’s life.
One material written by Dr. Mina Ramirez claims that the 5
HIERARCHY OF NEEDS Filipino core values are:
• Physiological needs include the biological and basic needs • Mapagpasalamat
such as water and clothing. • Matatag
• Safety needs include security and protection from physical • Masigsig
and emotional harm. • Mapagmalasakit
• Self-esteem needs include affection, sense of belonging, • Magalang.
and friendship, which people seek to overcome feelings of
loneliness and alienation. Another material, the wikipilinas org, says that the core values
• Self-esteem needs include achievement, mastery, and of the Filipinos are:
confidence derived from recognition, respect, and • Family • Flexibility
attention. Centeredness • Loyalty
• Self-actualization means a person has reached the peak of • Politeness • Hardwork
his/her potential
• Hospitality • Resignation.
• Gratitude
• Shame
10 FILIPINO VALUES 6. PAKIKIPAGKAPWA-TAO
This is the shared sense of identity and consciousness of the
1. COMPASSIONATE ‘other’. It means treating others with respect and dignity as an
A Filipino trait of being sympathetic to others even if the equal, not someone below the individual.
person is a stranger. An example of this is giving alms to
beggar. This is observed when we hear Filipinos saying 7. FLEXIBILITY, ADAPTABILITY, CREATIVITY
“kawawa naman or nakakaawa naman”. Studies show that Filipinos often have an aversion to a set of
standardized rules or procedures; They are known to follow a
Natural Clock or Organic sense of time- doing things in the time
2. HARD WORK AND INDUSTRY they feel is right. They are present-oriented: which means that
With resourcefulness comes hard work. Filipinos are very one attends to a task or requirement at the time it is needed
determined and persevering in accomplishing whatever they and does not worry much about future engagements. This
set their minds to. Filipinos over the years have proven time allows the Filipino to adapt and be flexible in doing the tasks at
and time again that they are a people with an industrious times not bound to a particular schedule or timeframe. This
attitude. Sadly, this is seen by others as Filipinos being only allows them think on their feet and be creative in facing
useful as domestic helpers, working abroad to help their whatever challenge or task they have even when it is already
families in the country. This is also present in the country’s right in front of them.
workforce particularly the farmers. Even with little support,
technological weaknesses and the country’s seasonal 8. JOY AND HUMOUR
typhoons, the Filipino farmer still strives to earn their daily This famous trait is the ability of Filipinos to find humor in
meal. everything. It sheds light on the optimism and positivity of
Filipinos in whatever situation they are in so as to remain
3. SPIRIT OF KINSHIP AND CAMARADERIE determined in going through struggles or challenges. It serves
A Filipino community spirit and cooperation wherein a group as a coping technique, the same way a child who has fallen
of individuals extends a helping hand without expecting any laughs at himself/herself to hide his/her embarrassment.
remuneration. It is characterized by communal work towards
one goal exemplified in carrying a nipa house or pushing a 9. FAMILY ORIENTATION
passenger jeepney. The basic and most important unit of a Filipino’s life is the
family. Unlike in Western countries, young Filipinos who turn
4. ABILITY TO SURVIVE 18 are not expected to move out of their parents’ home. When
The Filipinos as a people who have been constantly under the a Filipino’s parents are old and cannot take care of themselves,
rule of numerous powerful countries has over time, developed they are cared for in their children’s homes and are very rarely
a sense of resourcefulness or the ability to survive with brought by their children to Homes for the Aged. The practice
whatever they have. They have the extraordinary ability to of separating the elderly from the rest of the family, while
make something out of almost nothing. If a Filipino was given common in Western countries, is often looked down upon in
just a screwdriver, plastic bags, and some tape, he would still Filipino society. Family lunches with the whole clan with up to
be able to build a bird tree, especially for the sake of survival, 50 people, extending until the line of second cousins, are not
and provided that he be allowed to hunt for some needed unusual. The Filipino puts a great emphasis on the value of
surrounding material. family and being close to one’s family members.

5. FAITH AND RELIGIOSITY 10. HOSPITALITY

The Philippines is approximately 85 percent Christians (mostly Foreigners who come to visit the Philippines speak of Filipinos
Roman Catholic Christians), 10 percent Muslim, and 5 percent going out of their way to help them when lost, or the
‘other’ religions, including the Taoist-Buddhist religious beliefs heartwarming generosity of a Filipino family hosting a visitor
of Chinese and the ‘indigenous’ animistic beliefs of some in their poverty-stricken home. Meanwhile, most foreigners
peoples in upland areas that resisted 300 years of Spanish who attend Filipino gatherings abroad (which are frequently
colonial rule. This is a reflection of the Filipinos’ strong faith in organized for hundreds of reasons) testify to the warmth and
God as seen in their various practices. This includes the friendliness of Filipinos as they experience that feeling of
numerous Church Holidays they observe, the customary (and “belongingness.” Indeed, the legendary Filipino hospitality is
obligatory) Sunday Mass, the individual’s basis of their moral not limited to the Philippines. It is everywhere wherever there
standpoints, the influence of the Church on the minds, actions, are Filipinos.
and opinions of the majority, importance of the Sacraments,
Praying at almost any possible time of the day, the extreme
practices during Holy Week.
TOXIC FILIPINO CULTURE WE SHOULD FIX

• Believing that fair skin is better than dark skin

• Shaming Ninong//Ninang for not giving gifts
• Looking down at the call center industry
• Labeling one’s selfish behavior as “diskarte”
• Shaming others for loving pinoy dramas
• Bringing uninvited people to a party
• Stop assuming na mayaman ang lahat ng mga OFWs
• #PinoyFried Double Standards
• Pa-libre and Pasalubong Mentality
• Using Bakla/Tomboy as an insult
• Older relatives insulting the younger ones in the guise of
giving “advice” TRAITS OF A LEADER

TOPIC 4- LEADERSHIP TRAINING

Human behavior
“(The) capacity of mental, physical, emotional, and social
experienced during the five stages of a human being’s life-
parental, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. It
indicates the behavior as dictated by culture, society, values,
morals, ethics, and genetics.” - According to
businessdictionary.com

“Human beings have a typical life course that consists of

successive phase growth, each of which is characterized by a
distinct set of physical, psychological and behavioral features.”
Types of Leadership
- Encyclopedia Britannica (2012)
TRANSACTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONAL
Motivation
• Based on power • Real leadership
“The drive and ambition needed to achieve our goals” -
• Make use of rewards • Recognition of what the
Swindell (2012)
and coercion to deliver members need
It results from the interaction among conscious and
benefits to members or • Leads to the steps
to force or instill fear towards achieving the
unconscious factors:
A. Intensity of desire or need needs
B. Incentive or reward value of the goal, and
Example: colonization, • Relating rewards to
vote-buying, and similar effort
C. Expectations of the individual and of his/her
method
significant others
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER
Good Leadership
“Process of social influence in which one person can enlist the • Is articulate in creating compelling vision of future.
aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common • Uses stories and symbols to communicate his/her
task” vision and message.
• Specifies the importance of having a strong sense of
Characteristics of a Good Leader purpose and a collective mission.
• Talks optimistically and enthusiastically a expresses
confidence that goal will be achieved.
• Engenders the trust and respect of his/her follower by
doing the right things rather than simply doing things
right.
• Instills pride in employees
• Talks most about important values and beliefs.
• Considers the moral and ethical consequences of
decisions.
• Seeks different perspectives when solving problems
 • Encourage employees to challenge old assumptions LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
and to think about problems in new ways.
• Spends time teaching and coaching. 1. Develop a pool of leaders
• Considers each individual employee’s need, abilities, • Find people with basic leadership qualities
and aspirations. • Widen the “catchment area”
• Is compassionate, appreciative, and responsive to • Assure a democratic process
each employee and recognizes and celebrates each
employee’s achievement 2. Provide knowledge and skills
• Build leaders’ personal capacities
Four Components of a Transformational Leadership • Recognize this as a lifelong process
• Charisma
• Inspirational motivation 3. Support active leaders
• Intellectual stimulation • Actively support leaders continuously and not to
• Individualized consideration place them in position and leave them there.

Transformation of VALUES
• From power as domination to power as liberation
• From war and conflict to peace
• From efficiency consideration to equality and equity
• From growth to sustainability
• From “winner-take-all” norm to sharing and caring

Transformation of PROCESSES
• From hierarchical to participatory
• From corrupt to clean
• From secretive to transparent
• From burdensome to empowering

Transformation of INSTITUITIONS A leader should be…

• From bureaucratic to egalitarian, responsive, and • Energetic, sympathetic, friendly, and understanding
accountable to ensure the enthusiastic cooperation of followers
• Have confidence in knowing and doing his/her job to
THREE FUNCTIONS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP gain the confidence of followers
• An example to followers
TASK FUNCTION
• Controlling the task
• Checking the performance
• Adjusting the time
• Defining the tasks-involves others
• Making the plan-involves others
• Allocating the task

TEAM FUNCTION
• Setting the standard
• Enforcing discipline
• Promoting team spirit
• Encouraging and motivating
• Developing sub-leaders
• Communicating with the group
• Training

INDIVIDUAL FUNCTION
• Attending to personal problems
• Praising individuals, enhancing confidence
• Giving status pride
• Using abilities of the people within the organization
• Involving individuals in decision making process