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Introduced by Honorable GERALD ANTHONY V. GULLAS, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The defense of the State is not only the concern of the government but of the
people as well. It is important that we prepare our citizens early by instilling in them the
values of patriotism, discipline and love for the country, Under this contest, we should
required students to undergo compulsory ROTC as a requirement for their graduation. In
this way, we prepare a generation of young people who are ready to defend the country in
any eventuality.

This bill seeks to reinstate the mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps
(ROTC) for all male tertiary students enrolled in all private and public colleges and
universities and similar learning institutions, repealing Republic Act (RA) No. 9163,
otherwise known as the National service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2016.

RA 9163 is 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 its three (3) program components. Its various components are specifically
designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the general welfare particularly to
the improvement of the quality of education in the country. While the wisdom of the
present law (RA 91630 cannot be doubted, the retention of the literacy service and civic
welfare components of the program are offered in preparation for the youth to become
teachers and social workers, and these are currently offered as separate courses are thus
superfluous

Restoring ROTC will motivate, train, organize and mobilize our students for
national defense preparedness thus positively shaping their character to become more
responsible and dependable citizens, Thus, in the event of government's call to defend the
State, our people will be well-prepared for the contingency to render personal military or
civil service.

Hence, early approval of this bill is earnestly sought

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GERALD , GULLAS, JR.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House sLLNo, 8489

Introduced by Honorable GERALD ANTHONY V. GULLAS, JR.

AN ACT
REINSTATTING THE MANDATORY RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS
(ROTC) IN ALL PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND
SIMILAR LEARNING INSTITUTIONS REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL
SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) ACT OF 2016 AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Mandatory Reserve
Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC) Act of 2016

SEC. 2. Statement of Policy. ~ It is the Policy of the State to serve and protect the
people. The government may call upon the people to defend the State and, in the
fulfillment thereof, all citizens may be required, under conditions provided by law, to
render personal, military, or civil service

SEC. 3. Coverage. - The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) shall be
applicable to all male tertiary students enrolled in colleges, universities and similar
institutions of learning. It shali form part of curricula of all baccalaureate degree courses
and of two-year technical or vocational courses as a requisite for graduation: Provided,
That, female students may likewise undergo such ROTC Training on a voluntary basis

SEC. 4, Mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) The Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is hereby declared mandatory for all male students
enrolled in colleges, universities and similar institutions of learning, Such colleges,
universities and similar institutions of learning shall request for the conduct of military
training in their institutions, through the Secretary of National Defense, who shall direct
the conduct of military training for the students of such institutions for the purpose of
producing enlisted and officer reservists.

The program of instruction shall be prescribed by the Secretary of National
Defense and may include instruction to prepare female students for military service
Provided, That such course of instruction shall not exceed two (2) academic years in the
case of enlisted reservists and four (4) academic years in the case of officer reservists
which shall include as necessary summer or probationary training of not more than sixty
(60) consecutive days.

The first two (2) years of ROTC Training , which is mandatory, shall hereafter be
referred to as basis ROTC while the second two (2) years after said basis ROTC, which is
voluntary, shall hereafter be referred to as advance ROTC. The allocation of ROTC units
to the various major services of the AFP shall conform to the projected manpower needs
of their respective reserve components.


SEC. 5. Acceptance for Advance ROTC. ~ Students who volunteer for advance
ROTC shall be screened by an ROTC acceptance board which is hereby created for the
purpose, composed of the commandant of the ROTC unit, a representative of the school
nominated by the school authorities, and a, military physician. The student volunteer
shall be physically examined for fitness for training and shall further be made to execute
in writing a testament that he volunteered for training of his own volition. Where the
student is below eighteen (18) years of age, he shall be required to obtain his parents or
guardian’s consent and waiver for any injuries and physical damage in the course of the
training. In the case of students volunteering for reserve officer’s training, they shall
further be subject to competitive examination in order to select the best material. The
students undergoing advance ROTC shall be referred to as advance ROTC cadets.

SEC. 6. Person Disqualified or Exempted. — The following students are
disqualified or exempted from the coverage

(1) Students who are physically or psycologically unfit as certified to by the
medical personnel of the university or institutions concerned;

(2) Those convicted by final judgement of criminal offenses involving moral
turpitude;

(3) Students of colleges, universities and similar learning institutions who have
undergone or still undergoing ROTC or similar training as recognized by the
military authorities as among those undergoing training to qualify as reservist;
and;

(4) Those persons who are members of affiliated units of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines and the Philippine National Police.

SEC. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations, ~ The Secretary of Education, in
coordination with the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of National
Defense, shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation
of this Act

SEC. 8. Transitory Provision. — This Act shall apply in the next school year
following the approval of this Act. Any student who is currently enrolled under RA No
9163, otherwise known as the “National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act 2016,
may continue the program component of their choice under the said law.

SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. ~ For purposes of this Act No. 9163 is hereby repealed

All laws presidential decrees, executive orders, other executive issuances, or parts

thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its official

publication in at least two (2) newspapers of national circulation.

Approved,