Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
AN ACT 
INSTILLING 
AND 
STRENGTHENING 
THE 
SENSE 
OF 
PATRIOTISM 
AND 
NATIONALISM AMONG THE YOUTH THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION, 
DEVELOPMENT, AND ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDAMENTAL AND SPECIALIZED 
PROGRAMS IN THE BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN ALL PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
The proposed bill introduces a Fundamental Program and a Specialized Program to 
instill, teach, and strengthen moral values, discipline, patriotism, nationalism, and a 
strong sense of bayanihan among all students. 
The Fundamental Program is designed to be introduced in a child’s formative years and 
shall include the following program components: Physical Fitness, Arts and Cultural 
Heritage, Community Outreach, Basic Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, and 
Basic Security. On the other hand, the Specialized Program shall be offered to students 
in Grades 11 and 12 in all public and private educational institutions and shall provide 
advanced and dedicated training to develop the skills of the students in security, survival, 
and public service. 
Through these programs, we aim to instill and develop strong sense of bayanihan among 
the youth. 
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
October 11, 2021
2:20 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
AN ACT 
INSTILLING 
AND 
STRENGTHENING 
THE 
SENSE 
OF 
PATRIOTISM 
AND 
NATIONALISM AMONG THE YOUTH THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION, 
DEVELOPMENT, AND ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDAMENTAL AND SPECIALIZED 
PROGRAMS IN THE BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN ALL PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
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 "Youth Patriotism and 
Bayanihan Act." 
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in 
nation-building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, 
and social well-being. 
Towards this end, it shall inculcate moral values, discipline, patriotism, nationalism, and a 
strong sense of bayanihan in the youth and encourage their involvement in socio-civic 
affairs. 
Sec. 3. Establishment of the Fundamental Program. – There is hereby established a 
Fundamental Program, which shall form part of the curricula of basic education in all 
public and private educational institutions. The Fundamental Program aims to instill 
moral values, discipline, patriotism, nationalism, and a strong sense of bayanihan among 
all students from Grades 1 to 12, through the following service components: 
a) Physical Fitness Program – designed to instill and develop discipline and an 
active and healthy lifestyle among the students in the community;
b) Arts and Cultural Heritage Program – designed to develop the skills of students 
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in different types of arts and to expose them to the country's rich culture and 
heritage for them to be agents of its promotion and preservation; 
c) Community Outreach Program – designed to provide services to the most 
vulnerable members of society and improve the lives of the people in the 
community, especially in health and education; 
d) Basic Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Program – designed to train 
students to identify, assess, and reduce the impact caused by natural hazards and 
other related disasters; and 
e) Basic Security Program – designed to introduce to the students the concept of 
soft security, as defined in Section 4, in order to address and respond to threats to 
the economy, health, and other factors that affect the sustainability of a nation, as 
well as to ensure individual and community security. 
 
Sec. 4. Establishment of the Specialized Program. – In Senior High School, students 
shall have the option to take a Specialized Program, in lieu of the Fundamental Program. 
The Specialized Program shall be offered to students in Grades 11 and 12 in all public 
and private educational institutions and shall provide advanced and dedicated training to 
develop the skills of the students in security, survival, and public service. The Specialized 
Program shall teach and strengthen the moral values, discipline, patriotism, nationalism, 
and sense of bayanihan of the students through the following program components: 
 
a) Internal Security and Peace and Order Program – designed to develop discipline 
and the skills of students in self-defense, physical training, peacekeeping, 
mediation, and other strategies that will protect and ensure the safety of the 
community; 
b) Dedicated Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Program – designed to 
train students on disaster response operations, develop skills for rescue and relief 
operations, as well as integration of capacity-building activities centered on 
risk-related situations in order for students to be proactive in lessening the 
socio-economic and environmental impacts of disasters; 
c) Advanced Security Program – designed to create a deeper understanding 
among students on soft and hard security issues to enable them to discuss and 
analyze the issues, with a conflict-preventive dimension, in order to respond to 
threats to the security of the State; and 
d) Career Development Program – designed to further hone and develop the 
knowledge and skills of students who are interested to pursue a career in the 
military in the fields of engineering, administration, science, agriculture, energy, 
information-technology, legal, medical, and other similar tracks to eventually 
prepare them for their respective fields in the future. 
 
Provided, That participation in the Specialized Program under this Section shall be 
credited to a corresponding training program at the tertiary level. 
 
Provided Further, That for purposes of this Act, soft security shall pertain to the ability to 
respond to threats to a nation's sustainability through the efficient management of 
resources and delivery of service in the communities throughout the nation, while hard 


 
 
security pertains to the ability to respond to security threats to a nation through the use of 
military force. 
 
Sec. 5. Coverage. – The conduct of the Fundamental Program shall apply to all students, 
male and female, in Grades 1 to 12 In all public and private educational institutions: 
Provided, That students who are undergoing similar programs such as, but not limited to, 
student council officers, student-athletes, boy scouts, girl scouts, and other students as 
may be determined by the school authorities, may credit their respective trainings in lieu 
of the Fundamental Program, subject to the approval of the respective school authorities; 
Provided, Further, That completion of the Fundamental Program or Specialized Program 
is a requisite for graduation to tertiary education. 
 
Sec. 6. Management of Program Components. – The Department of Education 
(DepED) shall formulate the guidelines for the development of an age-appropriate 
Fundamental Program and Specialized Program: Provided, That the school authorities 
shall exercise academic and administrative supervision over the design, adoption, 
duration, and implementation of the different service components: Provided Further, That 
the DepEd shall oversee and monitor the implementation of the Fundamental Program 
and Specialized Program to determine if the trainings are being conducted in 
consonance with the objectives of this Act. 
 
Sec. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The DepEd, in consultation with the 
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Disaster Risk 
Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), National Commission for Culture and 
the Arts (NCCA), Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), and the Coordinating Council of 
Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (COCOPEA) shall issue the 
necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act within thirty 
(30) days from the effectivity of the same. 
 
Sec. 8. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or 
otherwise invalid, the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected thereby. 
 
Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts 
thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
 
Sec. 10. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its publication 
in the Official Gazette ox in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,