Lesson 1

The National Service

Training Program
 “The State recognizes the vital role of
the youth in nation building and shall
promote and protect their physical,
Section 13; article II of moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social
the 1987 Constitution well-being. It shall inculcate in the
youth patriotism and nationalism, and
encourage their involvement in public
and civic affairs.”
What is NSTP?
The National Service Training Program,
established by virtue of the republic act
9163, is a compulsory 1-year course for all
freshmen in the universities and colleges
in the country.
Article 1, Section 3 of
The RA 9163 States:

“It is a program that aims at

enhancing 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 specially
designed to enhance the youth’s
active contribution to the general
welfare.
The Three Program Components:

ROTC - Reserve Officers Training Corps

LTS - Literacy Training Service

CWTS - Civic Welfare Training Service

 ROTC- Reserve Officers Training
Corps”

Provides military training in order to

motivate, train, organize and mobilize
students for national defense
preparedness.
-The skills being developed among the
cadets are military leadership, basic
combat; map reading, military
intelligence, artillery operations,
unconventional warfare, marches and
bivouac training.
 LTS- Literacy Training Service

Trains the student to teach literacy and

numeracy skills to school children, out-of-
school youth and other segments of society in
need of their services

Students hold tutorials and other non-

formal education related activities in public
schools and underprivileged communities
thereby promoting the importance of
education among grade school and high
school students, even adults, who were not
given the chance to study.
CWTS- Civic Welfare Training Service

Refers to the activities contributory to the general

welfare and betterment of life for the members of the
community or the enhancement of its facilities,
especially those devoted to improving health,
environment, entrepreneurship, safety, recreation
and moral of the citizenry.

Students participate in several community

development activities like shelter-building, tree
planting, medical missions and the likes.
 As the Filipino diplomat and Pulitzer
Prize winner Carlos P. Romulo stated
in his book, I walked with heroes:
“The reinvigoration of the national
spirit must take place in the grass roots,
in every city, town and barrio in the
Philippines, and it must start among
our own people… to be a worthy citizen
of the world one must first prove
himself to be a good Filipino.”
“Life takes new meaning when we give
ourselves to others."
 Lesson 2

Good Citizenship Values

How can we become good citizens?

You can become good citizens by

living in accordance with the good
citizenship values we can derive
from the preamble of the 1987
constitution:
What is a good Filipino citizen?

A good Filipino citizen is one who plays an

active and intelligent role as a member of the
community.

He is one who fulfills his duties and obligations

to the government and society.

He possesses the traits of respectfulness,

courtesy and consideration for parents and
elders and for others. He observes punctuality,
promptness, and good moral conduct.

(Coloma, T.M. and Herrera, M.M.)

 PREAMBLE
“We the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God
in order to build a just humane society and establish a Government
that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common
good conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves
and our posterity, the blessings of independence and democracy
under tha rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love,
equality and peace, do ordain and promulgate this constitution.”
The Filipino values presented in the preamble have been
simplified and categorized into the following:

PAGKAMAKA-DIYOS
PAGKAMAKA-TAO
PAGKAMAKA-BAYAN
PAGKAMAKA-KALIKASAN
 I. PAGKAMAKA-DIYOS

Faith in the Almighty God imploring

the aid of Almighty God.
Respect for life
Order
Work
Concern for the family and future
generations
 II. PAGKAMAKA-TAO
1. Love
2. Freedom independence and democracy
3. Peace
4. Truth
5. Justice
 III. PAGKAMAKA-BAYAN

unity
equality
respect for law and government rule of
law
patriotism conserve and develop our
patrimony
common good
IV. PAGKAMAKA-KALIKASAN

Concern For The Environment

 EDSA 1 is the best example where in concrete actions of
these Filipino values have been shown and it also proved
that we area nation built on values.
These are the sixteen values that will help shape and guide
our nation towards a better tomorrow and provide the
fundamental structure for all the provisions of the
constitution.
 I. PAGKAMAKA-DIYOS

“Isa akong katoliko at buong

pusong tinatanggap and kamatayan
para sa Panginoon, kung ako man ay
may sanlibong buhay, lahat ng iyon
ay iaalay ko sa Kanya.”
-San Lorenzo Ruiz.
A. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUES
OF FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY GOD

This is the basic value to put God in the

center of your lives and communicate with
Him by means of prayers. You should look to
Him as your ultimate source, one with
infinite powers to help you in your work, to
enable you to meet your needs and to get
you out of trouble and crisis. With this
experience, you become fully aware of the
things you can accomplish when you live a
life of faith.
 B. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP
VALUE OF RESPECT FOR LIFE

Your life and own humanity is a gift from God,

created from His own image and likeness which
makes you a person of worth and dignity as
persons and grow to appreciate each others’
worth by keeping an open mind and charitable
attitude so you may be able to appreciate
others’ giftedness and special roles in your life
and in the society.
 C. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE
OF ORDER
The value of order is doing “first things first.” It
is simply doing the right thing at the right time
and right place without hesitation.
D. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE OF WORK.

Work is a gift and it has become part of your

nature and destiny. God has given you talents to
use as investments in your work and in return you
are expected to settle for nothing less than
excellent results.
“GIVE FISH TO A MAN AND HE WILL
HAE FOOD FOR A DAY TEACH HIM
HOW TO FISH AND HE SHALL HAE
FOOD TO EAT THROUGHOUT HIS
LIFETIME.”
-Chinese proverb
 E. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE OF
CONCERN FOR THE FAMILY AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS

This value emphasizes that your

family is a gift from God and that
utmost attention must be focused on
the family a sanctuary of life and a
core unit of society.
II. PAGKAMAKA-TAO
A. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE OF LOVE

Maybe not all of us ever learned how to live in

love which holds us back to love others. This
is what the Almighty God wants you to learn;
learn to LOVE.
B.THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE OF FREEDOM
You value freedom by giving due recognition
and respect to your individuality as persons
with human rights and duties. Freedom is
never without the virtue of responsibility.
“Freedom consists not in doing
what we like, but in having the
right to do what we ought”
-Pope John Paul II
 C. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE
OF PEACE

You value peace by doing well for others and for

your country living and working together in
harmony and avoiding violence as a way of
settling disputes.
 D. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP
VALUE OF TRUTH

The value of truth is living and loving

passionately with honesty and
sincerity.
E. GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE
OF JUSTICE

You value justice by means of promoting

ethical practices that enhance the essence
of social justice.

It also means the promotion of a healthy

and humane working condition, fair and
legal labor practices, correct use of power,
moving purposefully away from graft,
corruption and other evils.
III. PAGKAMAKA- BAYAN
 The good citizenship value of eqaulity

This value means treating one another with

equality and utmost dignity, respect for fellow
human beings, regardless of religion or
cultural orientation, sex, social status, race, etc.
A. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE OF UNITY

When you say unity is a good citizenship value, you

mean that all we Filipino citizens are expected to be
one as a people.
B. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE OF EQUALITY

This value means treating one another with equality

and utmost dignity, respect for fellow human beings,
regardless of religion or cultural orientation, sex,
social status, race, etc.
“There will never be real equality so long as one feels
inferior or superior to another”

-
Mahatma Gandhi
 C. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE OF
RESPECT FOR LAW AND GOVERNMENT
You should be a law-abiding citizen
Regardless of who sits at the helm of the government.

Laws and governments are meant to serve our own

interests as citizens and not of the interest of the few,
especially those who are in positions of power and
authority.
E. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE OF
COMMON GOOD
The basic value of promotion of the common
good clearly brings together other basic
values and illustrates how the basic values
are related and reinforce each other, e.g. :
faith in Almighty God, unity, patriotism,
work, love, peace and equality.
 "Tumulong ka sa ikabubuti ng iyong kakapwaan at
paunlarin mo ang iyong katarungang pangmadla. Di ka
nabubuhay ng para sa iyo lamang ni para sa iyong mga
anak. Ikaw ay bahagi ng lipunang pinagkakautangan mon g
mga tiayk na sagutin".
- Manuel L. Quezon
IV. PAGKAMAKA- KALIKASAN
A. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUE OF CONCERN
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

This value means launching an efficient and

sustainable “clean and green” program nation
wide.