The National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC; ) is a unit composed of graduates of the
Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and
Literacy Training Service (LTS) components of the
National Service Training Program
The National Service Training Program (NSTP) is a civic education and defense preparedness program for students instituted by the government of the Philippines on November 13, 2009, by virtue of Republic Act No. 9163, otherwise known as the "Nati ...
, a civic education and defense preparedness program in the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. Members of this corps may be tapped by the state for literacy and civic welfare activities.
In 2010 the NSRC was mandated to be accredited and mobilized for the delivery of
disaster risk reduction Disaster risk reduction aims to make disasters less likely to happen. The approach, also called DRR or disaster risk management, also aims to make disasters less damaging when they do occur. DRR aims to make communities stronger and better prepared ...
programs and activities.
History
The NSRC was created by virtue of
Republic Act
This article contains a partial list of Philippine laws.
Sources of Philippine laws
;Notes
: *Customs may be considered as supplementary source of law, however, customs which are contrary to law, public order or public policy shall not ...
9163, known as the National Service Training Program or NSTP Act of 2001. The NSTP Act mandated that all graduates of the non-ROTC (
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC; or ) is a group of college- and university-based officer-training programs for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces.
While ROTC graduate officers serve in all branches o ...
) component of the NSTP, namely CWTS and LTS, shall constitute the National Service Reserve Corps. ROTC graduates on the other hand, shall become
reservist
A reservist is a person who is a member of a military reserve force. They are otherwise civilians, and in peacetime have careers outside the military. Reservists usually go for training on an annual basis to refresh their skills. This person ca ...
s of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) () are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Philippine Army, Army, the Philippine Air Force, Air Force, and the Philippine Navy, Navy (including the P ...
. The NSTP Law made ROTC a non-compulsory training component at the tertiary level of education. Furthermore, it made NSTP mandatory for all students in all
higher education
Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.
The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...
institutions (HEIs) and
technical-vocational educational training institutions (TVETs) for courses of two or more years. Students have the freedom to choose among the three NSTP components.
[
Since the enactment of the NSTP Law in 2001 until 2011 - a period of 10 years, the NSRC was never implemented despite the issuance of a joint memorandum from the ]Department of National Defense
A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...
, Commission on Higher Education
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED; ) is a government agency under the Office of the President of the Philippines. It is responsible for regulating and governing all higher education institutions and post-secondary educational programs i ...
(CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA ; ) serves as the technical vocational education and training (TVET) authority of the Philippines. As a government agency, TESDA's goals are to develop the Filipino workforce with ...
(TESDA) for its implementation. In May 2010, a new law was enacted - RA 10121. Known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, this law mandated that the National Service Reserve Corps be accredited and mobilized for the delivery of disaster risk reduction Disaster risk reduction aims to make disasters less likely to happen. The approach, also called DRR or disaster risk management, also aims to make disasters less damaging when they do occur. DRR aims to make communities stronger and better prepared ...
programs and activities.[
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Categories
The NSRC units are classified into two categories:barangay
The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...
, municipal
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the gov ...
, city
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and provincial
Provincial may refer to:
Government & Administration
* Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country
* Provincial city (disambiguation)
* Provincial minister (disambiguation)
* Provincial Secretary, a position in Canad ...
level. Graduates of the CWTS and LTS components of NSTP who are residents of these respective localities
Locality may refer to:
* Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localitie ...
constitute the membership of the CBNRUs.
*School-Based NSRC Reservists Units (SBNRUs). These units are organized by higher education institutions under CHED and technical-vocational education and training institutions under TESDA. Its membership is composed of graduates of the CWTS and LTS who are still happen to be enrolled in the said schools.
Leadership
*Juanito W. Dalmas - Brigadier General, NSRC National Director, June 2012 to June 2016
*Francis Leonida - Colonel, NSRC Deputy National Director
*Ramon G. Santos - Brigadier General, NSRC Basulta Provincial Director
*Jeff D. L. Tamayo - Colonel, R13-1001st UPHSD NSRC Group Leader
*Floro I. Verzosa - Officer 5, NSRC Group Training Officer
*Neil Allan C. De Leon - Officer 4, NSRC Training Officer
*Mary Rose J. Amar - Officer 3, NSRC Training Officer
*Jun B. Palmon - Officer 2, NSRC Training Officer
Notable activated units
*University of Perpetual Help System
The University of Perpetual Help System is a network of two universities consisting of nine campuses in the Philippines.
History
Established in 1968 by Dr. Jose de Guzman Tamayo and his wife Dra. Josefina Laperal Tamayo as Perpetual Help Hospita ...
Dalta - Las Piñas was the first university in the National Capital Region activated under then-Undersecretary Benito T. Ramos of the Office of Civil Defense and Executive Director of the NDRRMC. They were designated as the R13-1001st (UPHSD) NSRC Group.
*Basilan
Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan (; ; ; ), is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Basilan Island is the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago ...
NSRC Provincial Directorate Office and the R14–1001st (Basilan) NSRC GROUP
*Sulu
Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Wilaya' sin Lupa' Sūg''; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago.
It was part of the Bangsamoro, Bangsamoro Autonomous R ...
NSRC Provincial Directorate Office and the R14–1002nd (Sulu) NSRC GROUP
*Tawi-Tawi
Tawi-Tawi, officially the Province of Tawi-Tawi ( Tausug: ''Wilaya' sin Tawi-Tawi''; Sinama: ''Jawi Jawi/Jauih Jauih''; ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The capit ...
NSRC Provincial Directorate Office and the R14–1003rd (Tawi-Tawi) NSRC GROUP
*R13-1st NSRC Disaster Response Training Group, the first batch of training instructors and responders under the directive of the NSRC National Director
See also
*National Service Training Program
The National Service Training Program (NSTP) is a civic education and defense preparedness program for students instituted by the government of the Philippines on November 13, 2009, by virtue of Republic Act No. 9163, otherwise known as the "Nati ...
*Office of Civil Defense
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense from 1961–64. It replaced the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. The organization was renamed the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency on May 5, 197 ...
*Department of National Defense
A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...
External links
National Service Reserve Corps Facebook page
References
{{Department of National Defense of the Philippines
Department of National Defense (Philippines)
Organizations established in 2012
Emergency services in the Philippines
2012 establishments in the Philippines