NSTP: CWTS or Literacy Training Service

As a requirement for graduation, students are required to complete two semesters of the National Service Training Program (NSTP) in any of three components: Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS), Literacy Training Service (LTS) and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). CWTS refers to programs or activities contributory to the general welfare and the betterment of life for the members of the community or the enhancement of its facilities, especially those devoted to improving health, education, environment, entrepreneurship, safety, recreation and morals of the citizenry. LTS refers to the program component designed to train the students to teach literacy and numeric skills to schoolchildren, out-of-school youths and other segments of society in need of their services. Finally, ROTC refers to the program component institutionalized under Section 38 and 39 of Republic Act no. 7077, designed to provide military training to tertiary level students in order to motivate, train, organize and mobilize them for national defense preparedness. Students who opt to take either CWTS or LTS components can enroll in the College’s own NSTP offerings, while students who opt for ROTC must cross-enroll in a duly accredited tertiary institution offering such a component.