Introduction to NSTP

Chapter 1: The NSTP-MAPUA

OFFICE
NSTP-MAPUA OFFICE
• Supervises the implementation of the Civic Welfare Training Service
(CWTS) and the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC).
• Its implementation is governed by R.A. 9163 of 2001.
MAPUA-CWTS OFFICE
• Serves as the coordinating body composed of MAPUA-CWTS Program
Coordinator, Staff, and Facilitators.
HISTORY OF MAPUA-CWTS: 2001 to 2017
• 2nd semester of A.Y. 2001-2002: NSTP in Mapua was initiated
Students were given option to choose between ROTC and CWTS in the
NSTP program.
• Students were given an NSTP Workbook regarding the principles of
community service, nationalism, and environmental protection.
• Student activities centered on socio-civic efforts: clean-up drive,
bloodletting, and Alay Lakad.
• Training on safety were also taught: firedrill and basic life support (BLS)
• Cultural and recreational activities include: Mini Olympics, play viewing,
and orchidarium
HISTORY OF MAPUA-CWTS
• A.Y. 2003-2004: Community Organizing and Project Development
were introduced to students.
• Silver Flame of Virtue for the Kabalikat Awards 2003 – a nationwide
search for the outstanding STET-VIP NSTP community project.
• MAPUA-CWTS received the said award for its entry: a mural in
Asamba, Project 8, Quezon City.
HISTORY OF MAPUA-CWTS
• A.Y. 2005-2006: MAPUA underwent curriculum innovation
• It established the Service Components as direction of community
initiatives and the three (3) Support and Delivery System (SDS) as its
implementing arm.
• The Community Profile of selected barangays in Pandacan served as
the primary basis for all CWTS endeavor.
HISTORY OF MAPUA-CWTS
• A.Y. 2006-2007: Relevant societal concerns were discussed to create
awareness and civic consciousness.
• Tools for issue analysis, Cause and Effect Wheel and SWOT Analysis,
were used to assess community needs and concerns.
HISTORY OF MAPUA-CWTS
• A.Y. 2007-2008: project proposal presentation was executed to uplift
the quality of projects being carried out in the community.

• 2nd term of A.Y. 2009-2010: the SERVICE Workbook was developed,

which contains situational and community cases to enhance skills in
case analysis.
HISTORY OF MAPUA-CWTS
• In 2012: academic community had class suspensions due to
unfavourable weather conditions and epidemic.
• The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Scare that spread in
various colleges and universities compelled the academic community
to have long period of class cancellations as a caution to ensure
safety of students.
• Online learning platforms served as a resolution to class suspensions.
• Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (MOODLE)
provided the CWTS classes the needed contact hours and classroom
dynamics even without the actual classroom presence.
HISTORY OF MAPUA-CWTS
• In 2015: Blackboard was used as online learning platform.
• In 2017: Office started to conduct basic disaster training such as
bandaging, rope-tying, and rappelling.
Facilitators and students experienced actual rappelling while
being monitored by a trained personnel of AFP.
MAPUA-CWTS Vision Statement
• Vision: the MAPUA-CWTS shall be the center of excellence in values
education through the promotion of civic consciousness, civic
responsibility, and holistic development of individuals to become
productive members of the society.
MAPUA-CWTS Mission Statement
• Mission: The MAPUA-CWTS are:
• To motivate, train, and organize students as catalysts of change in the
community;
• To harness and maximize the technical expertise and interests of
different schools and department and students’ courses to benefit
the underprivileged and economically poor sectors of the society,
and;
• To develop each student to posses a high level of social awareness.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: NSTP
• NSTP 100: classroom-based discussion that includes common module
phase for all NSTP students.
• Topics under NSTP 100 include:
1. NSTP Law
2. Discussion on the Human Person
3. The Filipino Value System
4. Leadership
5. Disaster Preparedness, Awareness, and Mangement
6. Substance Abuse Education
COURSE DESCRIPTION: NSTP-CWTS
• CWTS 101: Introduces MAPUA-CWTS and promotes MAPUA-CWTS
Dimensions of Development
• CWTS 102
• Two-part program that re-introduces the NSTP-SERVICE components
of CWTS Dimension of Development
• Part 1 of the hands-on application about project preparation,
planning and implementation at assigned adopted communities.
• CWTS 103: Part 2 of the hands-on application
CWTS Student Attendance
• Must be at the class on time.
• More than 20% of absences (or, more than 2 absences): student will
be not be allowed to continue the course; final grade will be 5.00
• 15-minutes late is considered tardy.
• If a student has been tardy 3 times, that is 1 absent.
• Students who have failed to meet with the class and facilitator during
a community-based activity will not be allowed to follow to the said
area.
GRADING SYSTEM