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LEGAL BASIS S CO PE SPECIFIC PROVISION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS AND REPUBLIC ACTS. SEC 4, ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THAT THE PRIME DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT IS TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT MAY CALL UPON THE PEOPLE TO DEFEND THE STATE AND IN THE FULFILLMENT THEREOF, ALL CITIZENS MAY BE REQUIRED, UNDER CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY LAW, TO RENDER PERSONAL MILITARY OR CIVIL SERVICE. SEC 38, ARTICLE VII, RA # 7077 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) STATES THAT, “MILITARY TRAINING FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES & SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING IS MANDATORY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISION OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT OF 1935 & THE 1987 CONSTITUTION.” COMMONWEALTH ACT # 1 COMMONWEALTH ACT # 1, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, WAS THE VERY FIRST STATURY ENACTMENT BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVT ON 23 DEC 1935. THIS ACT REQUIRED THE COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING OF ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS. EXECUTIVE ORDER # 207 EXECUTIVE ORDER # 207, WAS ISSUED BY PRES MANUEL L QUEZON REQUIRING ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS TO THE COMPULSORY COURSES OF MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS PURSUANT TO COMMONWEALTH ACT # 1, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE # 1706 THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT WAS AMENDED IN 1980 BY PD # 1706 (THE NATIONAL SERVICE LAW) WHICH DIRECTS THAT MILITARY SERVICE WILL NO LONGER BE COMPULSORY, BUT LEAVING THE NATIONAL SERVICE OR TRAINING TO BE IN EFFECT. MTS, CWS & LES MAKE UP THE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. REPUBLIC ACT # 9163 RA # 9163 MAKES ROTC OPTIONAL AND REQUIRES MALE & FEMALE STUDENTS TAKING BACCALAUREATE DEGREE AND AT LEAST TWO (2) YEAR VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL OR ASSOCIATE COURSES TO TAKE THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) WITH THREE (3) PROGRAM COMPONENTS NAMELY: ROTC, LITERACY TRAINING SERVICE & CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING SERVICE. ---THAT ENDS YOUR SUBJECT… THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!---