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Mandatory ROTC bill, first senate business in 2023-Bato
By Nidz Godino
“Wala ako nakitang military training in this curriculum…if we are going to bring back ROTC but there is no significant difference between Civic Welfare Training Service and NCST, parang mina-mandatory lang natin yung CWTS,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian pointed out Executive Branch’s proposed bill focused more on civic duty such as disaster preparedness, and not on military training for students.
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa expressed confidence bill making Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) mandatory would be passed by first quarter of 2023 because it is a priority bill of the administration. Dela Rosa said bill might not pass within the year as Congress would adjourn its session on December 17. At a hearing, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) presented “consensus bill” institutionalizing two-year mandatory National Service Training Program (NSTP) and four-year optional Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) curriculum for higher education students.
“If citizen-soldier training is only small component, then actually we are not bringing back ROTC…we are just enhancing NSTP,” he stressed.
Dela Rosa said one of the contentious issues in the bills involves commission or the body which would monitor and handle ROTC program.
Furthermore, the senator said the proposed ROTC program would not exempt any gender or religion.
“Gusto ninyo gender equality…ayaw niyo i-consider kayo na weaker sex…so mahalin natin ang ating bansa…sama-sama tayo dito, ..kung aatakihin tayo dito ng kalaban, ‘di lang naman lalaki ang tatamaan ng bala, pati babae naman tatamaan ng bala ng kalaban…so tulungan nating depensahan ang ating bansa ,” Dela Rosa said.
A student will not obtain his or her undergraduate degree unless he or she undergoes military training, Dela Rosa said.
In his first State of the Nation Address, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. listed mandatory ROTC program for senior high school students as one of his priority measures.
FMJ proposed to reinstitute ROTC and National Service Training Program (NSTP) as mandatory for Grade 11 and 12 students in all public and private institutions.
“The aim is to motivate, train, organize, and mobilize students for national defense preparedness, including disaster preparedness and capacity building for risk-related situations,” FMJ said.
The mandatory ROTC program was scrapped in 2002 following passage of Republic Act 9163, an act establishing NSTP.
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