PRELIMINARY TOPIC IN NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM

PASSI CITY COLLEGE
CITY OF PASSI, ILOILO
VINCENT B. VALLEJO
INSTRUCTOR

UNIT I.
Community
Immersion
Requisite of
NSTP

Community Immersion is
one important
requirement of the
National Service Training
Program (NSTP)
prescribed to students,
male and female alike, in
private and public higher
education institutions and
technical-vocational
schools (RA 9163, Sec. 7).

How do you define
these terms?
Community?
Immersion?

Community Immersion As
a concept, community
immersion is a strategy in
community organizing
that is sought to imbibe
among the NSTP trainees
a better understanding
and realization of the

Community Immersion
community concerning
through exposure on
actual life situation
specifically in the
deprived, depressed, and
the unpriviledged (DDU)
communities.

Community Immersion
- As a process, is aimed at
developing among the
student-trainees, through
the training program,
their appreciation of
rendering community
works which is

Community Immersion
for them the opportunity
to experience and put
themselves in real-life
situations in the
communities they serve.

Community Immersion
– is an approach of
developing among the
NSTP student-trainees the
concept of service and
empowerment as they
reach out to deprived,
depressed, unprivileged
communities, and the
marginalized segments of
the society.

The myriad of problems in
the community can be
addressed by immersion
projects and activities
specifically designed to
improve the different
aspects of human
development like
economic, social, spiritual,
etc.

NSTP had contextualized the
said concepts by determining
the various dimensions of
development along the CWTS
component of the program, as
per guidelines of the NSTP Law,
to wit:
• Education;
• Health;
• safety and disaster
management;
• Sports and recreation;
•Environmental Services;
•Entrepreneurship and livelihood;

• and morals of citizenry
and other social/general
welfare concerns.

Community Immersion is a
strategy of transforming DDU
communities and trainees
into self-sustaining ones as
men for others imbued with
good citizenship values of
being:
•Makadiyos (godly)
•Makatao (patriotic)
•Makabayan (humanitarian)
•Makakalikasan (nature
lover)

OBJECTIVES OF
NSTP COMMUNITY
IMMERSION

The community immersion
requirement of NSTP is a
mechanism specially designed
to allow student-trainees to:
a. Define community immersion as an
approach and strategy of developing
projects in serving people and
communities;
b. Enrich knowledge and competencies on
community immersion as a process for
development;

c. Apply the principles and concepts of
working in the community through
immersion projects and activities;
d. Expose NSTP trainees in depressed,
deprived, and underprivileged
communities and marginalized groups of
our society;

e. Appreciate the values of community
immersion as a means of developing
themselves as citizens and helping people
improve their way of life and in alleviating
their living conditions;
f. Enhance civic consciousness and defense
preparedness; and

g. Develop ethics of service imbued with
good citizenship values.

PASSI CITY COLLEGE
CITY OF PASSI, ILOILO

UNIT II.
Understanding the
Concepts and
Principles of
Community
Immersions

How do you define
the term?
Community?
Is a collective of people with similar
interests and goals whether living in
the same geographic locality or not.

What is Community?
According to Arlien
Johnson (community
development specialist)
community refers to a
group of people gathered
together in any
geographic area, large or

What is Community?
have common interests,
actual or potentially
recognized in social
welfare field.
As per concept, a
community may be
categorized as

What is Community?
and functional.
The term
geographical community
is defined in the purview
of group of persons living
in the same geographical
location like in certain

What is Community?
neighborhood, district,
area or territory.
Meanwhile,
community is said to
assume the functional
nature if the aggregate of
people though not

What is Community?
living in the same
geographical location, is
bonded by a common end
such as fighting for the
same cause, having the
same interests and goals.

ELEMENTS OF COMMUNITY:
 Demographic
 History
 Culture
 Economy
 Structures
- It tells a lot about the
movement of the
population in the
community. It is the
increase and decrease
of population.
- Allows you to identify certain
patterns of change and people’s
way of adapting to these changes .
- Ways of living of the people.
- Income level, occupation of
people.
- Physical, political, and social
structures.

WHAT IS COMMUNITY
IMMERSSION?
Community Immersion is an essential
strategy in community organizing
work that entails understanding of
the different community concerns,
process, dynamics and lifestyle
through exposure and engaging in
different activities.

WHAT IS COMMUNITY
IMMERSSION?
Community Immersion is a strategy
that goes beyond acquainting us
with community concerns but make
possible participation in their
(re)solution.

PHILIPPINES: THE NATIONAL
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT PLAN (NDRRMO)
2011 TO 2018
A plan which serves as the national
guide on how sustainable development can be
achieved through inclusive growth while
building the adaptive capacities of
communities; increasing the resilience of
vulnerable sectors; and optimizing disaster
mitigation opportunities with the end in view of
promoting people’s welfare and security
towards gender-responsive and right-based

2011 TO 2018
sustainable development. The plan highlights,
among others, the importance of mainstream
disaster risk reduction and management
(DRRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA)
in development processes such as policy
formulation, socio economic development
planning, budgeting, and governance
particularly in the area of environment,
agriculture, water, energy, health, education,

2011 TO 2018
poverty reduction, land use and urban planning
and public infrastructure and housing among
others. It also highlights the need of
institutionalizing DRRM policies, structures,
coordination mechanism and programs with
continuing budget appropriation on DRR from
national down to local levels.

2011 TO 2018
Community immersion in NSTP is devised as a
strategy in molding and conscientizing students
just so that they may be socially aware and
responsible to their communities. This manner
of transportation is bent on training the youth to
becoming civic conscious and defense prepare
individuals. The nature of immersion efforts
done is along the dimensions of, but not limited
to, education, health, safety education, sports

2011 TO 2018
and recreation, environmental services,
entrepreneurship, morals of citizenry and other
social welfare concerns.

2011 TO 2018
In view of the fact that immersion is a
major concern in development work, trainees
may find it significant to be guided by
following precepts:
 Trainees should immerse in actual
community life to get to know the social,
political and economic situation of the people.

2011 TO 2018
Trainees may also undergo certain changes
like increase in knowledge about the social
realities, development of good values, empathy
towards other people, improvement of social
skills among others.
Trainees should identify the community
people’s interest and aspirations.

2011 TO 2018
Trainees must recognize people’s resiliency
and does not rob them of their right to have
community participation and determination of
appropriate courses of action.
Trainees should be aware of the gain—
negotiated sanction – the acceptance derived
from community relations coupled with the
right to conduct immersion activities.

2011 TO 2018
Trainees must reflect on how their social
analysis of the current situation is concretized
in the community people’s lives. The analysis
should have as much meaning for the trainees
as for the community.

2011 TO 2018
The following are the forms of integration
in community immersion:
 Home visits
Living with selected families preferably
with key informants
Informal discussions with individuals or
groups.

2011 TO 2018
Sharing in household and community
activities (cooking with the community host,
clean up drive).
Attendance in social gatherings (fiesta,
weddings, etc.)
Assistance in production work (selling,
farming etc.)

WHOM DO YOU
IMMERSE WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY?
When one goes to a community, he/she
associates with the people whom intend to
work with as a partners, allies, Community-
based service projects must be premised on
principle of people empowerment and not the
dole-out mentality. The parents, youth, the
differently-abled constituents, professionals,
member of peoples’ organizations, and other

WHOM DO YOU
IMMERSE WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY?
formal and informal group, and others who
can be a potential collaborator of your project
or activities. Community immersion is
empowering the people towards development
of the locality.

WHAT ARE THE
PERSONAL GAINS FROM
COMMUNITY
IMMERSION
The community immersions aspect of NSTP
will be able to benefit not only the
communities served but more so the student-
trainees who may be accorded with the
following:
 opportunity for the trainees to comprehend
people’s lives because of the chance given to
them to see real life

WHAT ARE THE
PERSONAL GAINS FROM
COMMUNITY
IMMERSION
situations, live, identify and associate with the
people therein;
 gain social acceptance derived from
community relations coupled with the right to
offer services;
 enhance experiences in conducting asset
mapping such as identifying geographic
coverage, point out resources and the use,

WHAT ARE THE
PERSONAL GAINS FROM
COMMUNITY
IMMERSION
and the relationships of people with the
existing resources;
 establish rapport and relationship with
different people who may be of help to them
at some future time;
 develop their conscientization ability it
helps them realize issuess that will help solve
problems in the community, it is important

WHAT ARE THE
PERSONAL GAINS FROM
COMMUNITY
IMMERSION
for them to do something that can change
their situation.
 acquire first-hand experiences in dealing
with community works; and the
 chance to learn life skills that will enrich
and better their persons.

WHAT ARE THE
PERSONAL GAINS FROM
COMMUNITY
IMMERSION
Succinctly, community immersion improves
the trainees’ understanding of himself in
relation to others. And by understanding
others, the trainees can be able to give part of
himself to help others.

UNIT III.
The process of
Community
Immersion

The Community
Immersion Process
The community
immersion process is a
series of interrelated and
intertwined phases which
commences with the Pre-
immersion followed by

The Community
Immersion Process
entering the Community,
Community integration,
Community needs
assessment, Program or
Project Implementation
and termination of

In this part we’re going to discuss the
6 phases of Community Immersion.
Phase 1: Pre - Immersion
Phase 2: Entering the Community
Phase 3: Community Integration
Phase 4: Comm. Need Assessment
Phase 5:Program/Project Implementation
Phase 6: Termination of Projects

This phase regards the identification of the
community where the students will be
immersed at:
• Trainees will have to prepare themselves
physically, mentally, and spiritually for many tasks
ahead.
• Trainees must have a waiver from
their parents or guardians stating
that they are informed of the
mandate to undergo NSTP community
immersion.

This phase regards the identification of the
community where the students will be
immersed at:
• The school also needs to organize its own
manpower, resources, and other technical needs.
• Must ensure that the community
immersions/activities must be exciting
and exhausting.

Aside from the
preparation of the
trainees and the school,
the community is primarily
the one to be prepared
and informed. With this,
trainees must set up
criteria in selection of an
area for immersion.

Area Selection:
Factors to be considered in area selection:
1. Select our Areas
2. Local Partner must be willing to work and
support community projects
3. Consider needs and
resources with in the
capability project.

Area Selection:
Factors to be considered in area selection:
4. Places that is not saturated by
other agencies.
5. Stable peace and order situation.
6. Accessibility

To ensure success in
entering the community, it
is necessary to have
community mapping of the
target area. This will help
you identify the
geographic coverage of
the project. It will also
help you to point out the

resources that may be used
by the trainees in the
community and the
relationship of people with
these resources.

In the book of Angelito G.
Manalili which is the
Community Organizing for
People’s Empowerment
(1990), remarked that
there are different ways
of entering the community.
Similarly, immersion begins
with initial

steps in community
organizing. Manalili
concepts, those planning to
conduct community
immersion can enter the
community thru:

1. Ostentatious Entry – Complete with
banner and a general assembly of the
people, the community ushers in the
people who will undergo immersion or
outsider.
2. Banking on the People’s Weakness
– Outsider sometimes enter the
community through catching people’s
attention. At times when community
people are in distress, there usually
adhere to outsiders.

3. Academic Style of Entry – Communities
are often called social laboratories
because they are a place to the test
theories learned in classroom.
4. People-Centered Approach - This
approach ultimately believes on the
capacity of the community people to
participate and acknowledge whether
outsider assistance is really needed.

Integration is a continuous
process wherein the
trainees come into direct
contact and become
involved with the
community people. This
phase is where the
immersion phase gets more
personal.

The trainees should
realize that there is an
existing concern within
the community. As the
problems of the
community become more
apparent, you become
aware and validate that
you are part of the circle.

1. Border Style – If provisions
allow, the trainees may choose to
stay and live-in the immersion
area for a certain period of time.
They may live-in the community
to pursue deeper knowledge
about the community.
Integration may done through:

2. Elitist Style – Some trainees
tend to stay close to key
informants and political players
during their stay in the
community. Due to this, their
social circle becomes limited
and their interaction is
confined to a few people.

3. People – Centered Method of
Living with the People. This is the
best way of integration.

RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS
(ROTC)
- designed to provide military training to
tertiary level students in order to
motivate, train, organize, and mobilize
them for national defense preparedness.

LITERACY TRAINING SERVICE (LTS)
- designed to train the students to teach
literacy and numeracy skills to children,
out of school youth and their other
segments of society in need of their
services.

CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING SERVICES
(CWTS)
- refers to activities contributory to the
general welfare and the betterment of; life of
the member of the community or the
enhancement of community facilities,
especially those devoted to improving health,
education, environment, entrepreneurship,
safety, recreation and morals of the citizenry,
and the other social welfare services.

WHO SHALL TAKE
THE NSTP?
All incoming freshmen students, male
and female, enrolled in any
baccalaureate and in at least two-year
technical-vocational courses, are
expected to complete one NSTP
component of their choice, as graduation
requirements.

SINCE WHEN HAS
THE NSTP BEEN
IMPLEMENTED?
The NSTP has been implemented since
the start of school year 2002-2003.

WHAT IF I CANNOT
TAKE THE NSTP
DURING THE
REGULAR SEMESTER?
A one summer program in lieu of the
two-semester program may be designed,
formulated, and adopted by DND, CHED,
and TESDA, subject to the capability of
the school and the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) to handle the same.

COURSE PROGRAM:
The National Service Training Program
(NSTP), Curricular Program for Civic Welfare
Training Service (CWTS), and Literacy
Training Services (LTS).
The CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING
SERVICE (CWTS) and
LITERACYTRAINING SERVICE (LTS) of
the NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING
PROGRAM (NSTP) are designed to
encourage the youth to contribute to the
improvement of the general welfare and the
quality of life of Filipinos.

COURSE PROGRAM:
These will require the students to carry
out projects and activities contributory to the
general welfare and the betterment of life of
community members or the enhancement of
the community facilities, especially those
who devoted to improving health, education,
safety, livelihood, environment,
entrepreneurship, recreation, morals,
patriotism and nationalism of the citizenry,
and other social welfare services.

COURSE PROGRAM:
The CWTS/LTS Curricular Program
consist of lectures and participatory
discussions, team building and bonding
activities that are designed to highlight
values and skills formation, especially that
of teamwork, leadership, communication,
and risk-taking in the context of community
organization and development,
management, empowerment, and social
mobilization.

GUIDELINES FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE
CORPS (NSRC)

BACKGROUND:
Section 11 of RA 9163 or the National
Service Training Program Act of 2001
specifically provides for the creating of a
National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC),
composed of graduates of the non-ROTC
components: the Civic Welfare Training
Service (CWTS) and Literacy Training Service
(LTS). Member of the Corps may be tapped by
the state for literacy and civic welfare activities,
through the joint effort of DND, CHED and
TESDA.

THE NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE
CORPS (NSCR)
MISSION
-to provide a trained and motivated
manpower pool that can be tapped by the state for
civic welfare, literacy and other similar endeavors
in the service of the nation.

FUNCTION
1. To assist in the disaster preparedness,
mitigation, response, and rehabilitation
programs.
2. To serve as an auxiliary to the Disaster
Coordinating Council (DCC) response unit.
3. To assist in the promotion of civic welfare
activities.
4. To assist in the implementation of literacy
programs.
5. To assist socioeconomic development.
6. To assist in environmental protection.
7. To perform other similar endeavors.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
NDCC through DND shall
Act as the lead agency in the
administration, training, organization,
development, maintenance, and utilization of
the NSRC members;
Maintain an official master list of
registered NSRC members;

 Coordinate with concerned agencies for
the efficient and proper administration,
training, organization, development,
maintenance, and utilization of NSRC
members;
 Conduct performance assessment of
NSRC members mobilized purpose, and
furnish the three (3) implementing agencies
with the result thereof;

 Formulate specific guidelines for the
administration, training, organization,
development, and utilization of NSRC
members;
 Do related work.

OBJECTIVES:
 Internalized virtues as the
foundation of leadership, and
how it applies on an individual,
team, and institutional levels for
national development in the
context of self-awareness and
values integration and
promotion framework for
understanding human nature;

OBJECTIVES:
 Interpret the basic concepts of
development management and
social mobilization;
 Apply the concepts learned and
design by civic welfare
project/activities to be
implemented as a team in their
assigned community, barangay,
or government agency.

OBJECTIVES:
 Document team activities in
their assigned barangay or
government agency and provide
a summary of lessons learned
in carrying out the CWTS/LTS
projects and activities; and

OBJECTIVES:
 Generate an individual output
of the CWTS/LTS experience,
focusing on the core values
learned. Students must present
their individual output either in
visual form.

COVERAGE
All incoming freshmen students,
male and female, starting school year
2003-2004, enrolled in baccalaureate,
are expected to complete NSTP
component of their choice, as a
graduation requirement.

DURATION AND
EQUIVALENT COURSE
UNIT
CWTS/LTS, as components of
NSTP, shall be undertaken for two
semesters, credited for three units
per semester, for 54 to 90 training
hours per semester/or summer
program in lieu of the two-
semester program.

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