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Figure1. A Conceptual Framework on Revitalizing the Philippine Army ROTC Program of Instruction in the context of
ecological balance, cultural cohesiveness, moral-spiritual consensus and “others”.
Figure 1 illustrates the interrelationships among a) AFP-IPSP “Bayanihan”; b) NSC’s Elements of National
Security; and c) the ROTC Program of the Philippine Army. In keeping with DND Secretary Hon. Sec. Voltaire
Gazmin’s noble invitation to “take part in the shaping of our nation’s peace and security” and in order to address
ARESCOM’s concern for the downtrend of the ROTC enrolment and taking into consideration its implications
to the Reserve Force Expansion Program there is a need to engage Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to
support the IPSP through the ROTC Program.
The full support of HEIs through the implementation of the PA ROTC Program can play a major role in the
realization of the IPSP Bayanihan at the community level. Using the Civil Military Operations (CMO) activities
of the ROTC students, the IPSP Bayanihan can be operational at the barangay level where the HEIs carry out
NSTP activities, particularly on ecological balance, cultural cohesiveness, moral-spiritual consensus, and others.
The feedback mechanism from HEIs’ PA ROTC Program can provide significant inputs to IPSP Bayanihan’s
strategic approaches and imperatives to achieve the ultimate goal of winning the peace. Through encouraging
and supporting ROTC activities promoting ecological balance, cultural cohesiveness and moral-spiritual
consensus, HEI’s will not only contribute to IPSP but increase ROTC enrolment as well. Thus, to generate
HEI’s support, assistance and participation, a survey on the NSTP Faculty members’ suggested activities and
projects to contribute to the afore-mentioned three elements of national security was conducted.
Methods and Procedures
The method of research used in this study was both descriptive and quantitative using non parametric
variables. Open-ended survey questionnaires were distributed to two groups of respondents namely, UPLB
Students and NSTP Faculty Members from 13 regions of the Philippines to identify projects and activities which
they believe can contribute to the realization of the three elements of national security namely: ecological
balance; cultural cohesiveness; and moral-spiritual consensus. Respondents were asked to suggest as many
activities and projects as they can for ROTC students to carry out in order to contribute to the aforementioned
three elements of national security. In addition to these three elements of national security another column
labelled as others was included. This was done to give the respondents a free hand to include activities/projects
which they believed should be included in the ROTC POI.
The same survey questionnaire was answered by 65 NSTP faculty members from 13 Regions of the
Philippines. These respondents participated in the 56 th STET-VIP NSTP CAT/NSP Qualifying Course for
Coordinators, Instructor-Facilitators, Volunteers and Stakeholders at Maryridge Healing and Renewal House,
Iruhin West, Tagaytay City on April 29 to May 1, 2012.
The sampling frame for undergraduate students consists of 156 students from the eight (8) colleges of UPLB.
A random sample of respondents was taken from each sampling unit. The total population of the sampling frame
is 10,433. The sample size is about 1.5% or 156 students proportionately distributed among the sample units of
the colleges.
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