ADVERTISEMENTAs an example, Licuanan retold how during one of their Cabinet meetings, President Duterte himself “confessed” that he did not take the ROTC. While she acknowledged that there was strong support behind the reimposition of the mandatory ROTC program in higher education, Licuanan pointed out yesterday that there was a need to carefully study the matter and possibly look for alternatives. She added they were only following through on the program which Mr. Duterte mentioned in his first State of the Nation Address. The country’s barely half-a-million reserved force pales in comparison with South Korea’s six million, Vietnam’s five million and China’s more than four million. Based on data provided to CHEd, the Philippines’ reserved force lags behind neighboring Asian countries.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 05, 2016 21:11 UTC