Duterte mulls issuing EO for return of ROTChome/News/Nation/Duterte mulls issuing EO for return of ROTCPresident Rodrigo Duterte said he might be forced to issue an executive order to revive the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory for Grades 11 and 12 students if Congress does not act on the measure soon. In his speech during the 35th founding anniversary of the Army Reserve Command in Tanza, Cavite on Tuesday night, Duterte said the return of mandatory ROTC program would promote patriotism among the youth. In February 2017, Duterte approved the Department of National Defense’s proposed bill to revive the mandatory ROTC training for senior high school students in both public and private schools. ROTC, the mandatory military training in college, was made optional in 2002 following the controversy that resulted in the death of Mark Chua, a University of Sto. ROTC is now one of the three components of the NSTP, along with Civic Welfare Training Service and Literacy Training Service.

Source: Manila Times November 23, 2018 16:07 UTC