House panel OKs mandatory ROTCBy GLEE JALEAhome/News/Nation/House panel OKs mandatory ROTCThe House Committee on Basic Education and Culture has approved a bill that seeks to make Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) mandatory for senior high school students. The measure will be known as the ROTC Act. Rep. Ramon Durano, chairman of the committee and one of the co-authors of the measure, said the approval of the ROTC Act would reinforce the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) reserve manpower and boost the capacity of the government to respond to any national security threat or emergency. Graduates of basic ROTC would be eligible for commission-ship and enlistment in the military, Philippine National Police, Coast Guard, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and Bureau of Fire Protection. Students undergoing Basic and Advance ROTC would be provided free hospitalization if they get injured during training.

Source: Manila Times January 31, 2019 16:18 UTC