CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City--The Department of National Defense, Department of Education, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines conclude yesterday, July 8, the four-day Capability Building workshop for the pilot implementation of Advanced Citizen Training Program (ACTP).
The workshop is aimed at preparing 100 teachers and 100 AFP commandants from identified schools offering Grades 11 and 12 nationwide projected to imp...lement the ACTP.
ACTP is anchored on House Bill 5113 endorsed by President Rodrigo Duterte, proposing the mandatory Basic Reserve Officers Training Course (ROTC) in Gr 11 & 12 in consultation with other ROTC stakeholders.
The proposed bill was presented and unanimously approved for endorsement to Congress as a priority measure by the Pres and the Cabinet during the 12th Cabinet meeting on 07 Feb 2017 in Malacañang.
The bill was eventually filed in the House by Dep Speaker Raneo Abu (2nd Dist, Batangas) as HB 5113 on 22 Feb 2017, adopting them to the DND/AFP bill.
In line with the President's endorsement of the HB 5113, DepEd and DND/AFP worked together to come up with a Basic ROTC curriculum/POI that can be piloted in 100 senior high schools nationwide in the next school year.
This resulted to the 16 Mar 2018 signing of a Memorandum of Agreement to pilot this Basic ROTC curriculum but will be called as ACTP pending the passage into law of HB 5113.
The workshop will conclude today in Tanza, Cavite with Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana, Dr. Rizalino Jose T Rosales who represented Sec Leonor Briones, Director, Bureau of Learner Support Services under which is the Youth Formation Div which oversees the ACTP and the Deputy Chief of Staff AFP Vice Admiral Gaudenci Collado.
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