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(PNA file photo) MANILA-Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Wednesday the survey he commissioned Pulse Asia to conduct has resulted in 69 percent of Filipinos agreeing to the proposed implementation of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Program in senior high school. Gatchalian said about 71 percent of the respondents in the National Capital Region and 78 percent in the Visayas support mandatory ROTC in senior high school while 67 percent in Balance Luzon and 64 percent in Mindanao also say they support the proposal. "Among socioeconomic groups, support for mandatory ROTC is stronger in Classes A, B, C (71 percent) and D (71 percent), compared to Class E (54 percent). The survey had 1,200 respondents," Gatchalian said in a statement. He re-filed his Senate Bill 387, which seeks the institutionalization and administration of the Basic ROTC program for students enrolled in Grades 11 and 12. "(The) Basic ROTC Program will include basic military training to motivate
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