A representative of the Kabataan Partylist expressed the group’s opposition against a provision in Senate Bill 2034 that gives schools the option to charge training fees at 50% of the standard tuition per unit rate in universities that do not offer free tuition.
If indeed the Marcos II administration intends to bring back the past by, among other means, making ROTC mandatory again, 21 years after it was made an NTSP elective, it could start by first instituting the needed reforms in the program to prevent or at least reduce the corruption, abuses and violence that many associate with it.
Citing its potential to cause harm and instill a culture of violence, Gabriela Youth on Monday, August 1, boldly denounced the proposed mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his first State of the Nation Address called on Congress to pass a law that would make the controversial Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory in senior high school.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 15, and among the things that he is expected to discuss is the push for the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) among the youth.
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos