The effects of the national service training program to the development of the students in the university of Cagayan Valley

The University of Cagayan Valley, formerly the Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao in its desire to respond in the call for national development embraced the implementation of Republic Act 9163, known as the National Service Training Program Act of 2001. The imposition of the national program for service and training to the youth in the Philippines begin with the creation of Commonwealth Act No. 1, otherwise known as the National Defense Act. It is a legislative act providing basis for the national defense of the country, punishing certain violations thereof, appropriating fund therefore and for other purposes under the government of President Manuel L. Quezon in 1935. This study attempted to determine the effects of the National Service Training Program to the development of students of University of Cagayan Valley. The study has utilized the descriptive-correlational research method where 340 students who graduated from the program either on the military and non-military components has been the source of the needed data. The research utilized a questionnaire (Cancino, E. C. (2009) to elicit information and to ensure more reliable data. The information and data that were gathered through the questionnaire were organized, tabulated and collated for better analysis and interpretation. The frequency and percentage distribution were utilized to analyze & interpret the profile of the respondents. To assess the effects of the NSTP course and the influences provided by the NSTP and the difficulties encountered by the students, the weighted mean was employed. To the test the difference in the effects of the NSTP courses among the respondents when grouped according to program, the t-test was utilized. The Pearson r was used to test of relationship between the influences provided on the above NSTP courses and the respondents’ profile. The result of this has brought to the conclusion that the NSTP courses are effective to an extent for the University of Cagayan Valley students because the instruction was effective and it addressed the leadership skills needed by the students. Through effective community service provided by the NSTP courses, students developed holistically as individuals, as students, and as responsible citizens of the society guided by the four core values, which were instilled by the UCV-NSTP as well as the whole institution. Aside from completing the courses, the students also gained benefits due to the community services they have done. They were able to improve themselves, executed better, involved more in the community, and demonstrated a lot of competencies after completing the said learning courses. The NSTP students of University of Cagayan Valley also influenced the students along self-improvement as evidenced by the findings that the students improved in terms of their academic & leadership skills, self-confidence and connection with the communities. Meanwhile, there were also effects of NSTP along the performance of the students in terms of academic and community services. It is through the programs or activities provided by NSTP enabled the students to improve their performance in every activity even in other subjects they enrolled. Furthermore, NSTP courses also had influences along the community involvement of the students because they were able to conduct community services wherein, they were able to recognize that they have made impacts or changes after they have conducted community services. It is through their experiences in NSTP courses that made them more involved in the community where they belong. The NSTP courses also had influences along the demonstration of competencies by the students even after completing the said courses. Given the results of the study regarding the effects of NSTP to the University of Cagayan Valley students, the researcher recommends that further studies be conducted regarding the effects or benefits of NSTP to the students as well as to the community and on the perceptions of the students towards ROTC.