MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) on Saturday assured senators that it could implement a law they are proposing to make the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC)
program mandatory despite doubts and reservations expressed by one of its officials on whether it could be done due to a lack of resources.
“We can implement this using a ‘phased approach’ wherein we will have pilot and simulation runs in selected universities, while preparing our personnel, logistical and budgetary requirements for its full implementation,” he explained.According to Galvez, the projected timeline from enactment of the law to initial implementation is two to three years, while full implementation could be done in five years.
“The requirement is really enormous … [the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority] and out-of-school youth are not yet included here,” Gacal said. Pressed by Dela Rosa on whether the military could handle the mandatory ROTC program, Alcudia said it could but “with the proper support and logistics.”Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and Francis Tolentino assured the DND and the AFP of budgetary and logistical support to implement the program. Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Robin Padilla also filed similar bills to revive mandatory ROTC.
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