Should ROTC be restored in schools?
The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) always exists. Nasa Republic Act 7077 (Reservist Ac) ‘yan.
Kaso it was made optional by an Executive Order. So far there is no Republic Act or Presidential Decree demolishing ROTC.
The problem is in the implementation. Nahimo sya optional na lang due to the hazing sang mga ROTC officers sang University of Santo Tomas which resulted to the death sang isa nila ka applicant. – AL DESTACAMENTO, international fashion photographer, La Paz, Iloilo City
Yes. Students who undergo ROTC become appreciative of their role in society.
Most of students become successful by serving the government. So I think there is a need to restore ROTC in schools. – RUSEL JAZZ SILANTES, Iloilo City
I’m not favor of restoring ROTC in schools. It’s an additional burden to students.
In ROTC, students are required to report to school on Saturdays.
Students can only take a rest on Saturdays and Sundays so if there’s ROTC the students have a rest of one day only. – BABBIT JOHN DELA CRUZ, 33, employee, Iloilo City
Yes, because through ROTC, we inculcate in the youth patriotism and love of country.
ROTC does not pressure everyone to become a soldier. But it trains the youth how to become a leader, “stability under pressure.”
If you are a graduate of ROTC and became a manager or supervisor in any profession, you can decide even in the worst situations, just like soldiers do.
The Advance Citizenship Training Program or ACTP in high school is very beneficial; it prepares the youth to be strong physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually as future leaders. – ATA TARU, Armed Forces of the Philippines member
Yes, it should be. Kinahanglan gid ang ROTC sa high school.
It helps the students improve their personality, especially those who plan to take the Criminology course.
Daku gid ang mabulig sang ROTC sa mga estudyante. – GING-GING SERRANO, overseas Filipino worker
The most prevalent attitude towards ROTC is that nobody takes it seriously. It’s just something you have to grin and bear to be able to graduate. Minimal if not zero sense of nationalism.
If President Rodrigo Duterte wants a well-trained citizen’s army, then it has to be the real thing, not some university requirement that everybody hates. Well, not all as there are those misguided souls who take up advance ROTC and become officers thinking this could make them popular in campus, especially with the girls.
What we need is a well-trained citizen’s army of qualified natives. I mean here both male and female to defend the republic. A conscription program following the successful models of Israel, South Korea and Singapore is what we need to defend these islands and not ROTC. – LUIS M. BUENAFLOR JR., columnist, Panay News
