BPSU NSTP Vision and Mission Quiz

BPSU NSTP Vision and Mission

• Envisions building valuable and effective members of the NSRC to serve as agents in attaining quality of life, sustaining peace, unity, cooperation, and growth in target communities.
• Mission is to be a dynamic, service-oriented sector composed of qualified implementers, providing capability enhancement for civic welfare, encouraging youth to improve their skills, knowledge, and attitudes in various endeavors that will develop their interest in community service and responsiveness in attaining peace and development.

BPSU NSTP Goals

• Develop civic consciousness among youth, particularly those that enhance their total well-being as agents in the pursuit of national development.

NSTP: Coverage and Components

• All incoming freshmen students, regardless of gender, in any baccalaureate degree course or at least two-year technical vocational courses in public and private educational institutions are required to complete one NSTP component to graduate.
• NSTP components offered at BPSU are: Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC), Literacy Training Service (LTS), and Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS).

Drugs: Definition, Abuse, Long-term Effects, Reasons for Use, and Classifications

• Drug - Substance (other than food or water) taken or administered to alter, sustain, or control the recipient's physical, mental, or emotional state.
• Drug Abuse - Using drugs without a prescription to alter mood and behavior.
• Drug Dependence - A condition where a person cannot function without drugs in their system and experiences withdrawal symptoms (restlessness, pain, convulsions, etc.) when not using drugs.
• Drug Addiction - Reliance on drugs to achieve or maintain a particular psychological state, mood, or thinking.
• Long-term Effects - Prolonged use and even single exposure (especially intravenously) can lead to full-blown psychosis (delusions/hallucinations) similar to schizophrenia.
• Reasons for Using Drugs - Curiosity, peer pressure, stress relief, rebellion against authority, to enhance performance, and to cope with life's challenges.
• Classifications of Drug Abusers - Experimenters, social users, abusers, and addicts.

Drug Abuse: Ill Effects and Unlawful Acts

• Ill effects include impaired memory, judgment, and coordination; addiction, withdrawal symptoms, and death.
• Unlawful acts related to drug abuse include possession, use, sale, and manufacture of prohibited drugs.

DRRM Awareness: Introduction and Key Components

• DRRM - Disaster Risk Reduction Management is a systematic process utilizing administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills to implement strategies, policies, and improved coping capacities to lessen adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster.
• Key Components - Disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

DRRM: Defining Disaster, Risk, Hazard, and Exposure

• Disaster - A serious disruption in a community or society due to hazardous events interacting with conditions, exposure, vulnerability, and capacity, leading to human, material, economic, and environmental losses.
• Disaster Risk - Potential loss of life, injury, or damaged assets for a system, society, or community within a specific time.
• Hazard - Process, phenomena, or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury, property damage, social and economic disruption, or environmental degradation.
• Exposure - Situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities, and other tangible assets located in hazard-prone areas.

Types of Disasters: Natural and Human-Induced

• Natural Disasters - Earthquakes, typhoons, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis.
• Human-Induced Disasters - Fires, industrial accidents, chemical spills, pandemics/epidemics.

DRRM: Emergency and Disaster Differentiation

• Emergency - A situation requiring a speedy response to save lives and protect property using readily available resources.
• Disaster - Serious events threatening or causing widespread losses and damage, overwhelming local responders, requiring external assistance to cope with impacts.

The Disaster Risk Management Cycle

• Prevention - Outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and disasters through actions like dams, embankments, land-use regulations prohibiting settlement in high-risk zones, and seismic engineering designs.
• Mitigation - Lessening or limitation of adverse impacts through engineering techniques, hazard- resistant construction, environmental policies, and public awareness.
• Preparedness - Knowledge and capacity developed by governments, emergency responders, communities, and individuals to anticipate, respond to, and recover from hazards.
• Response - Providing emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure safety, and meet basic needs.
• Rehabilitation - Measures to restore affected communities and areas to their normal functioning by rebuilding livelihoods, damaged infrastructure, and increasing community capacity.
• Recovery - Restoring systems, services, and infrastructure to full functionality after a disaster, mitigating long-term impacts, and ensuring affected communities can resume normal operations.

Preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and Good Citizenship Values

• Preamble - Intro to the Constitution; the source of Filipino values and principles for building a just society, promoting the common good, conserving and developing the nation's resources, and securing the blessings of independence and democracy.
• Good Citizenship Values - Reflected in Article IX Constitutional Commissions and the 1987 Constitution, emphasizing respect for human dignity, promoting youth involvement in nation-building, and providing the process for losing and reacquiring Philippine citizenship.

The Good Citizenship Clusters: Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Maka-Bayan, and Makakalikasan

• Maka-Diyos - Love for God and faith in a higher being.
• Maka-Tao - Respect for the value of human life, dignity of work, and compassion towards others.
• Maka-Bayan - Patriotism, love for one's country, nationalism, and dedication to serving the nation.
• Makakalikasan - Concern for the environment, responsibility for preserving nature, and sustainable development.

Nationalism and Patriotism: Defining the Concepts

• Nationalism - An attitude among members of a nation, incorporating national identity (common origin, ethnicity, and cultural ties).
• Patriotism - Love for and devotion to one's country.

History of the ROTC Program in the Philippines

• 1912 - Established with the creation of the Department of Military Science and Tactics at the University of the Philippines.
• 1922 - The first ROTC unit is formed.
• 1935 - ROTC becomes mandatory for all students in universities and colleges with the signing of Commonwealth Act 1, the National Defense Act.

Test your understanding of the BPSU NSTP's vision, mission, and goals. This quiz will challenge your knowledge of how the NSTP aims to develop civic consciousness and community service among youth. Perfect for incoming freshmen and NSTP students!