An official of the Department of National Defense on Wednesday told senators about what he called the 'enormous requirements' in making the Reserve Officers Training Course mandatory in the country's higher education institutions.
An official of the Department of National Defense on Wednesday told senators about what he called the "enormous requirements" in making the Reserve Officers Training Course mandatory in the country's higher education institutions.
Gacal said 9,000 to 10,000 military personnel would be needed to provide four officials per school, assuming that there were 2,400 higher education institutions that will implement the ROTC. Bato slammed Gacal over his “attitude” toward the mandatory ROTC program and called him out for supposedly refusing to carry the task for the measure.
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