MORE Filipinos said that the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program should be 'optional' for senior high school students instead of mandatory, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Thursday.
The poll, conducted from March 26 to 29 among 1,200 respondents nationwide, found that 42 percent of Filipinos said that ROTC should be optional as a course or community service.The same survey also revealed that 35 percent of Filipinos think that ROTC should be compulsory for senior high school students, while 22 percent believe that ROTC should not be included in the curriculum.
called on Congress to pass a law mandating the ROTC program for senior high school students.The President proposed that ROTC be part of the senior high school curriculum in all public and private tertiary schools.'This seeks to reinstitute the ROTC program as a mandatory component of senior high school programs grades 11 and 12 in all public and private tertiary level educational institutions,' Marcos has said.
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