The Perception of The Senior High Students in the Implementation of Reserve Officers Training Corps

In the Philippines, the National Service Training Program (NSTP) is a law that must be followed. This study explored the perception of senior high school students towards the implementation of the ROTC. It was conducted at one of the higher educational institutions in Ozamiz City, situated in Misamis Occidental in the Northern part of Mindanao during the school year 2022-2023. The study utilized the descriptive-correlational research design. Two hundred and fifty-six respondents were included in this research study; they were chosen at random by the researchers to participate in the survey using random stratified sampling. The researchers used adapted research questionnaires. The statistical tools used were mean and standard deviation and t-test. The quantitative study results revealed that the perception of senior high students towards the implementation of ROTC showed very high in terms of physical capabilities and psychological capabilities. And only high for extent knowledge and attitude. This only shows that the students tend to give more importance to the aspect of physical and psychological capabilities compared to having extent knowledge and attitude in the implementation of ROTC. Moreover, it shows that there is a significant relationship between physical and psychological capabilities toward attitude. But for extent knowledge and attitude, it has been shown that there is no significant relationship between them. It signifies that physical and psychological capabilities can impact the attitude of the students compared to the extent knowledge which shows that the students will be more focused or will give more attention to their academics than ROTC. The researchers recommend that in terms of administrative support, such as office, training ground, logistics, funding, and registration of grades and graduates, schools should continuously examine and enhance the ROTC program as part of their annual program.