Should mandatory ROTC be revived?

THOSE pushing for the revival of the Reserve Officers Training Corps or ROTC anchor their position on Section 4 of Article II of the 1987 Constitution.

What is important to point out here is the Constitutional provision does not automatically make ROTC mandatory, but subject to conditions provided by law. We still recall the mandatory two-year ROTC program was abolished after a University of Santo Tomas student was brutally killed in 2001 after he exposed alleged corruption in his school’s military training program.Proponents of ROTC restoration insist this is necessary in view of prevailing tensions in the South China Sea that could lead to war.

Then there’s the argument that ROTC will instill patriotism or love of country and inculcate discipline among the youth.

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