QuestionsQuestions (NDCP DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR NO. 08)
It provides rules and regulations on the organization, operation, and administration of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP).
To develop the skills and competence of potential national defense leaders and selected civilian and private-sector executives in formulating and implementing national security policies, and to conduct strategic and international studies as basis for national policies.
To undertake (1) an academic program (including the graduate-level Regular Course leading to MNSA), (2) a research and studies program, (3) an extension program (short courses, seminar-workshops, policy conferences, public fora), and (4) such other functions as the President and Secretary of National Defense may direct.
The Secretary of National Defense.
The College is headed by a President assisted by an Executive Vice-President, a Vice-President for Academic Affairs, a Vice-President for Administrative Affairs, and a Vice-President for Research and Special Studies.
He acts for the President in the latter’s absence and performs other functions assigned by the President.
It is composed of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs as Chairman, and the heads of the various academic disciplines as members, designated by the President subject to the approval of the Secretary of National Defense.
Examples include: supervising academic affairs; recommending academic consultants/professors/resource persons and programs; recommending policies on academic matters; recommending the conferment of the MNSA degree and other degrees upon compliance with requirements; and performing other duties as directed by the President.
Both must be holders of the Master in National Security Administration (MNSA) degree, preferably with a relevant master’s degree.
Both must be holders of the MNSA degree and preferably a doctoral degree in an area relevant to the College’s academic and research/special studies program.
It empowers the College to confer the Master in National Security Administration (MNSA) degree upon those who satisfactorily complete the prescribed requirements.
A Board of Admission screens and selects qualified candidates. It has five (5) members chosen by the President, with three (3) outstanding MNSA graduates each representing the military, the civilian government, and the private sector.
They must be at least a Lieutenant Colonel or Commander (PN); eligible for the General Staff Course (GSC) or assigned to high-responsibility positions that develop expertise akin to GSC schooling; have a bachelor’s degree; and must not be more than 51 years old upon admission with at least three (3) years of service remaining before compulsory retirement, reckoned from the date of graduation.
They must hold at least a Division Chief position (or equivalent); have at least ten (10) years of government service; have a bachelor’s degree; and be not less than 35 nor more than 55 years old upon admission.
Upon recommendation of the President, the Secretary of National Defense may issue waivers of admission requirements on a case-to-case basis.
No. The Circular states it cannot be construed to authorize appointing/designating an active military person to a civilian position in the NDCP because such appointment/designation is prohibited by the Constitution.