Section 7. NSTP Offering in Higher and Technical-Vocational Educational Institutions. — All higher and technical-vocational institutions, public and private, must offer at least one of the program components: Provided, That State universities and colleges shall offer the ROTC component and at least one other component as provided herein: Provided, further, That private higher and technical-vocational education institutions may also offer the ROTC if they have at least three hundred and fifty (350) cadet students.

In offering the NSTP whether during the semestral or summer periods, clustering of affected students from different educational institutions may be done, taking into account logistics, branch of service and geographical considerations. Schools that do not meet the required number of students to maintain the optional ROTC and any of the NSTP components shall allow their students to cross-enroll to other schools irrespective of whether or not the NSTP components in said schools are being administered by the same or another branch of service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), CHED and TESDA to which schools are identified.