Spread scouting activities: President

President M Abdul Hamid on Sunday called upon all concerned to involve more youths in scouting side by side with the academic feat to build them good citizens.

He directed the authorities concerned to continue their efforts to increase the number of scouts as well as ensure their quality through effective training.

The President, also the Chief Scout of the country, came up with the instructions while inaugurating the 50th Annual General Meeting of the National Council of Bangladesh Scouts and the awards giving ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital this afternoon.

The head of the state virtually joined the function from the Gallery Hall of the Bangabhaban. Bangladesh Scouts President Md Abul Kalam Azad and Chief National Commissioner Md Mozammel Haque Khan also took part in the event there.

He said scouting is an international voluntary, non-political and educational movement and in addition to conventional education, scouting is a complementary education system.

The main objective of scouting is to develop children, adolescents and youths as ideal citizens through education through continuous and planned programs, the President stated.

Started by Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, President Hamid said the scout movement is advancing with its outstanding contributions as well as glory in 171 countries across the globe.

Noting that the number of scouts in Bangladesh at present is around 22 lakh, he said the government has extended all possible cooperation to promote the scout movement in Bangladesh.

President Hamid extended his best wishes and congratulations to all the scouts and rover scouts and leaders and guardians who have won the ‘President’s Scout Award’, the highest award of 794 scouts in 2020 and the ‘President’s Rover Scout Award’, the highest award of 14 Rover Scouts.