SCOUT / GUIDE SECTION

  1. Developing his/her character to become a healthy, happy and useful Citizen.
  2. Accept and follow the aim of Good Citizenship.
  3. Preparing himself/herself in Scout/Guide skills to help others.
  4. Making things useful for others.
  5. Developing the qualities of dynamic leadership.
  6. Increasing the love for nature, National resources and adventure.
  7. Knowing about his/her National & Heritage of culture and contribute to the cause of National Integration.
  8. Be aware of his/her capacities and use them in service to the community.
  9. Accepting the challenges which contribute to his/her all-round development.
  10. Developing the sense of beauty to make the environment attractive and things in good order.

Advancement of a SCOUT / GUIDE Period Age (11 to 17+ yrs.)

 

  1. PRAVESHIKA                                    3 MONTHS
  2. RAJAT/KOMAL PAD                        6 MONTHS
  3. SWARN/DHRUV PAD                       9 MONTHS
  4. HEERAK/GURU PAD                        9 MONTHS
  5. RAJYA PURASKAR                          12 MONTHS
  6. PRESIDENT AWARD                        6 MONTHS
  7. EXTRA PROFICIENCY BADGES (Extra)

PRAVESHIKA (Period – 3 months)

 

  1. Knowledge of Scouting/Guiding of Hindustan Scouts & Guides Association
  2. Hindustan Scouts & Guides Prayer and Flag Song.
  3. Knowledge of Scout/Guide Law & Promise.
  4. Scout/Guide Motto, Sign, Salute, Left handshake and Emblem.
  5. Scout/Guide Uniform and how to wear it.
  6. Know the whistle and hand signals.
  7. Know the significance of Hindustan Scouts & Guides and the National Flag.
  8. Learn and sing the National Anthem, Vande Matram and Sare Jahan Se Achchha….
  9. Do a good turn for 30 days and keep the record.
  10. Exercise and Yoga
  11. Learn the proper way of breathing and exercise for breathing, eyes, neck, hands and shoulders
  12. Perform any 4 Aasans- Vajrasan, Padmasan, Tadasan, Shavasan.
  13. Laughing, Smiling and Silence for one hour weekly.
  14. Life of two great men of India.

Note:- After completion of Praveshika the Unit Leader(Scout Master/Guide Captain) will arrange the investiture for boys/girls to become a Scout/Guide.

RAJAT / KOMAL PAD (Period – 6 months)

  1. Completed the Praveshika Test.
  2. Know the Patrol system, its organization, patrol corner, flag, yell, song, voice, library, record and patrol meetings.
  3. Know about 16 directions by compass.
  4. Know the flag ceremony and its practice.
  5. Know the woodcraft signs.
  6. Learn and practice whipping & the following knots:
  • Reef knot
  • Sheet-band
  • Clove hitch
  • Sheepshank
  • Fisherman knot
  • Thumb knot
  1. Know the rules of health.
  1. First-Aid
  2. Knowledge about the first aid box.
  3. Triangular Bandages and their uses.
  4. Render first aid for scratches, burns, cuts, bleeding from the nose & sprains.
  5. Know the use of staff.
  6. The practice of simple drill and with staff.
  7. One day 4 Kilometres Patrol hike.
  8. Make a use-full handicraft or gadget.
  9. Participate in wide games and sense training game.
  10. Do a good turn daily for 40 days and enter in your notebook.
  11. Participate in a cleanliness campaign in your locality or school for five days.
  12. Participate in all faith prayers.
  13. Exercise and Yoga;-
  14. Exercise for chest and stomach.
  15. Perform & Practise any four Aasans-dhanurasan, Garudsan, kagasan, Gorakshan, Paschimotasan, Sithilasan and perform and practice- Surya Namaskar.
  16. Know the life history of three great men and write in your notebook.

SWARN / DHRUV PAD (9 Months)

  1. Pioneering (Knots and Lashing)
  2. Timber hitch, veiling, liver hitch, bowline one round and two half hitches.
  3. Sheer/parallel lashing, square lashing, the figure of eight lashings, diagonal lashing.
  4. Make an improvised shelter.
  5. First Aid
  6. Kinds of badges and their uses.
  7. Learn and demonstrate improvised stature and carrying methods.
  8. Throw lifeline for 14 meters.
  9. Render first aid for sunstroke something fall in the eyes, a blister on heal &stings.
  10. Fire
  11. Lay and light a wood-fire with not more than two match sticks.
  12. Know about light of kerosene/Gas stove, its cleaning and safety precautions with leakage of gas.
  13. Putting out the fire by various methods.
  14. Cooking: Prepare tea, breakfast, lunch and dinner for your patrol with the help of your patrol members.
  15. Estimation
  16. Self-measurement (i.e. Hand, Arm, Foot and other parts of the body etc.)
  17. Estimation of width, distance & height with the help of Scout Staff or other materials.
  18. Boy Scout/Guide pace cross two K.M. way
  19. Direction and basic knowledge of map
  20. Be able to find out the North direction at night time with the help of stars.
  21. Be able to identify the direction by conventional methods and by watching.
  22. Signalling: Know and demonstrate the signalling of MAMOMA Semaphore MORSE (by flag)
  23. Participate in a 10 K.M. hike for nature study and write in your notebook.
  24. Complete any two projects from the following and write in your notebook:-
  25. Render social service in a Mela. Holly place, Hospital, Bus-stand/Railway station etc. for 12 hours.
  26. Participate in cleanliness campaign for at least 12 hours.
  27. Help in solving the pollution problems in your school or locality.
  28. Study and collection with an illustration of our culture or locality and heritage.
  29. Undertake a development project in your school, a locality with your patrol with permission from the head of the institution/local authorities and adopt a park/holly place/village/slum/water spot/public place to maintain the same for one month and educate the users of its importance and maintaining the same.
  30. Exercise and Yoga
  31. Scouts exercise
  32. What is Sat Karam? Know about Kunjal.
  33. Exercise of legs and hands.
  34. Perform and practice any 4 Yogasan- Katichakrasan, Pawan Muktasan, Bhujangasan, Makarasan, Shavasan, Anulam-Vilompranayam.
  35. Participate in an all faith prayer programme.
  36. Earn any 3 proficiency badges
  37. Cook
  38. Friend to animal
  39. Debater
  40. Community Singer
  41. Gardener
  42. Home Service (Guide)
  43. Cyclist
  44. Rangoli (Guide)
  45. Toymaker
  46. Athlete
  47. Swimmer
  48. Reader

HEERAK / GURU PAD (Period – 9 Months)

  1. Eligibility- Dhruv Pad qualified.
  2. First-Aid
  3. Know and demonstrate artificial respiration.
  4. Know the main parts of the human body
  5. Deal with a simple fracture of the collar bone, leg, arm and jaw.
  6. Know the pressure point and how to stop its bleeding.
  7. Render first aid for shock, fainting, electric shock and choking.
  8. Camp Crafts and Pioneering
  9. Revision of lashings.
  10. Tie and practice: Draw hitch, liver hitch, man harness knot, chair knot, bowline on the bite.
  11. Know the tools of camp and their uses.
  12. Pitching, string and packing a tent or improvising shelter.
  13. Learn and make any two patrols pioneering project with your patrol
  14. Two rope bridge
  15. Ladder bridge
  16. Monkey bridge
  17. Suspension bridge
  18. Swinging derrick
  19. Signalling tower
  20. Signalling: Practice sending & receiving a message containing at least 30 words through Morse/Mamoma/Semaphore (in Hindi or English).
  21. Estimation:- Know and practice different estimation methods of width, length and height etc. not more than 30 meters. And for weight, not more than 2 K.G…
  22. Mapping:-
  23. Making and reading of Map
  24. Making Route map.
  25. Know the concessional signs of the map.
  26. Be able to read a tourist or survey of India map etc.
  27. Hike:   Participate in a cycle hike for 30 K.M. or a hike on foot for 10 K.M. with your patrol (for Scout).

            Participate in a cycle hike for 20 K.M. or a hike on foot for 8 K.M. with your patrol       (for Guide).

  1. Camp: Participate in three nights camp and write its reports in your notebook.
  2. Earn any 3 proficiency badges which were not earned earlier:
  • Citizen
  • Camper
  • Yoga
  • Entertainer
  • Climber
  • Hiking
  • Pathfinder
  • Folk dancer
  • Computer Awareness
  • Pioneer
  1. Exercise and Yoga: Perform and practice these Aasanas
  • Konasan
  • Uttanpad Aasan
  • Shalabhasan
  • Sarvangasana
  • Supt Vajrasan
  • Shavasan
  • Pranayam: Sheetali or Nadi Shodhan
  1. Participate in all faith Meditation
  2. Learn repair Hand pump, taps, Gas stove, kerosene stove, caning, chair/coat.

Note: Test should be given of 2 only.

RAJYA PURASKAR (12 Month)

Eligibility – Heerak / Guru Pad

  1. Knowledge: Know about the two states its life and culture and write in your log-book.
  1. Participate in 3 days Pradeshik Puraskar test camp which will be organized by State.
  1. Undertake and render social service on any place for 12 hours and write in your log i.e. Holy Place, Village, Slum, Colony, Mela, Religion Procession, Hospital, Railway Station and Bus-Stand.
  2. Take a project on anyone from the following and note in your log-book:-
  • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
  • Environment
  • Sanitation
  1. Exercise and Yoga: Test for Dhruv Pad Yoga and Exercise.
  2. Qualify in any 4 proficiency badges
  • Social worker
  • Leprosy control
  • Literacy
  • Environment protector
  • Village worker
  • Yoga
  • Games Leader
  • Secretary
  • Child nurse (Guide)
  • Tailor
  • Sanitation promoter
  • Population educator
  • Nutrition educator
  • Electrician

 

Note:

  1. Examiner for proficiency badges is appointed by State Headquarters, Dist. Headquarters, appoint the examiner with the consent of the State Training Commissioner.
  2. The Pradeshik Puraskar badge shall he wear on the left arm in place of the Guru Pad badge.
  3. Log-book, Certificate regarding 2,3,4,5,6 will be produced in Test camp
  4. Proficiency badges camp may be organized subject specialist should he/she invited

 

WORLD CONSERVATION YOGA

A guide can start working for Proficiency Badges at any time after investiture and continue working for them till she completes the guide age even, after gaining the President Award – Guide.F