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Measuring their skills
A purposeful assembly.
OF ALL the uniformed services, it is the Scouts and Guides Movement, which seems to have been relegated to the background, though it has rendered a yeoman service to society.
The district rally and the competitions of the Southern Railway State Bharat Scouts and Guides, held recently at the district training and camping centre on the Tiruchi junction premises, brought to light the strenuous training the scouts (school boys) and guides (school girls) undergo to develop their personality and to serve society.
In all, 150 scouts and guides from the Railway School, Villupuram, and those from the Arignar Anna Scout Group and the Kattabomman Group, both of Kallukuzhi, participated in the annual rally, which was aimed at testing the participants' skills and improving their talents. The boys and girls were trained in self-discipline and civic sense. Various events were held for moulding their character to make them role models.
The State Training Commissioner and Assistant Leader Trainer, C. Arjunan, and the Himalayam Wood Badge holders, Muruganandam, Senthilkumar and Manoharan, conducted the training.
Competitions were held in 13 areas. The `camp craft inspection' was aimed at preparing an improvised shelter with four blankets stitched on the spot, and erecting a flag mast with three staves and preparing gadgets. The `first aid' contest involved theory and practical tests and treating injured and transporting them to hospitals. Theory and practical tests were conducted as part of `compass and mapping' and `badge work'.
The `pioneering' contest was to construct a pioneering project, for which a sketch would be given. `Signalling' was yet another important programme. The participants' skills in receiving and sending messages through the Morse code and using the signalling flag were tested. Participants would have to present a report after discussing the topic given by the examiners in the `group work' contest. The general knowledge was tested in the `paper work' contest.
Their skills in wearing correct and complete uniform and advancement badges, giving the salute and reporting were tested in the `uniform and smartness' contest.
`Cooking' (cooking with utensils), `drill and marching', `estimation' (height, weight, distance and numbers) and community singing (singing five songs from the `Geet Bharati', comprising Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi songs), were the other contests.
From Syed Muthahar
in Tiruchi
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