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Kathmandu,Sunday February 27, 2000 Fagun 15, 2056.
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Role
of scouts vital to curb social anomalies
By
a Post Reporter
KATHMANDU,
Feb 26 - Minister for Supplies Prakash Man Singh today stressed on the
role of scouts in discouraging social anomalies.
Scout
was established in 1907 in Great Britain by a war veteran Lord
Badenpowell with an aim to voluntarily serve the country and society
in a disciplined manner. The late King Tribhuwan introduced Scouts to
Nepal and became its Patron in June 18, 1952 to "preserve and
promote democracy" established in 1951 after 104 years of
Autocratic Rana Regime. Most of the countries in the world have
adopted scouts.
"
We can fight social aberrations by promoting more and more youths to
the scouting activities," said Singh. "Scouting needs to be
intensified for this." Minister Singh is a scouter himself.
He
said he would try his level best to convince the government to
increase grant on scouts, which have been deducted in the past few
years. He was addressing the national "Advanced and Gilwell
Re-Union" of Nepal Scouts. Around 122 senior male and female
scouters across the country who have passed the military-like
"advanced" scouts training participated in the reunion
programme organised by the District Scouts Office, Kathmandu.
Senior
scouter Prof Govind Narayan Jyapu said King Tribhuwan introduced
scouts after extensive interaction with the contemporary elites
"as the best choice" to protect democracy. "It is high
time all of us understand the significance of scouts for the
development of the country and preservation of democracy," said
Prof Jyapu. He urged the government to allocate more fund for the
scouts.
District
Scout Commissioner for Lalitpur Shriram Lamichhane said, "If the
government assists scouts, scouts in turn will assist the government
by producing disciplined and dedicated youths who will be the greatest
asset of the country."
Member
of the National Scout Council Rabindra Pandey called for the
institutional development of scouts. He appealed to the government to
pass the proposed amendment on the Scout Bill tabled in the parliament
upcoming session slated for March 1.
Pandey
said the first "Advanced and Gilwell Re-union" was organised
to "openly discuss" the ways to improve and specifically
address recent distortions on Nepal Scouts. He, however, didn’t
specify the " distortions."
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