The Bharath Scouts & Guides to Start Sea Scouts in Coastal Karnataka: Check Out

The Bharath Scouts & Guides to Start Sea Scouts in Coastal Karnataka: Check Out

The Bharath Scouts and Guides (BSG) Karnataka Chief Commissioner P.G.R. Sindhia said that BSG the has planned to start sea scouts in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada. The sidelines of a workshop for officials of the Department of School Education and Literacy and taluk-level BSG nodal officers. Sea scouts would encourage students to join the Indian Navy. Sea scouts would be in operation from the 2024-25 academic year, he added.

BSG had planned to increase the number of cubs, bulbuls, scouts and guides, and rovers and rangers, from 7 lakh to 10 lakh. BSG had asked the State government to reserve 500 seats in engineering and 50 seats in medical and dental courses for scouts, guides, rovers and rangers. The Higher Education Council has been asked to direct universities to reserve seats for rovers and rangers. Disaster management teams comprising scouts, guides, rovers and rangers had been set up in 11 districts, including Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada, in the State.