BSS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for strengthening the Scout Movement involving each student as it will help make children worthy of leading Bangladesh towards a developed, prosperous and smart future by 2041.
“I want to groom every child into a worthy citizen of the country. The Scouts have given moral and life-oriented education to them. Members of the Scouts are being developed as patriotic and conscious citizens with a mentality of rendering services,” she said.
The prime minister said she wants to strengthen the Scout Movement by providing every student in each educational institution across the country with Scouts training as it helps build children with an open mind, which is required to stay away from militancy, terrorism, drugs and corruption.
She was addressing as the chief guest the 32nd Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree and the concluding ceremony of the 11th National Scout Jamboree 2023 at the National Scouts Training Centre in Gazipur’s Mouchak.