President urges scout leaders to extend activities to remote areas
Friday, 24 July 2009
President Zillur Rahman Thursday urged the scout leaders to extend their activities around country's remote areas and help build a nation with trained and competent manpower matching with the milieu of the modern world, reports UNB.
"You know that there is no alternative to competent and trained manpower in building the nation," he said while addressing the President Scouts and President Rovers' Scout Award-giving ceremony at Bangabhaban in the city.
For building the young generation as competent and world- standard citizens the President put emphasis on following up-to-date educational curriculum and teaching method at all levels from primary to higher education.
"From childhood, they've to be imbued with moral and social values alongside the formal education," he said.
The president said the scout activities should be massively spread out across the country for developing the leadership quality in the young generation. "It's laudable that you are playing constructive role in building the nation through active participation in the scout movements."
With deep homage he remembered the pioneer of scout movement -Robert Baden Powel- who launched scout movement in 1907. "Today his scout movement has extended all over the world," he said, adding that the aim of the movement is to build the young generation as man of good character, self-reliant, patriotic and ideal citizens.
Zillur Rahman mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had declared 'Vision-2021' to build a prosperous Bangladesh based on Information Communication Technology during celebration of the country's golden jubilee of independence in 2021. "The main driving force of our development will be spirit of Liberation War and non-communal outlook," he said.
He expressed the hope that today's young generation, being enriched with proper IT knowledge, would be able to move forward to attain the goals of the nation.
The president congratulated the award winners and said the scouts should be devoted as volunteers to developing the country by reflecting the spirit of scouting in their personal, familial and social lives through exercising hard labour.
President of Bangladesh Scouts Momtajul Islam, Chief National Commissioner Abul Kalam Azad and National Commissioner (Programme) Mesbahuddin Bhuiyan as well as Rover Scout Leaders, Scout Leaders, distinguished guests and guardians, among others, were present at the award-giving ceremony.
A total of 126 scouts were awarded. Of them, some 119 recipients got President Scout Award and seven received President Rover Scout Award.
"You know that there is no alternative to competent and trained manpower in building the nation," he said while addressing the President Scouts and President Rovers' Scout Award-giving ceremony at Bangabhaban in the city.
For building the young generation as competent and world- standard citizens the President put emphasis on following up-to-date educational curriculum and teaching method at all levels from primary to higher education.
"From childhood, they've to be imbued with moral and social values alongside the formal education," he said.
The president said the scout activities should be massively spread out across the country for developing the leadership quality in the young generation. "It's laudable that you are playing constructive role in building the nation through active participation in the scout movements."
With deep homage he remembered the pioneer of scout movement -Robert Baden Powel- who launched scout movement in 1907. "Today his scout movement has extended all over the world," he said, adding that the aim of the movement is to build the young generation as man of good character, self-reliant, patriotic and ideal citizens.
Zillur Rahman mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had declared 'Vision-2021' to build a prosperous Bangladesh based on Information Communication Technology during celebration of the country's golden jubilee of independence in 2021. "The main driving force of our development will be spirit of Liberation War and non-communal outlook," he said.
He expressed the hope that today's young generation, being enriched with proper IT knowledge, would be able to move forward to attain the goals of the nation.
The president congratulated the award winners and said the scouts should be devoted as volunteers to developing the country by reflecting the spirit of scouting in their personal, familial and social lives through exercising hard labour.
President of Bangladesh Scouts Momtajul Islam, Chief National Commissioner Abul Kalam Azad and National Commissioner (Programme) Mesbahuddin Bhuiyan as well as Rover Scout Leaders, Scout Leaders, distinguished guests and guardians, among others, were present at the award-giving ceremony.
A total of 126 scouts were awarded. Of them, some 119 recipients got President Scout Award and seven received President Rover Scout Award.