1. i) Have brief information of the origin of Scouting along with the definition, purpose principles, and method of the Bharat Scouts and Guides.

ii) A Scout Aspirant must have a holistic knowledge of the movement.

2. Know the Scout Promise, Law & Motto.

3. Have knowledge about the Scout, Sign, Salute, and left-hand shake and be able to demonstrate.

4. Render daily good turn at home and maintain a diary at least for a month.

5. Know the parts of the Scout Uniform and how to wear it correctly.

6. Know the composition and significance of the National Flag, the Bharat Scouts & Guides Flag, and the World Scout Flag and Flag Etiquette.

7. Sing correctly National Anthem, BSG Prayer, and BSG Flag Song. Know about the composer, duration, and meaning of the song.

8. Attend at least four Troop Meetings.

9. Undertake a 4-hour purposeful outing with his Patrol.

1. LOOKING AFTER YOURSELF:

a) Be able to tell correctly “your duties at home”.

b) Be able to make your bed.

c) Know the health rules regarding personal cleanliness.

d) Learn B.P. Six exercises and practice Yoga/ Asana /Surya Namashkar.

e) Stitch a button.

f) Clean / Polish canvas/ leather shoes.

g) Make a personal First Aid kit and know its contents

h) Should know the Definition and Golden rules of First Aid

2. DISCIPLINE :

a) Learn about your Patrol, its Flag, Yell, Song, Patrol Corner, Patrol Call or Cry and participate in Patrol in Council

b) Learn & practice Hand & Whistle Signals.

c) Foot Drill: Savdhan, Vishram, Aramse, Dahiney, Bayen & Pichey Mur.

d) Participate in a Troop & Patrol game.

3. ROPE-WORK :

a) Whip the end of a rope.

b) Tie & demonstrate the use of the following knots:

Reef knot, Sheet Bend, Clove Hitch, Bowline, Sheep Shank, Fisherman Knot, Round Turn & Two Half Hitches.

c) Tie and demonstrate Sheer Lashing Mark I and Mark II.

d) Make a gadget or handicraft useful at home.

4. SERVICE :

a) Undertake a Troop Service Project in your School or Scout Headquarters under the guidance of your Scout Master.

b) Deal with simple Cuts, Burns & Bleeding from the nose.

c) Undertake household responsibilities like cooking, water storage, hospitality, cleanliness etc. with the help of parents for a week.

d) Participate in the following activities

(i) Discuss with your Scout Master and render some service involving any one of the points of Scout Law and submit a report to your Scout Master.

(ii) Undertake a nature study project in consultation with your Patrol Leader and submit the report within ten days

OR

Visit a Village Panchayat Samiti/ Block Development/ Municipality/ Municipal Corporation office and learn about the services rendered by one such public organization and submit a report to your Scout Master within ten days

5. COMMUNICATION :

Be able to use the PCO & Mobile Phone and be acquainted with some of the facilities available on it.

6. OUT OF DOORS :

a) Know the simple wood crafts signs & follow a trail with his patrol of not less than half a kilometer.

b) Know & practice Road Safety Rules for pedestrians.

c) Participate in a Nature Study Trail

1. Pioneering :

a) Demonstrate Timber hitch, Rolling hitch, Marline spike/ Lever hitch & Figure of Eight knot and their use.

b) Tie the following lashings and know their uses: Square and Figure of Eight.

c) Demonstrate the uses of hand axe or chopper and know the safety rules and how to keep them sharp.

d) Demonstrate the use, safety, and sharpening of a dagger or a penknife and the use of a screw driver, pliers, and hammer.

2. Fire :

a. Know different types of fire used in camping/outing.

b. Lay and light a wood fire in the open with not more than two match sticks

3. COOKING :

a) Know the working & maintenance of a kerosene, pressure stove, or Gas stove.

b) Cook in the open two simple dishes enough for two persons & make tea/coffee.

c) Know the safety precautions in case of a gas leak.

4. COMPASS & MAP :

a) Know the sixteen points of a compass.

b) Be able to find North by at least two constellations

c) Using a Compass know how to find the bearing of various objects from your position.

d) Follow a trail laid out using compass bearing & distances.

e) Know the terms: Scale, Direction, Conventional signs, Contours & Grid Reference.

f) Be able to use a tourist map

5. FIRST - AID :

a) Have knowledge about wounds and know how to deal with Bleeding, Burns and Scalds, Sprains, Stings & Bites

b) Demonstrate the use of Roller bandages.

c) Demonstrate the use of a Triangular Bandage for the Head, Hand, Knee, Foot, Ankle, and fracture of Arm.

d) Improvise a stretcher

6. Estimation :

(i) With the help of improvised apparatus, estimate two distances/widths of not more than 100 metres but not less than 30 metres.

(ii) Know the length of your stride/Pace and using this, estimate the distance travelled.

7. OUT OF DOORS :

a) Participate in a Troop Wide Game.

b) Participate in a Troop Campfire & know at least two folk/patriotic songs & participate in a Patrol skit.

c) Know & practice Road Safety Rules for vehicles.

d) Know how to ride a bicycle.

e) Visit a factory in the neighborhood of schools/colleges/residences to understand the manufacturing process of various products and also to respect the dignity of labour.

8. SERVICE :

Complete any one of the following :

a) Undertake a development Project in your school in consultation with the head of the institution.

b) Participate in a Social Service Camp/Camps covering at least for a month.

c) Serve in community fair or Mela including preparatory and post-event assignments of Mela/fair.

d) Participate in an Anti-Litter Campaign with your Patrol and help to clean up an area around your school or headquarters.

e) Demonstrate the 3R’s of Conservation: Reduce, Recycle & Reuse.

f) To form and participate in Self Help Groups.

g) Such other sustained activities where Scout skills are made use of

9. SENSE TRAINING :

Know and play the following Kim’s games: Observation Game. Taste Games, Sound Games. Smelling Games, Touch Games

10. Qualify for two from the following Proficiency Badges:

Cook, Debator, Friend to Animals, Gardener, Handyman, Cyclist, Launder, Reader, Hospital man

11. DISCIPLINE:

a) Know the various Troop Formations.

b) Be able to march three deep with your Troop smartly & in good order. Follow drill commands during marching.

c) Participate in four All Faiths Prayer meetings in your Troop

12. COMMUNICATION :

a) Use a computer and know the advantages and disadvantages of mobile phone, the internet and their applications in the development of the country.

b) Know how to use the internet & access the website of the Bharat Scouts & Guides.

13. PATRIOTISM :

Collect information on our heritage and culture and prepare a log.

1. PIONEERING :

a) Tie & know the use of the following: Fireman’s Chair Knot, Man Harness Knot,Bowline on a bite, Draw Hitch.

b) Tie & demonstrate the use of Diagonal Lashing

c) Use another method of whipping other than the one used in Pratham Sopan.

d) Make a Flag Mast of at least three staves with your Patrol and demonstrate Flag Break.

e) Make a temporary shelter for yourself

f) Know any one method of Splicing: Eye/ Back/Short

2. (I)SWIMMING :

(a) Swim fifty meters.

(b) Know the safety rules of swimming and

(c) Know how to deal with cramps.

OR

(II)Earn any one of the following Proficiency Badges:

(i) Athlete (ii) Camel man (iii) Climber (iv) Gymnast (v) Hiker (vi) Games Leader (vii)Yoga (viii) Cyclist

3. ESTIMATION :

Be able to estimate height, depth, widths, numbers & weights using recognized methods of estimation.

4. FIRST - AID :

a) Know how to deal with emergency situations such as Drowning, Electric Shock, General Shock, Automobile Accidents and Human Being caught in fire.

b) Treat Choking.

c) Deal with simple fracture of collar Bone, Upper arm, Fore arm, Hip & Lower leg.

d) Treat for Heat Stroke and Sun Stroke

e) Demonstrate CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation).

f) Place an unconscious victim in the Recovery position.

g) Transportation of victim - One Rescuer & two Rescuers

5. MAPPING:

Be able to access a GPS Map & use it to follow a given route.

or

Draw a map of the area using the Triangulation method with the help of a compass or Plane Table method. or Sketch a map of the route undertaken for at least four kms by using the Road Traverse method or Gilwell Sketch

6. TALK :

During the Troop Meeting give a talk for about five minutes on any one of the following subjects :

a) National Integration, b) Child Abuse, c) Substance Abuse, d) Your future Scout Training, e) Gender Equality, f) Child Education, Child Health, Child Social Security & Child Labour, g) Free Being Me.

7. OUT OF DOORS :

a) Plan an overnight Patrol camp.

b) Undertake a day hike of ten kms on foot with Patrol/Troop members. Prepare meals & Tea. Make a report & submit it within a week after the hike is over. The hike route is to be given by the examiner.

c) Participate in a Night Game.

8. COOKING :

Cook food for your patrol by using Backwoodsman method

9. SIGNALLING :

Learn Morse Signaling and be able to send and receive simple messages of ten words

10. PROFICIENCY BADGES :

Qualify for any two of the following Proficiency Badges one from each group

Group A –Civil Defence, Community Worker, Ecologist, Oarsman, Pioneer, World Conservation, Safety Knowledge, Self Defense.

Group B - Citizen, Book Binder, Naturalist, Path finder, AIDS Awareness, Healthy Man, Drug Awareness, Boatman, Computer Awareness

11. Knowledge :

(a)Knowledge of Scouting in India and WOSM(World Organisation of Scout Movement)

(b)Know and understand the safety measures while using ATM card and Mobile Phone. or Using basic electrical/electronic devices, making out gadgets useful at home, under supervision of a trained Adult

12. Fire :

Complete any three of the following:

a) Safety precautions with regards to Fire.

b) Demonstrate Bucket Chain method of Putting off fire

c) How to tackle Dry Grass Fire

d) Types of fire extinguisher and use thereof.

13. Service:-

Know and Understand the disease tuberculosis-its symptoms, treatment and precautionary measures to be preventing the disease, knowledge about Directly Observed Treatments (DOTS).

3. Earn Ambulance Man Badge.

4. Undertake overnight hike for ten kms along with a group of Scouts of his own Troop and submit a report to the Scout Master within ten days.

Or

An overnight cycle hike for thirty kms along with a group of Scouts of his own Troop and submit a report to the Scout Master within ten days.

5. Work on one of the following for six months and submit a report – Kitchen Garden/Roof Garden/Hanging Garden/Nature Collection.

6. Mapping:

Make a map by using any one of the methods not done earlier: Plane Table or Triangulation or Road Traverse

7. Camp Craft:

A) able to pitch, strike and pack a Single/Double fly tent.

B) Splicing - Eye / Back / Short – anyone not done earlier.

C) Make a Patrol Pioneering Project

8. Earn any three of the Proficiency Badges not earned earlier from among the given below:

Sanitation Promoter, Public Health Man, Soil Conservator, Solar Energy Awareness, Safety Knowledge, Rural Engineer, Literacy, Community Worker, Rural Worker

9. Earn any two of the Proficiency Badges not earned earlier out of the following:

Camper, Pioneer, Star man, Forester, Naturalist, Tracker, Electrician, Signaller, Cancer Awareness, Healthy Man, Nutrition Educator, Farmer, Dairy Man, Sea fisherman, Free Being Me.

10. Have knowledge about the BSG website and gain information about your Region.

2. Camping

a) Camp with his Troop/Patrol for three consecutive nights in the open. Gatherings like jamborees, rallies, etc are not to be counted.

b) Be able to improvise either a shelter or a hut or a machan with available natural material for two persons to sleep in

3. a. Hold the Disaster Management Badge

b. Re-pass Ambulance man Badge

4. Qualify for any two of the following Proficiency Badges not earned earlier:

a. AIDS Awareness, b. Handyman, c. Fireman, d. Pathfinder, e. Sea Fishermen, f. Hiker g. World Conservation, h. Interpreter, i. Farmer, j. Free Being Me, k. Solar Energy Awareness, l. Event Manager, m. Self Defence, n. Backwoodsman

5. Participate in a sustained community development project at least two hours a week for six months on any two of the following subjects:

A. Promote gender equality and empower women

B. Reduce child mortality

C. Improve maternal health

D. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other diseases

E. Ensure environmental sustainability.

6. Work as a Badge Instructor of a Pack or a Troop in the vicinity. OR Teach games for younger children for fifteen days.

7. To have the knowledge & prepare a log book on Kanderstag adventure center of WOSM in Switzerland.

8. Have knowledge about the WOSM website and gain information about Asia Pacific Region.