At armynavyair.com Explore Boy Cubs | BSG - Bharat Scouts & Guide Proficiency Badge Or Customised Your proficiency badge Which is a special insignia or emblem awarded to individuals, typically in recognition of their demonstrated proficiency, skill, or achievement in a specific area or activity. It is often used as a representation of a person's competence or expertise in a particular field or discipline.
Overall, proficiency badges are a valuable part of the scouting experience. They offer a variety of benefits to scouts, including learning new skills, gaining confidence, contributing to their community, and earning toward advancement
BSG MOTTO: CUBS | BULBULS " कोशिश करो " " KOSHISH KARO" | " DO YOUR BEST "
SCOUTS | GUIDES " तैयार " | " TAIYAR" | " BE PREPARED "
ROVERS | RANGERS " सेवा"| "SEVA" | "SERVICE"
" MESSENGER OF PEACE "
CUB BOY AGE (5- 10 YEARS)
CUB PROFICIENCY BADGES
GROUP I " CHARACTER " (BADGE COLOUR BLUE): Collector, Entertainer, Free Being Me, Gardener, Observer, Story Teller.
Collector:- Make a collection of one group of objects, neatly and systematically arranged for a period of at least three months, and know something about them. The Cub should choose the nature of the collection. Suggestions are as follows: Stamps, postmarks, picture postcards, matchbox tops, crests, coins, feathers, moths, butterflies, leaves, or flowers (for the purpose of the last two photographic or carbon reproductions may be accepted). The minimum number of articles to be collected in a group shall be 25. OR Keep a Scrapbook, diary of events, etc., for at least three months.
Gardener:- (i) Take care of a plot of ground not less than 1.50 sq. meters for a minimum period of three months and grow at least three kinds of vegetables or flowers on it. (ii) Be able to name not less than four of each of the following in any area or garden: (a) Trees or Shrubs. (b) Flowers or vegetables. (c) Standing crops and (iii) Be able to use the following tools:- spade, fork, shovel, rake, or equivalent local implements. Make a scrapbook of not less than six pages of pressed leaves, Flowers, or vegetables. A minimum of twelve subjects is to be shown. Note: In the case of Packs in towns, where gardens are not available, the following alternatives can be taken in place of No. (i) & (ii). (i) Care for a window - box for three months. OR Care for two or more perennial plants in pots for three months. (ii) Grow two of the following: (a) A bulb (flower or vegetable) in water, sand, or soil. (b) Mustards, cress, peas, melon, or beans of flannel or blotting paper.
Observer:- (i) Either have observed appearance and have some knowledge of habits of either five Indian animals, or five Indian birds and be able to recognize them from life, or know names and appearance of either ten flowers or ten Indian trees or shrubs and know what common plants are poisonous to animals and human beings. (ii) Know the seasons at which different kinds of fruits and vegetables can be obtained in the locality and when main crops are harvested. (iii) Find his way to an unknown spot, not more than 300 meters away by following directions given to him by Examiner (either compass directions or signs made on the ground or landmarks or a combination of these). (iv) Be able to play a memory game remembering 12 objects out of 16. Note: It is preferable to select variations of the game that are not used in Scout Troop
Entertainer:- Be able to do any three of the following. (i.) Play a piece of simple music correctly on the instrument or sing a piece of simple music in a correct manner. (ii.) Be able to take part in the performance of a skit. (iii.) Be able to recite an action song with appropriate action and movement. (iv.) Dress up and play a part in a depicted story or historical event.
Story Teller:- (i) Tell one story in an effective manner to others. (ii) To know a story out of ‘Panchtantra’ or ‘Jatak Katha’ and tell it to the cub master. (iii) To collect a story from the newspaper in your regional language and tell it to the members of your Six. (iv) To narrate an incident out of the life History of a Historical Hero or prophet of your state.
Free Being Me:-Complete the following: (i) Take part in all the activities of FBM and earn WAGGGS FBM badge (ii) Show your progress in your home and school and get parents and teacher certificates about changes that took place in your behavior and attitude.
GROUP II " PHYSICAL HEALTH " (BADGE COLOUR GREEN): Athlete, Cyclist, Swimmer, Team Player.
Athlete:- Pass the following tests: (i) Sprint 35 meters in 10 seconds (ii) Jump 0.6 meters (High jump) (iii) Jump 1.8 meters (Long jump) (iv) Climb a rope or pole or palm tree 10.5 meters high. (v) Throw a cricket ball or a ball weighing 152 to 162 grams, to a distance of 18.30 meters, and Catch one throw from a distance of 9.15 meters.
Cyclist : (i) Know how to ride a cycle. (ii) Know how to clean and oil the cycle. (iii) Know how to pump the tube and set the valve. (iv) Know the traffic rules of roads
Swimmer : (i) Be able to swim 25 meters.(any stroke). (ii) Be able to float in the back for 60 seconds in salt water or 30 seconds in fresh water or tread water for 2 minutes in salt water or 1 minute in fresh water. (iii) Swim on back 14 meters. (iv) Be able to “ back duck dive” (i.e. dive while standing in water or swimming : (or as an alternative) and perform a “ Honey pot” (i.e. jump with arms clasped around knees from a board, bank, or boat)
Team Player:- (i) Be a regular playing member of a properly organized team of football, rounder cricket, Kho-Kho, kabaddi, atyapatya, or some other organized game of similar nature. (Team must be under the control of C.M., Cub’s schoolmaster, or another person approved by the C.M.) (ii) Have played at least 5 matches, and must be specially recommended by his captain and by the person responsible for the team as being a keen sportsman like a player
GROUP III " HANDICRAFT" (BADGE COLOUR YELLOW): Artist, Book Binder, Homecraft, Needle Worker, Toy Maker.
Artist : (i) Draw with pencil, brush, pen, or crayon an original illustration of any incident or character in the simple story (size not less than 18 cms. by 13 cms.) (ii) Do one of the following: (a) Using Pen/Pencil Draw a sketch of an animal or a human being. (b) Draw from nature a landscape or still life group. (c) Keep a sketchbook for a period of three months and draw at least 12 sketches. (d) Illustrate a story by means of matchstick figures in not less than four pictures. (e) Make a simple greeting -card using a pencil, brush, pen, or crayon. (f) Make a model of a human being or an animal (not less than 20 cm, high) of wax, soap, clay or cardboard, or any other suitable substance. Note: Natural bent of the Cub is to be encouraged in every way: the spirit and intention of work is to count as much as adherence to academic rules.
Homecraft: Thread a needle and sew on a button and carry out any two of the following tests. (a) Knit or crochet a useful article. (b) Make a piece of netting good for a bag. Hammock etc. (c) Work on a design in cross-stitch on canvas. (d) Make a rug or mat on canvas or Hessian. (e) Darn a hole in a jersey or stocking or mend a tear. (f) Wash and iron his scarf. (g) Make a basket and sweeping broom. Cub Proficiency Badges 93 94 Aims, Policy, Rules & Organisation Part - II (h) Weave a useful article in ruffia. (i) Weave the webbing of a bed. (j) Make a ‘ tattle’ or ‘ chatai (straw mat). (k) Spin 50 meters of yarn with taklie or Charkha. (l) Paint a wall or floor (village style). (m) Make an article of straw, palm, cane, reeds, or bamboo.
Toy Maker : (i) Make an article from odds and ends such as fir-cones, cloth pegs, etc., and either a toy of a reasonable size such as an engine, motor car, doll, or animal, or in reasonable correct proportions and coloring a compost toy such as a farmyard, jungle or animals, cottage with furniture, park with animals. (ii) Be able to make any three of the following : (a) A toy made out of stocking or old material. (b) A toy suitable for a small child or a baby or a scrapbook well arranged. (c) A set of doll furniture (not Pater) or a set of clay birds, animals, fish, or insects. Make a doll that flies a kite. (d) Any other toy was chosen by herself. Note: An article presented for the Dwitiya Charan test must not be admitted for this badge.
Book Binder:- Perform the following operations in the binding of a Book: (i) Sew an ordinary exercise notebook and fix a cover on it. (ii) Hold and paste on endpapers, glue up and line with mull around the back, and add a second lining. (iii) Cut boards and cover with cloth or paper, and put the book into the case. (iv) Bind one textbook of a needy boy. (v) Teach bookbinding to one cub or a friend.
GROUP IV " SERVICE" (BADGE COLOUR YELLOW): Cook, First Aider, Guide, House Orderly
Cook : (i) Know simple fire precautions. (ii) Be able to lay and light a fire in the open and make chapatti or upma or dalia. (iii) Cook rice and dal or vegetable or khichari or fry or poach an egg
First Aider : (i) Know how to clean up and treat a graze. (ii) Be able to dress and put a triangular bandage on hand, foot, and knee and put on a large arm sling and tie a head bandage correctly. (iii) Know how to stop bleeding from the nose. (iv) Know how to extinguish a fire on clothes on the body and how to treat minor burns and scalds, choking, sting, and snake bite. (v) Show that he understands the need for summoning adult help. (vi) Know simple treatment for shock. (vii) Know treatment for sprains and how to apply bandages to sprained ankles.
Guide : (i) In the country: Know the nearest police station or thana, dispensary, hospital, village doctor, vaidya or hakim, nearest bus stand, railway station, market, Dharamshala or Sarai, nearest post and telegraph office, rest house, and veterinary hospital. OR (ii) In Town : (a) Know the route to the nearest police station, doctor’s residence, chemist’s shop, station, petrol station, motor garage, hotel, post, and telegraph office. (b) Know how to call the fire brigade, police, and ambulance. (c) Be able to give clear and distinct directions to guide a stranger politely and promptly
House Orderly : (i) Peel potatoes and boil or fry them. (ii) Make a bed, wash up crockery, utensils, etc. (iii) Clean windows and brass work. (iv) Sweep and tidy a room or scrub a table. (v) Be able to prepare Tea or Coffee or any other hot drink.
GROUP IV " MISCELLANEOUS-CONSERVATION & TECHNOLOGY (BADGE COLOUR ORANGE ): Computer Awareness, Heritage, World Conservation
World Conservation : (1). Do three of the following (a) Visit a Zoo, Botanical garden, natural history museum, or see a film about wild animals and tell the examiner about your observation. (b) Own a pet for at least three months and look after it carefully. (c) Take part in a litter chase in a public park or garden, school premises, or any other public place for three hours utilizing one hour at a time. (d) Take part in a pack expedition involving nature study and make a log of your collections. (e) Make set up and maintain a bird bath and bird feeder. (f) Build and put up a den box for birds. (g) Plant shrubs or grass in the area where there is no vegetation cover and look after it for at least three months. (h) Start compost heap in the backyard or garden. (i) Demonstrate the danger of soil erosion and preliminary steps which could be taken to prevent it. 2. Should improve his environment by planting a tree, a small grassy lawn, or any other plant out of the door in a box on the balcony or indoors in flower pots. 3. Carry out one of the following projects: (i) Keep a scrapbook and tell his examiner about any five animals in a zoo, their country of origin, feeding habits, and details of special care they need in a zoo. (i) Together with a friend arrange for members of his pack a nature trail. (ii) Choose a wild animal or a tree, fish, or bird, discover all he can about it, and report his discoveries to his examiner. Note: (1) The badge is accompanied by a special certificate signed by the State Chief Commissioner. (2) The badge will be worn on the right chest above the line of pocket in the case of a shirt or a similar place on the jersey.
(1) HERITAGE Cub The Cub should understand the basic components of their own local culture: They may compile their study in the form of an illustrated scrapbook.
I. Physical Environment of their locality (famous hills, rivers, etc.) Common trees Common plants and their uses Common birds Flora and fauna of the region
II. He should first know & understand his own cultural identity & Heritage – family, tradition, customs, etc. (1) Scrap Book containing items like a “family tree” tracing ancestors may be prepared. (2) Participation in local festivals recorded in photographs or descriptions. (3) Traditional songs & dances. (4) Food prepared in that culture. (5) Traditional costumes. III Arts of their locality, Buildings, Places of worship, Music, Musical instruments, Dances, Puppetry, Food, Costumes then and now. IV. Practical work - Visits to local monuments and museums - Learning a traditional craft of the locality like pottery, rangoli, etc. - Enacting stories and local legends
Computer Awareness (1) Have knowledge of the brief history of the Computer and its latest development. (2) Acclimatization with computer components and peripherals. (3) The best use of computers in Cub/Bulbul activities. (4) Knowledge of the common (5) Perform the following.
(a) Use DVD/Pendrive and the hard disc in the computer. (b) Booting and shut down of computer
Government Of India:- Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS / REGIONAL HQ/ STATE HQ / INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL HQ - NEW DELHI
REGIONAL HQ:- Central Regional HQ - New Delhi, Eastern Regional HQ- New Delhi, North East Regional HQ- New Delhi, Northern Regional HQ - New Delhi, Southern Regional HQ-New Delhi, Western Regional HQ- New Delhi, National Adventure Institute - Madhya Pradesh, National Youth Adventure Institute- Haryana, National Adventure Institute- West Bengal.
STATE HQ:- Bharat Scouts & Guides Chhattisgarh STATE HQ, Bharat Scouts & Guides Railway State HQ- Jabalpur, Bharat Scouts & Guides MP State HQ- Bopal, Bharat Scouts & Guides Rajasthan State HQ- Jaipur, Bharat Scouts & Guides Western Railway State HQ- Jaipur, Bharat Scouts & Guides South East Central Railway State HQ- Bilaspur, Bharat Scouts & Guides Bihar State HQ- Patna, Bharat Scouts & Guides Eastern Railway State HQ- Kolkata, Bharat Scouts & Guides East Central Railway HQ- Bihar, Bharat Scouts & Guides East Coast HQ- Odisha, Bharat Scouts & Guides Jarkhand State HQ, Bharat Scouts & Guides Odisha State HQ- Bhubaneshwar, Bharat Scouts & Guides South Eastern Railway State HQ-Kolkata, Bharat Scouts & Guides Arunachal Pradesh State HQ- Naharlagun, Bharat Scouts & Guides Assam State HQ- Guwahati, Bharat Scouts & Guides Manipur State HQ-West Imphal, Bharat Scouts & Guides Meghalaya State HQ- Shillong, Bharat Scouts & Guides Mizoram State HQ- Aizawl, Bharat Scouts & Guides Nagaland State HQ-Kohima, Bharat Scouts & Guides SIKKIM HQ- East Sikkim, Bharat Scouts & Guides Tripura State HQ-Agarthala , Bharat Scouts & Guides North East Frontier State HQ-Guwahati, Bharat Scouts & Guides Haryana State HQ- Chandigarh, Bharat Scouts & Guides Himachal Pradesh State HQ- Shimla, Bharat Scouts & Guides- Jammu & Kashmir State HQ- Jammu, Bharat Scouts & Guides Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan State HQ- New Delhi, Bharat Scouts & Guides Delhi State HQ-New Delhi, Bharat Scouts & Guides Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti State HQ-Noida, Bharat Scouts & Guides Northern Railway State HQ-New Delhi, Bharat Scouts & Guides North central Railway State HQ- Allahanad (UP), Bharat Scouts & Guides North Eastern Railway State HQ- Gorakhpur, Bharat Scouts & Guides Punjab State HQ-Chandigarh, Bharat Scouts & Guides Uttarakhand State HQ - Dehradun, Bharat Scouts & Guides Uttar Pradesh State HQ- Lucknow, Bharat Scouts & Guides Chandigarh State HQ-Chandigrah, Bharat Scouts & Guides Andaaman & Nicobar State HQ- Port Blair, Bharat Scouts & Guides Andhra Pradesh State HQ - Vijayawada, Bharat Scouts & Guides Karnataka State HQ-Bangalore, Bharat Scouts & Guides kerala State HQ- Thiruvanathapuram, Bharat Scouts & Guides Puducherry State HQ- Lawspet, Bharat Scouts & Guides Southern Railway HQ- Chennai, Bharat Scouts & Guides South Central Railway State HQ- Secunderabad, Bharat Scouts & Guides South Western Railway State HQ-Hubli, Bharat Scouts & Guides Tamil Nadu State HQ- Chennai, Bharat Scouts & Guides Telangana State HQ-Hyderabad, Bharat Scouts & Guides Central Railway State HQ-Mumbai, Bharat Scouts & Guides Goa State Hq-Panaji, Bharat Scouts & Guides Dadar & Nagar Haveli State HQ- Silvassa, Bharat Scouts & Guides Gujarat State HQ- Ahmedabad, Bharat Scouts & Guides maharashtra State HQ- Mumbai, Bharat Scouts & Guides Western Railway State Hq- Mumbai, Bharat Scouts & Guides National Adventure Institute -Pachmarhi, Bharat Scouts & Guides-National Youth Adventure Institute -Gadpuri (Haryana), Bharat Scouts & Guides- National Youth Adventure Institute- Darjeeling
STATE TRAINING CENTRE:-
Dr. Annie Besant Scouts & Guides- Bangalore Rural, Kondajji Basappa Scouts & Guides-Davanagere, BS&G STC -Tripura, UP BS&G STC -Allahabad, UP BS&G STC-Sheetlakhet (U.K)
INTERNATIONAL UNIT:-
BS&G " International Indian School- Dammam "- Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, The Indian School -Bahrain,- Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Dubai Modern High School -Dubai U.A.E., Indian School Muscat- Sultanate Of Oman
WORLD ORGANISATION OF SCOUT / GUIDE:-
WOSM- World Organisation Of Scout Movement- Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), World Scout Bureau Asia- Pacific Support Centre- Philippines, WAGGGS- World Association Of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts - London (United Kingdom),
