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hoW You can join the rover scouting

Having made up your mind to join the brotherhood of Rovers you have to go forward with determination.

the rover scout

There are three stages in the career or a Rover Scout viz : (a) Rover Aspirant (b) Rover and (c) Rover-in-Service

admission : the rover aspirant

The following are the rules of the Movement for admission:

“A boy whether previously a Scout or not and who is a citizen of India and who has completed 15 years of age but not completed 25 years of age may be enlisted as a Rover aspirant; a person who has completed 35 years of age is not eligible to be a Rover provided, however, with the special; permission of the State Chief Commissioner he may be enlisted upto 28 years of age.

If you have been a member of a Scout group having a Rover Section then your Scout Master will hand you over to the Rover Scout Leader who will be glad to take care of you.

If you have been a Scout before, your Scout Master may be able to give you necessary guidance. In many institution, universities, colleges, technical schools etc. there are Rover Crews Functioning.

If that be so you have only to contact the Rover Leader incharge of this crew who will take care of you and give you necessary guidance. He will put you in contact with a Rover mate who will help you in your training and prepare you for your investiture as a Rover Scout, You will be called a Rover Aspirant i.e. a person who is aspiring to be a Rover Scout.

If you have been a Scout before, you have to search out a Rover Crew which is registered as an unit to the Bharat Scouts and Guides in your neighbourhood. If you have a Headquarters of Local/Dist. Association they will be able to guide you about the address of the Rover Crew and that of its Rover Scout Leader.

If you have not been a Scout before or if there are no chances of your being able to join a Rover Crew in Your neighbourhood, Then you can be registered as a Lone Rover and you can continue your training in Rovering. The Secretary of your Association will make arrangement for this.

To seek admission in a Rover Crew you have to apply to the Rover Scout Leader of the Rover Crew selected by you. It may be on a form which you may obtain from the Secretary of the Crew concerned. If no form is used then you should find out all the rules regarding admission and fees etc. from the Secretary and act accordingly.

Your application will be considered by the Crew Council and you will be duly informed about your admission. The Crew Council reserves all right of admission.

sponsors :

After the Crew has taken a decision to offer membership to you, you will be accepted as a Rover Aspirant as stated above. This means that you must take up Rover Scouting seriously and are aspiring to become a Rover Scout for this you have to undertake some initial training. The responsibilities rests with you have to satisfy the Rover Scout Leader that you have become fit to be invested as a Rover.

In order to help you to prepare yourself for this responsibility the Crew will appoint two experienced Rovers as your Sponsors. You may be asked for your Choice of one Sponsor and the other will be left to the choice of the Crew.

You should remember that the training in Rovering is an Individual affair. You have to work hard to prepare yourself and the sponsors will do their best to help you in this.

The Sponsors will guide you through your early days in the Crew, they will help and advise you in your training, they will see that you are at home in the Crew and that you are taking part in all its activities and they will bring you in closer contact with the Rover Mates and the Rover Scout Leader and eventually to speak for you and present you for investiture as a Rover.

If you have been a Scout before, Your Rover Scout Leader will ensure that you are fully acquainted with the Rover Pravesh requirements. You will then be asked to reaffirm your Scout Promise in the presence of the Crew.

If you have not been a Scout before, then you have first to prepare yourself in the Rover Pravesh requirements. You will be helped in this by your sponsors and also by the Rover Scout Leader. When you have prepared yourself and passed the Pravesh requirement to the satisfaction on the Rover Scout Leader, he will then invest you and admit you as a member of the world wide brotherhood of Scouts and you will be qualified to wear the Rover uniform and Badges.