Scouting skills and talents of students of railway schools would come out during the four-day ‘Camporee’ and ‘Utsav’ that commenced here on Tuesday.
The event is jointly organised by the Southern Railway State Bharat Scouts and Guides and the Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School, Golden Rock, Tiruchi. Around 400 Scouts and Guides, Cubs and Bulbuls from nine railway schools in the Southern Railway Zone are taking part in the 13th RASSAG Camporee and 11th RASCAB Utsav.
RASSAG means Railway Schools Scouts and Guides, while RASCAB means Railway Schools Clubs and Bulbuls.
The RASSAG Camporee covers railway school students in the age group 11 to 17 years, while the RASCAB Utsav covers students whose age is between 5 and 10 years.
The RASSAG Camporee and RASCAB Utsav are conducted together once in two years to bring out the scouting skills and talents of students of railway schools in Southern Railway so that they could successfully compete with other Scout units.
P. Suresh, Chief Workshop Manager, Golden Rock Railway Workshop, Tiruchi inaugurated the Camporee.
