Tin Nyo, a former education minister, said the Scouts had been formed nationwide in the state school system to allow children to improve their “moral, physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing”, the New Light of Myanmar reported.
Boys and girls will be encouraged to join the Scouts, said Tin Nyo, chairman of the Scouts supervisory committee.
The association was officially relaunched on January 1 with 1,800 members, the report said.
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