# Training Period of Nine (09) Months

Training Period –Minimum of 09 months after completing the requirements for the Efficiency Decoration under the Prime Minister’s Scout Award

The Scout should complete the following five (05) Proficiency Badges: 

1. Senior Happy Home (pass or repass)
2. Ambulance (pass or repass)
3. Quarter Master or Camp Warden (pass or repass) 
4. One badge from the Public Service Group other than what the Scout has already completed 
5. Senior Organiser

* **All badges should be from the Senior section.**
* **‘Organiser’ badge should be completed before doing the community service project.** 
* **Scouts can complete any other senior proficiency badges after completing the President’s Scout Award.** 
* **Scouts can achieve the President’s Award only after the Scout is 16 years of age and cannot achieve after he/she is 18 years of age.** 
* **Scouts should wear President’s Scout award on uniform above the left breast pocket, above the service stars.**

Could win this only after the Scout is 16 years if age

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Cannot win this after he is 18 years of age. Can do any other Senior Proficiency badges after completing the President’s Scout award.
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**The final application should be submitted to the Chief Commissioner along with the under mentioned documents before the Scout is 18 years of age.**

**(N.B. Please remember that sending your application early would help you make any corrections, before you are over 18 years of age. If errors are discovered after you are over age, there is nothing much that the Scout HQ can do to help you)** 

* Community service Project Report 
* Copy of your birth certificate certified by Principal/Sectional Head 
* The two progress cards 
* Any other documents that the Scout HQ would ask for 

**Where to fix your president’s Scout award** - On your uniform above the left breast pocket, above the service stars. For this you will have to remove the Chief Commissioner’s Challenge Award if you have won it.

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Please follow the Things-To-Do instructions
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[Final Things-to-Do](/presidents-scout-award/final-things-to-do.md)
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