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Scheme --- Participation |
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Participation Entry into the Scheme:Participation in the Scheme is to be a young person's voluntary choice. Subject to the minimum age requirement, entry into the Scheme is open to all young people for all 3 Awards. Entry is make by obtaining a Record Book from a recognized Operating Authority. This marks the starting point in the Scheme. Any activities undertaken before the Record Book is issued to the participant cannot be counted towards an Award, unless undergone during the previous 3 months in accordance with the conditions of the appropriate Section with a view of entry into the Scheme.
• Leisure Time Although the Scheme is essentially an introduction to leisure activities, a participant's interests within school, formal training or work will often stimulate and sustain a commitment to one or other of the Scheme's many programmes or pursuits. However, training within normal working times for examination or career advancement purposes cannot be counted for an Award. To qualify, a participant must show adequate evidence of a voluntary effort and a substantial contribution of leisure time. •Activities Activities followed by young people within their own particular youth organizations may count for Award purposes provided that they are already in possession of a Record Book and that the appropriate Award conditions are fulfilled. With growing maturity, it is expected that participants at Silver will take some share in organizing and arranging their activities and at Gold, they are expected to take the major part in planning and arranging what they want to do. At the higher levels of the Award an increasing proportion of Award activities should be conducted outside the immediate environment of school's or work's premises. •Work for a section of the next higher Award In order to start a Section of the next higher Award, the participants must have completed the same Section and at least one other Section of the lower Award, provided that these participants are over the minimum starting age for the next higher Award. •Instruction Instruction is to be given by suitably experienced persons, holding appropriate qualifications where specified in the detailed programmes, and approved: • for the Bronze Award and Silver Awards, by representative of Operating Authorities. • for Gold Awards, by the Panel of respective section. •Assessment Assessment is to be undertaken by suitably qualified persons approved: • for the Bronze and Silver Awards, by representative of Operating Authorities. •for the Gold Award, Panel of the respective section. •Authorization of Awards The Record Book is to be used to record the participant's successful progress through the Scheme, and entries should only be made when the requirements of each Section have been satisfactorily met. A participant qualifies for the Bronze or Silver Award when all the requirements have been completed to the satisfaction of the Operating Authorities who are responsible for the authorization of such Awards. The Award Council, Hong Kong undertakes the authorization of the Gold Award and participants must satisfy the committee they have completed all the requirements. •Participation by the Handicapped Handicapped young people should attempt as much of the Scheme as possible under normal conditions, making full use of the wide choice of activities available in each section. When necessary, variations may be made to suit individual needs as laid down in the Guide for the Physically handicapped Participants in Hong Kong |
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