Muscat,(ONA) - The General Directorate of Scouts and Girl Guides has launched the summer program, via video conferencing, under the slogan “Technical Communication: Renewal and Development”, which will last until August 24.

The summer program aims to keep abreast of developments in the educational and technological arenas and to seek a technical transformation in training operations and benefit from all available online.

The summer program was launched with the first session titled “Safe from Harm Policy and Procedures for Hosting Boy Scouts and Girl Guides via the Internet” presented by Commander Maryam bint Abdullah Al Hadhria, Head of the Guidance Supervision Department at the Directorate. She discussed the principles that must be followed, and the procedures adopted by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in line with the regulations in force in the areas of safe use of the Internet in general and taking into account the privacy of the participants.

On his part, Ali bin Muhammad Al-Mamari, Assistant Director of the Orchestra, talked about the technical steps that must be followed before, during and after implementation. While Abdulaziz Al-Haddabi, Assistant Director of the Scouting Department, discussed the detailed roles of the participants in the electronic training programs implemented by the General Directorate of Scouts and Girl Guides, after which the discussion was opened for inquiries and questions from the attendees.

(ONA)