16/05/2026
🌟 2026 Annual Skills Acquisition Training 🌟
Theme: Beginner/Continuation Craft 0.3: Empowering Young Minds Through Skills Acquisition
In today’s rapidly changing world, academic knowledge alone is no longer enough. Practical skills have become essential tools for creativity, self-reliance, and future success. When children learn valuable skills early in life, they gain confidence, discover their hidden talents, and develop the ability to create opportunities for themselves and others.
Every child carries great potential. When we invest in their growth, we are building a stronger and brighter future. Nothing done for a child is ever a waste. Time, effort, and resources devoted to children always produce lasting rewards. The skills they acquire today can become the foundation of their success tomorrow.
This Annual Skills Acquisition Training is a unique opportunity that comes only once a year. We therefore encourage all parents and guardians to permit their children and wards to attend and take full advantage of this life-enriching experience. The knowledge and practical skills they will gain can remain useful for a lifetime and may even become a source of income in the future.
A child who learns a skill today is preparing for a brighter tomorrow. Whether it is baking, graphics design, artificial intelligence imagery, soap making, culinary arts, smoothie production, social media monetization, or flag handling, each skill teaches discipline, creativity, problem-solving, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
The Scouts of Ilorin South/East remains committed to non-formal education that develops the whole child. Through this Annual Skills Acquisition Training, participants will gain practical knowledge that will empower them to become confident leaders, responsible citizens, and future entrepreneurs.
📚 Training Courses
* Social Media Monetization Course
* Graphics Design / AI Imagery Course
* Baking (Cake, Donut, Small Chops, Pizza)
* Hoisting and Breaking of Flag
* Fruit Milk Smoothie Production
* Soap Making
* Basic Culinary Skills
📅 Training Details
Date: Saturday, 23rd May, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Venue: Smabirm International School Hall
Please ensure that all participants are picked up by 5:00 PM.
As Scouts, we do not only learn to serve—we learn to create, innovate, and succeed.
“The best investment you can make in a child is to equip them with skills that will remain useful for life.”
Yours in Scouting,
Salami Victor (John.k.)
Divisional Commissioner, Ilorin South/East
Executive Director, Diamond 40 Scout TV 📺