Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia

Gerakan Pramuka
Official emblem
Sprouting coconut seed, its simplified logo
HeadquartersGambir, Jakarta
CountryIndonesia
Founded14 August 1961; 63 years ago (1961-08-14) (first public parade of unified scout movement)
FounderGovernment of Indonesia under the Sukarno Guided Democracy administration
Hamengkubuwono IX, first Chief Scout
Membership25.272.760 (2022)
Chief ScoutPolice Commissioner Gen. (ret.) Budi Waseso
AffiliationWorld Organization of the Scout Movement
Website
www.pramuka.or.id (National Quarter)
www.pramuka.id (official news website)
 Scouting portal
Ensign of Pramuka Movement

The Pramuka Movement of Indonesia (Indonesian: Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia),[1] officially the Praja Muda Karana Scouting Movement (Indonesian: Gerakan Kepanduan Praja Muda Karana), is the national scouting organization of Indonesia. Scouting was founded in the Dutch East Indies in 1912, and Indonesia became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1953. Regulated by the Pramuka Movement Act of 2010, all elementary and secondary schools must operate a scouting program; and membership was compulsory for students in elementary and secondary schools from 2013[2] to 2024.[3] It has 25.272.760 members (as of 2022),[4] making it the world's largest Scout association.

The organization was established on 14 August 1961 as a part of the late Sukarno government's attempt to create a Scouting-like movement "freed from (the influences of) Baden-Powell",[5] a goal largely reversed under the succeeding Suharto government. August 14 is celebrated as Pramuka Day to honour the organisation's first public parade in 1961, wherein independence hero Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX of Yogyakarta was appointed as the first Chief Scout of the GPI.

Unlike other Scouting organizations the GPI uses a full military salute instead of the usual Scout sign and salute, honoring the fighting youth of the foundational organizations that formed the GPI for their service during the long Indonesian National Revolution (1945–49).

  1. ^ "History of Scouting". Dizhaowa.
  2. ^ Media, Kompas Cyber. "Pramuka Menjadi Ekskul Wajib". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nadiem was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  5. ^ Ketetapan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Sementara Nomor II/MPRS/1960 Tentang Garis-garis Besar Pola Pembangunan Nasional Semesta Berencana Tahapan Pertama 1961 - 1969 [Resolution of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly Number II/MPRS/1960 on the Major Guidelines of the National Overall Planned Development Phase One 1961–1969]. Provisional People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia. 1960.