Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, November 13:- In accordance with the directions of the Election Commission of India and under the able leadership of District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Mr Aditya Dachalwal, the District SVEEP Team organised quiz and essay-writing competitions through Electoral Literacy Clubs (ELCs) in various schools and colleges across the district. Students from schools and colleges throughout the district participated enthusiastically in these competitions.
Sharing this information, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Additional District Election Officer Mrs Geetika Singh said that various awareness activities were being regularly organised in educational institutions through ELCs to familiarise young people with the democratic process and the importance of the right to vote. She said that an important objective of these activities was to motivate young people who had attained the age of 18 to get themselves registered as voters and update their details in the electoral rolls during the Special Summary Revision.
She said that two students from each school had been selected through these competitions. They would participate in the assembly constituency-level competitions and programmes scheduled to be held on November 17.
District Nodal Officer SVEEP, Prof. Gurbakhshish Singh Antal, said that these competitions had been organised in schools and colleges across the district over the past two days. The essay-writing competitions were based on the topic, “Importance of Elections and the Contribution of Youth to Accurate Electoral Rolls.”
Similarly, the quiz competitions included questions related to Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), the importance of the election process and youth participation in democracy. Through these competitions, students were informed about the functioning of the electoral system, their responsibilities as voters and the importance of free, fair and transparent elections.
He said that the objective of the District SVEEP Team was not merely to get young people registered as voters, but also to make them aware, responsible and active voters, so that their effective participation in strengthening democracy could be ensured.
