Patiala News:Competitions will be held in schools and colleges to create awareness about the election process.
The Election Commission of India has issued instructions to conduct essay and quiz competitions through Electoral Literacy Clubs in schools and colleges with the aim of promoting voter awareness and motivating the youth for active participation in the electoral process.
In this regard, the Office of the District Election Officer, Patiala has asked all the universities, technical institutes, colleges and government and private schools of the district to conduct these competitions as per the prescribed schedule. The purpose of these competitions is to create awareness among the future and young voters about the electoral roll and the voting process.
As per the instructions issued, the institute level competitions and selection of two students from each competition will be held on November 11 and 12. After this, the assembly constituency level competitions will be held on November 17, in which 10 students will be selected for each competition from each constituency. The district level final competition will be held on November 18, while the process of declaration of results and issuance of certificates will be completed on November 20. The district level compliance report will be submitted by all the institutes by November 23.
For the essay competition, students will have to write an essay on any one of the topics ‘Importance of a clean voter list’ and ‘Importance of voting’. The word limit of the essay for school students has been fixed at 500 to 800 words and for college students at 800 to 1200 words. The essays can be written in English, Hindi or the official language of the state. In the quiz competition, questions related to the preparation of the voter list, EVM and VVPAT, voting process and counting process will be asked.
As per the instructions, the entries of the students participating in the competitions should be original and should not contain any kind of copying or AI generated content. For participants below the age of 18, parental consent will also be obtained as required. All the institutions have been directed to coordinate with the SWEEP Nodal Officers of the concerned Assembly constituency to conduct the competitions smoothly and submit the reports within the stipulated time.