NBSE Notifies on launching of two-week Voter Awareness Campaign in February 2024

Kohima, 22 February (MTNews): As per the directives from the Ministry of Education, all the Heads of Higher Secondary schools registered under NBSE have been informed that schools are to launch a two-week voter awareness campaign in February 2024. In this regard, the list of suggested sets of creatives, voter’s pledge, movies/music albums/videos, information booklets prepared, voter guide, selfie point creative hashtags/taglines, design details for the selfie corner, etc., are being forwarded in Google Drive along with the list of activities to be carried out by students/educational institutions, NBSE informed.

Suggestive List of Activities:
1. Popularization of Parliament Campaign Theme and Tagline: The Election Commission of India launched the ‘Chunav Ka Parv, Desh Ka Garv’ campaign on the 14th National Voters Day 2024.

The campaign symbolizes the festive importance of elections and the pride of voting in the largest democracy in the world.
· Share the logo/tagline on school/college websites and on the social media handles of educational institutions.
· Encourage students to create content/reels/shorts videos/poems, etc., on the above-mentioned theme and upload the content using #ChunavKaParvDeshKaGarv to amplify the message.

2. Interactive Workshops and Seminars: Facilitate educational sessions in colleges and universities to emphasize the value of voting, how to make informed choices, and understanding the electoral processes, etc. District Electoral Officers (DEOs), AEROs, and other election officials may be approached for interaction with students.
· Photos and videos of the seminars can be uploaded on the website and shared on the social media handles of ECI using hashtags #ChunavKaParvDeshKaGarv and #IVoteforSure.

3. Special Screening of AV Content: Informational and motivational films and songs provided in the Google Drive to be screened during school/college festivals, events, annual functions, etc.
· Forward the same content on students’ WhatsApp groups.
· Encourage students to share/upload the songs and videos on their social media handles and make reels with hashtags #ChunavKaParvDeshKaGarv and #IVoteforSure.

4. National Voter Awareness Contest: Schools/Colleges can organize contests/competitions such as quizzes/drawing/painting competitions/slogan contests, etc., on the theme of ‘I Vote For Sure’, and upload photos/videos of these events on the social media accounts of the schools/universities/colleges, tagging official ECI handles.

5. Voter’s Pledge Administration: Organize the administration of the Voter’s Pledge during official events, festivals, important youth days, college festivals, and annual programs with the backdrop. This reinforces the commitment to responsible voting and the significance of participating in the democratic process.
· Upload the group photograph administering the pledge on the website/social media accounts, tagging the ECI SVEEP website with #IVoteforSure and #ChunavKaParvDeshKaGarv to amplify the message.
· The pledge can also be taken at https://ecisveep.nic.in/pledge/, and students can download the certificate and share it on their social media handles.

6. Selfie Point: Students are encouraged to share their selfies on their social media handles with hashtags #IVoteforSure and #ChunavKaParvDeshKaGarv.

7. Sharing of Information Material: Share the informational material such as the voter guide, comic book, and election atlas to WhatsApp groups and social media handles. Students are encouraged to further reshare the content through their social media platforms to ensure its wider dissemination.

Therefore, all higher secondary schools are requested to carry out the activities listed above and make this voter awareness campaign a success, NBSE added.