National Voters Day at Subhash school
Bhopal: National Voters Day State-level function will be held on January 25 at Subhash School for Excellence, Bhopal. As many as 66 officers and employees having worked excellently during lok Sabha elections-2014 will be conferred awards under various categories at the function. Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa and State Election Commissioner R Parasuram will be among distinguished guests on the occasion.
The awardees include 10 district collectors, 4 electoral registration officers and 15 booth-level officers apart from 3 Nodal Officers of SVEEP, officers of 5 SVEEP-partner departments, 4 CEOs and DEOs, 7 officers-employees of CEO's Office, 3 election observers, anganwadi workers and 12 winners of various school-college level competitions. At the function, voter ID cards will be distributed to new voters. All voters will be administered National Voters Day Pledge. An exhibition for voters' awareness will be put at the venue, where posters etc. on voters' rights and awareness will be displayed. Chief Electoral Officer Jaideep Govind will take part in National Voters Day function at Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Govind will receive Best State Award conferred to Madhya Pradesh for best electoral practices.
English coaching for teachers
Bhopal: Preparations are afoot to coach English teachers of Government primary schools to bring about quality in English language teaching. As a pilot project, English coaching will be imparted to teachers of all districts in Ujjain division. The coaching will be imparted in cascade mode jointly by Rajya Shiksha Kendra, English language Teaching Institute (ElTI), UNICEF and British Council. For this, British Council will appoint master trainer in every district. Teachers of Government Teaching College and DIET will be invariably included for selection as master trainers. Principals of institutions have been asked to send lists of teachers-trainers for selection as master trainers by January 27.