The education department should involve the school children for creating awareness about voting. The District Election Officer (DEO) Dr BVRC Purushottam said this while addressing a meeting of election officials at Collectorate here on Tuesday.
Purushottam asked the Chief Education Officer (CEO) SP Khali that to ensure that all the students are given a letter mentioning the merits of voting and a note in their diaries should also highlight this. Purushottam asked the officials to make a list of areas where the percentage of voting is low in past elections. He said that special awareness drive should be undertaken in these areas. Puruhsottam asked the District Programe Officer Child Development to ensure the involvement of Anganbari workers and supervisors in the awareness campaign.
He categorically said that all efforts should be made to improve the voting percentage and officials should not ignore this important aspect. In the meeting Additional District Magistrate Sonika, CEO SP Khali, SWEEP in charge K Bandu, District Education Officer Parmendra Saklani were present.