Training of personnel complete, ready for election: Nodal Officer
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIPR

Imphal, February 26 2022: Imphal West Nodal Officer (Training) Keisham Jadumani Singh said that all polling and police personnel assigned election duty in respect of Imphal West district have been trained and are all set for poll duty on February 28.While informing that training for the polling personnel of all the 13 assembly constituencies in the district were conducted in three phases at 11 venues, the nodal officer said phase-wise training was also conducted for police personnel.

Preparation for the Election Training Programme for the Assembly Election, 2022 commenced with the making of Video Explainers of various poll activities including Election Expenditure Monitoring, Model Code of Conduct, Media Certification and Monitoring Committee, Electronic Voting Machines & VVPATs, Poll Process and Counting of Votes.

A total of 21 video explainers have been prepared, the Nodal Officer said, stating that the step is quite unprecedented and helpful to all who are performing election duty.

All the videos are made available on YouTube of DEO Imphal West and CEO Manipur.

Some of the videos have good viewership reaching over 21,000 views.

Considering the importance of Women Empowerment and encouraging participation of women in the conduct of election, all women Assembly Level Master Trainers having 39 trainers were appointed and have provided training on EVM & VVPAT handling and poll process duty, he said.

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, two days Virtual Training Programme was conducted through Elite TV and social media platform like YouTube channel of DEO Imphal West.

More than 7000 people have viewed the programme and trained themselves, he added.

The Offline Training for 2,544 polling person -nel including All Women Polling Teams for all the 13 ACs has been done in three phases.

The trainings were conducted with teaching aids like projectors, video explainers, practicing on printed forms, etc.

Moreover, after completion of normal trainings, On Demand Training was arranged for all Returning Officers on Friday to clear doubts regarding poll duty.

A dedicated team is ready to clear any doubts of the poll process and WhatsApp Groups of all AC-wise polling personnel have been created for any queries, the Nodal Officer informed.

Some other new things.that have been introduced in training of polling personnel are teaching of PwD signage to the polling officers for easy facilitation of PwD voters while casting votes, installation of web casting cameras, booth apps for use on poll day, e-tracker application for tracking the polling personnel.

Trainings for Micro-observers and polling personnel for absentee voters, on Model Code of Conduct for C-vigil App, Sector Officers assigned duty in maintenance of law and orders, EVM, WPAT working, etc., Media Certification and representatives of candidates/election agents for account reconciliations were also conducted.

The Nodal Officer said that Presiding Officers, who will oversee conduct of the elections in the polling stations, are the leaders and will exercise the powers of conduct of election rules and instructions of Election Commission of India and as such should perform their duties sincerely to let the people exercise their franchise in a fair and peaceful manner, he added.

All Polling Officers should carefully read all forms/handbooks/printed materials that have been provided to them and at the same time go through all documents on the day before poll day, he said adding that they should also clear their doubts from the master trainers before the poll day.

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