Introduction
The significance of literacy and electoral engagement for these young, potential voters in our nation has been recognized by the Election Commission of India (ECI). In 2010, the ECI launched a nationwide initiative called Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) with this goal in mind. Voter awareness, knowledge, and motivation were the program's primary goals in order to increase Indian voters' electoral participation.
Vision
To contribute as much as possible to the development of an engaged democratic populace, starting with integrated civic and voter education and early electoral engagement.
Electoral Literacy Clubs
By entering SVEEP Phase III, the ECI has made the decision to continue the work of both SVEEP stages. SVEEP III's "Continuous Electoral Literacy and Democracy Education" is one of its strategic pillars. Through curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular interventions at the school, college, and university levels, as well as carefully planned coverage to the voter populations of that age group not covered by the formal educational system, this phase is being built up with the goal of mainstreaming electoral literacy among the young and future voters.
ECI has decided to introduce Electoral Literacy Clubs (ELC) in educational institutions in an effort to encourage a voting culture among youth and prospective voters. The objective of these clubs is to function as a vibrant hub for hands-on electoral literacy education in schools and other educational institutions around the country. Establishing an Electoral Literacy Club at Gopal Narayan Singh University in Jamuhar is the first stage in this process. Its goal is to teach electoral literacy to incoming and young voters.
