Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation
‘Greater Participation for a Stronger Democracy’
The studentsare engaged through interesting activities and hands an experience to sensitizethem on their electoral rights and familiarize them with the electoral process ofregistration and voting.
ThroughSVEEP, election commission of India, aims at strengthening the culture ofelectoral participation among young and future voters.
It isgenerally seen that there is a perception among most of the urban sections inour country that, exercising their franchise would not make any significantchange in the way our nation is being administered with a view to dispel therenegative notions, the election commission has over the years devised various innovativestrategies to attract votes across all sections of society and we stronglybelieve that thee measures would go a long way in increasing votersparticipation in the coming election.
Hence novote should go to waste since the vote of every person matters a lot in theprocess of nation building and to ensure a healthy and flourishing democracy.
Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation program, better known as SVEEP, is the flagship program of the Election Commission of India for voter education, spreading voter awareness and promoting voter literacy in India.
SVEEP’s primary goal is to build a truly participative democracy in India by encouraging all eligible citizens to vote and make an informed decision during the elections. The programme is based on multiple general as well as targeted interventions which are designed according to the socio-economic, cultural and demographic profile of the state as well as the history of electoral participation in previous rounds of elections and learning thereof.
We are always looking forward to achieving the aim of building a stronger democracy through greater synergy with Civil Society Organizations, Media and Corporate Houses and even greater queries, suggestions, and participation from individuals.
This is a platform to engage college student through interesting activities and hands-on experience to sensitize them on their electoral rights and familiarize them with the electoral process of voting