ECI’s extensive grassroot training programme gathers steam

One-Day Orientation Programme for Media and Social Media Nodal
Officers and District PROs concludes

New Delhi : A two-Day National Training Programme comprising 2 DEOs, 12 EROs
& 217 BLOs from West Bengal commenced at IIIDEM today. This initiative
forms part of the broader training plan for the capacity augmentation of
grassroot election functionaries as envisaged by the Commission during the
CEO’s Conference held at IIIDEM on the 4th of March
ECI also concluded a one-day Orientation Programme for Media Nodal
Officers, Social Media Nodal Officers, and District Public Relations Officers at
the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management
(IIIDEM), New Delhi, today. The orientation was aimed at enhancing
coordination and preparedness of election officials in an evolving media
landscape.
Media Officers from 28 States and 8 UTs participated in the orientation
programme which aims to develop an effective communication strategy to
ensure proactive information dissemination, counter misinformation, and
promote voter awareness through various media platforms, in accordance
with the legal framework i.e. the RP Act 1950 & 1951; Registration of Elector
Rules 1960, Conduct of Election Rules 1961 and the instructions issued by
ECI from time to time.
In his address, CEC Shri Gyanesh Kumar while acknowledging the
pivotal role of media as a key stakeholder in the electoral process, emphasized
the importance of factual, timely and transparent communication in
upholding the trust of voters in the electoral processes in a digitally mediated
information world. He underlined that media officers must be proactive in
communicating accurate information and rise to the challenge of ensuring
that voters are correctly informed and empowered to discern facts from
narratives without factual basis.