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School students made aware of election process

Students of class IV casting their vote during elections held to elect student representatives for 16 posts in Yenepoya School in Mangaluru recently.

Students of class IV casting their vote during elections held to elect student representatives for 16 posts in Yenepoya School in Mangaluru recently.

Raghava M.

MANGALURU: 05 JULY 2015 00:00 IST

UPDATED: 05 JULY 2015 05:46 IST

Primary school students given instructions on everything from placing ink on the left forefinger to casting votes

Casting of vote in one school was on the ballot paper, while another private school made students vote on computer. But, in all, it turned out to be new experience for primary school students to be part of the electioneering process.

The Yenepoya School and The Canara (Main) School, Dongarkery, recently held elections to select students for the Special Boy, Special Girl, Culture Secretary, Sports Captain and other posts in the schools. While the voting at the Yenepoya School was for students from classes four to 10, voting in Canara (Main) School was for those from classes six to 10.

As many as 61 students contested for 16 posts at The Yenepoya School. “This is the highest in terms of contestants,” said Student Coordinator Maria Susainathan of The Yenepoya School, which has been conducting elections for the last seven years. Elections this time was held on June 26.

Being the first exposure to voting system, students of class four were given instructions of the whole process starting from placing of “ink” on the left forefinger to the way of casting their votes. Contestants, who were from classes eight, nine and 10, were given the option to choose the symbols they want on the ballot paper. The School’s library turned into a polling booth where 16 voting tables each were placed on either side to enable faster voting. It started at 8.30 a.m. and ended at 12.30, when the results were announced.