2nd round of training going on at Cachar School: Observer & DC visits training venue

April 5: The Training and Awareness Cell for Parliamentary Election, 2019 of Cachar district has started the second round of training for the Presiding Officers and other polling staff in connection with the Lok Sabha Election 2019 at Cachar High School from 3 April onwards and will continue till 6 April. From 7 April, the third and final round of the training will be held at Government Girls HS School and Narshing HS School.

A total of 27 Assembly Level Master Trainers (ALMTs) were drafted for the purpose of imparting training to the poll party. The training is imparted in two sessions. The morning session training is scheduled at 10 AM till1 PM, whereas the afternoon session will start at 2 PM and end at 5 PM. In each session around 450 persons are trained for the biggest festival of Indian democracy.

The Training & Awareness Cell of Cachar district spearheaded the training sessions wherein training was imparted on EVM/VVPAT and poll procedure. The training was given by means of power point presentations. In every room of the school, there were two sets of Master Trainers: one gave training on EVM/VVPAT and the other imparted training on the poll procedure.

Laya Madduri, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar came to inspect the training venue at Cachar High School, wherein training of Presiding officers and 1st polling officers were going on. The Deputy Commissioner went around all the training halls at Cachar School and also listened to the deliberation of the Assembly Level Master Trainers.

Apart from the Deputy Commissioner, Election Observer Sunil Kumar Yadav also came to the training venue at Cachar High School and took stock of the training sessions.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajib Roy, Election Officer Sudeep Nath, State Level Master Trainer Sudipta Dutta Choudhury (Bapi) monitored the training sessions. The logistic support for the training sessions was provided by the Training & Awareness Cell under the supervision of Mridul Kanti Chakraborty, Head Assistant of District Training Cell, Lok Sabha Polls, 2019.

It needs mention here that the 1st round of training of poll parties (Presiding Officers & other polling staff) which started on 18 March came to an end on 23 March. A total of around 7000 poll staff were imparted training during the 1st round at Narshing HS School and Cachar High School.