UoH ties up with ECI for voters education
Preeti Biswas | TNN | Updated: Feb 19, 2019, 20:11 IST
Representational Image HYDERABAD: The University of Hyderabad (UoH) in collaboration with the Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a three-day workshop on ‘festival of democracy’ in the city from February 22 along with 50 community broadcasters from 25 stations across the country.
According to a press release issued by the university, the goal is to brainstorm on key themes and strategies to influence the local communities and spread awareness about the dos and don’ts for voters. The activity by the ECI will promote voter education and electoral literacy through community radios around the country for the ensuing elections.
University’s UNESCO Chair on Community Media will collaborate with the ECI’s flagship program, Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) to mobilise the power of community radio to enhance the extensive electoral literacy and informed voter participation through a decentralised and bottom-up communication approach with community generated content.
Prof Vinod Pavarala, head of UNESCO Chair on the Community Media at UoH said -- “After the capacity-building workshop in Hyderabad, participants will head back to their stations and make 100 hours of radio programs collectively. The set of themes should be related to voter education in over 10 different languages, including - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Telugu and Urdu.”
The chosen 25 community radio stations are expected to share their content with two other stations in their respective regions covering a total 75 stations and their sizable listenership. The UNESCO Chair at UoH will help in the production and even closely monitor the content that will be aired on these community radio stations.
According to a press release issued by the university, the goal is to brainstorm on key themes and strategies to influence the local communities and spread awareness about the dos and don’ts for voters. The activity by the ECI will promote voter education and electoral literacy through community radios around the country for the ensuing elections.
University’s UNESCO Chair on Community Media will collaborate with the ECI’s flagship program, Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) to mobilise the power of community radio to enhance the extensive electoral literacy and informed voter participation through a decentralised and bottom-up communication approach with community generated content.
Prof Vinod Pavarala, head of UNESCO Chair on the Community Media at UoH said -- “After the capacity-building workshop in Hyderabad, participants will head back to their stations and make 100 hours of radio programs collectively. The set of themes should be related to voter education in over 10 different languages, including - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Telugu and Urdu.”
The chosen 25 community radio stations are expected to share their content with two other stations in their respective regions covering a total 75 stations and their sizable listenership. The UNESCO Chair at UoH will help in the production and even closely monitor the content that will be aired on these community radio stations.
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