Electoral Literacy Club (ELC)

The Electoral Literacy Club (ELC) is  functional in Government General Degree College at Pedong ever since its inception in 2018. The ELC in this college is representative in character as it has both the faculty member as the Nodal Officer and the student’s representatives as the active members. Under the active guidance of it’s Nodal Officers Dr. Barun Adhikary and Asst. Prof Puja Gurung, the ELC of Government General Degree College at Pedong has participated in various programmes organized by the District Offices in association with the government of West Bengal. On 18th September 2018, the students from the Department of Political Science participated in the district level quiz competition held at Kalimpong College and stood first. On 18^th of January, 2019 students of the ELC participated in the State Level Quiz Competition organized by the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal.  The students also participated in the SVEEP awareness program organized by District officers on 20^th of February 2019 in presence of Nodal Officers Dr. Barun Adhikary and Asst. Prof Puja Gurung. The Electoral Literacy Club conducts poster making/ creative writing competition regularly to keep the students informed and updated about the electoral practices and voting rights.  The Electoral Literacy Club continues to regularly engage students through interesting activities and hands-on experience to sensitize them on their electoral rights and make them acquainted with the electoral process of registration and voting.

The ELC of the College has two designated spaces as “Democracy Walls” where students of the ELC are encourage to create posters on voting rights, voting awareness, enrollment of first-time voters, democracy and the Indian Constitution. Here two large boards are placed and the students of ELC with guidance from their Nodal Officers regularly post content on themes such as “My Vote, My Right”; “My Vote, My Future” ; “Freedom to Vote”  “Democracy in India” and “Indian Constitution and its Leaders”, etc. With the efforts of the Nodal Officer Dr Barun Adhikary, students of the ELC participated in the Photo/Videography Contest and made a small video to create Awareness about Voting in Kalimpong District.  On 23^rd Nov 2021, with the effort of ELC and District SVEEP officers the College conducted a student debate on “Democracy, the best form of Government”