Kohima, May 22 (DIPR): A three day programme on experiential learning residential training for election officers of Nagaland was inaugurated at ATI today with theme ‘Team Leadership & Motivation (TLM) a psychological impetus.’ The programme was organised by Election Commission of India (India International Institute of Democracy & Election Management).
Dr M Parivallal, Director of the Training People, speaking at the inaugural function said that this training is the first ever special training held by the Election Commission of India in Nagaland for selective district officials.
He said that this training programme is the brain child of the Director General of Election Commission, Sudip Jain IAS. He added that earlier the trainings conducted by Election Commission was focusing only in the system, procedures and conducting the election in the free and fair means but after 2015 focus has been shifted on people behind the systems. He said that the training lined up will be unlike those training held previously but will be fun filled and with lots of interesting activities.
He said that election is a celebration and therefore in days to come election will be called festival of democracy. He said in order to make election happy and interesting the theme of the ongoing training was coined as ‘Team Leadership & Motivation’ by the Election Commission of India across the country. This is a nonstop 72 hours of residential training he said but in Nagaland it will be just 12 hours of nonstop different level of training.
He further added that this training will be more of physiological training with relaxed and more fun filled activities. He said that the concept of the training is to talk less on election system and procedures but focus more on the trainees to become a better person then they were before. He said that the training will be registered online and all the training process will be monitored online and the training will be evaluated with the level of participated, learning and understanding at the end of three day training program. He urged all to participate actively at all levels and he assured the trainees that it will be a life changing experience.
Additional Director, ATI, K. Kevin Zehol delivering a short speech said that he was disappointed to see very less participation from most of the districts as this kind of training will be beneficial for the upcoming 2018 election.
Talking on the concept of clean election which is the need of the hour in Nagaland, he said that if corruption can be done away with then much development can come about in our state. He said that as administrative officers due to the day to day affairs of work are sometimes bogged down and fails to exercise their creativity. He stated that in the coming election officers will be playing great leadership roles and the team spirit will play a big part in the election process. He hopes that the training will help the officials participating in the training to realise the effectiveness of team work synergy and help bring out bolder officers and administrators for the coming elections.
Earlier inaugurating the training program candle was lighted by Dr M Parivallal, Director the Training People. Short speech was delivered by N Moa Aier, Chief Electoral Officer (officiating) and vote of thanks was proposed by Vekho Vero, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer. Administrative officers and election officers from the across districts participated in the ongoing program. The program was chaired by Khekugha Sema.
