VOTER AWARENESS FORUMS (VAFs)

About:

• Voter Awareness Forums (VAFs) are informal Forums for generating awareness around electoral process through activities like discussions, quizzes, competitions and other engaging activities.
  
  
• All employees of the Organisation (government, private and NGOs) are expected to become members of the VAF with the Head of the Organisation acting as the Chair.
  
  
• VAF is part of the Electoral Literacy Club (ELC) programme of ECI.
  • The ELC programme was launched on the 8^th National Voters Day (25^th January 2018).
    
    
  • It envisages setting up of Electoral Literacy Club in every educational institution and Chunav Pathshala at every booth to cover those outside the formal education system.
    
    
  • Around 2.11 Lakh ELCs have already been established across the country in the first year of the launch of the programme.