March 29, 2005

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) today launched a two-day training for leaders of students’ councils and unions from nine higher learning institutions on the implementation of elections to be held on campus

The training will help them facilitate voter registration and voting processes in their respective colleges and universities around the country.

“As part of the efforts to ensure democratic election, the NEBE, for the first time in its history, is finalizing preparations to enable the students to elect their representatives,” Tesfaye Mengesha, Deputy Head of the NEBE Secretariat, said at the opining of the training.

Students will be registered on ten electoral rolls in each university or college corresponding to the ten regional states and administrations, and will vote for candidates in the constituencies where they come from.

The training covers issues including the recruitment and duties of election officers at all levels, as well as the registration of voters and the procedures for on-campus voting.