Youth and Elections. Responsibility for the Future

In Ayagoz Secondary School named after D. Babatai, a competition "Youth and Elections" was held in honor of the World Election Day. On the topic "Responsibility for the Future" a meeting was held with 10-11 students, members of the district election commission took part in the meeting.
During the meeting, World Election Day is celebrated annually on the first Thursday of February. The tradition of celebrating this day began in 2005 on the initiative of the Association of European Election Organizers (ECHR) and was supported by the United Nations, and World Election Day is celebrated by the whole country. This year the holiday falls on February 6. The purpose of today's meeting is to promote the electoral rights of the Republic of Kazakhstan among students, to form loyalty of voters to democratic values, including among young people, to inform about achievements in the electoral process, to improve political and legal literacy. to attract public attention to the problem of improving electoral processes, noted the chairman of the district territorial election commission E. Orazbek. The next speaker was the secretary of the territorial election commission K. Abdrev, who noted that increasing the activity of young people in the electoral system and creating an opportunity for citizens with different views to come to power, and the introduction of a self-nomination mechanism also opened a great way for young citizens who want to become deputies, akims
She emphasized that instilling an electoral culture in schoolchildren, students, and young people is a reflection of the sustainable and harmonious development of the electoral system in the country in the direction of forming their position on democratic values.
During the meeting, students expressed their thoughts, asked questions they did not understand in the election process and received appropriate answers.