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Electoral malpractices

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Term: 3rd Term

Week: 11

Class: Junior Secondary School 2

Age: 13 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Civic education

Topic:-       Electoral malpractices

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Mention and explain the ways electoral malpractices could be prevented/solved

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on electoral malpractices

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She mentions the ways electoral malpractices could be prevented/solved

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She explains the ways electoral malpractices could be prevented/solved

 

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

ELECTORAL MALPRACTICES

HOW TO PREVENT ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE/SOLUTION TO ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE

  1. Arrest and prosecution of people who violate electoral laws.
  2. Swearing exercise should not be done until all petitions are disposed of at election tribunals.
  3. Corrupt law enforcement should be dealt with and if possible sacked from service
  4. Customization of ballot papers in the form of putting the computer information about a registered voter on the ballot paper to prevent multiple voting.
  5. The use of advanced information technology such as computers and forensic machine for detection of fingerprints will reduce the act of multiple registrations.
  6. There should be programmes to educate majority, so as to reduce the level of illiteracy  in the country
  7. A person found guilty in electoral malpractices should be banned from politics for life.
  8. Honest men and women should be appointed into the electoral institution to conduct elections
  9. There should be stringent measures against electoral malpractices
  10. Pressure groups should rise up from all quarters to oppose electoral malpractices
  11. There should be a programme to educate the majority.
  12. Opposition parties should not relent and make sure things are done in the right way

EVALUATION:    1. Mention and explain seven ways electoral malpractices could be prevented/solved

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively