NPS students in US to experience Prez Polls process
Guwahati, Oct 22, 2016: While the entire world is closely observing the debates and the possible fallouts of the US Presidential Polls, a team of students from NPS International School, Guwahati are camping in the poll-bound country to get the firsthand knowledge about the much talked-about elections of the globe.
A team of 21 members, including 17 students, from the Guwahati-based school are in Florida, US and closely monitoring the entire process relating to the Presidential Polls. Florida is the ‘Tipping Point’ of this Presidential Elections.
“Apart from monitoring the electoral process, we have also got the opportunity to discuss various issues with the local populace,” said Satabdi Gogoi, a Class XI (Science) student and also a member of the team.
In the US Presidential elections, the voters do not cast their vote directly for an individual presidential candidate. In reality, the voters cast their vote for a group of people known as "electors". The electors are the members of the Electoral College from the various US states and they in turn cast their vote for the preferred candidate. Once the general elections take place, the first phase of the US presidential election is completed.
In the second phase, the "presidential electors" cast the votes to choose a president and a vice-president. A president is elected if he or she receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes cast.
The NPS students have expressed surprise over the style of the election campaign process of the largest superpower of the globe. “Unlike India, we have not seen a single election-related banner or poster here. Everything takes place here in a disciplined and planned manner. People or party supporters throng the university auditoriums etc., to witness the election debate of candidates. General people also closely watch the debates participated by the candidates in TV,” Jyotirmoy Das of Class VI said.
This is not the first time that the management of NPS International School, Guwahati is sending its students to abroad to get foreign exposure. The management of NPS International School, Guwahati has sent its students to various front-ranking institutions of Spain, London, Germany, Dubai, Sri Lanka and off course USA over the years. NPS is the first school from the North-east to send its students to NASA.
During their previous visit to NASA, students were taken to US Astronaut Hall of Fame where they got a taste of firsthand experience of astronauts for real missions. Students felt the pull of 4gs in the G - Force Simulator, sat in a mission control console, touched a Mars rock and landed the space shuttle. All these provided a true experience of Space Flight to the students of NPS International School. NASA Scientists also explained to the students about NASA’s vision for space exploration.
“In the year 2015 also, the school had sent its students to NASA’s John F Kennedy Space Center, world’s gateway to exploring, discovering and understanding our universe. NPS International School is the first school from NE region to visit NASA as well as receive astronomy training there. NPS students also went for a three-day astronaut training experience (ATX) in NASA whose mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research,” Mr JN Das, founder and chairman of the school said.