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Delhi Teacher’s Mock-Election Lesson Goes Viral for Hands-On Civics

Realistic role-play won praise for turning a civics chapter into lived experience.

Overview

  • An Instagram video by a Delhi teacher known as Masterji has drawn over one million views, according to media reports.
  • The class activity replicated a full election cycle, including voter registration, campaigning, polling, and vote counting.
  • Students filled roles such as presiding officers and police monitors, with ID checks, a polling booth, and indelible-ink marking to mirror real procedures.
  • The winning candidate used the slogan “Samosa dabao, Somesh jitao” and treated classmates to samosas as part of the lesson.
  • India Today and News18 reported widespread social-media praise for the approach, with commenters urging more schools to adopt similar practical lessons.