Dhaka, Aug. 12 -- The Election Commission (EC) has announced a plan to train around 925,605 polling officers from September.

Core training and Training of Trainers (ToT) programmes usually start three to three and a half months before the election schedule is announced. Accordingly, the EC will begin the ToT programme in September.

Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said a small-scale ToT programme has begun with EC Secretariat staff. The full ToT training will follow in stages, reports bdnews24.com.

The EC has announced a tentative date for the election schedule in the first half of December for the February polls.

Once the Representation of the People Order (RPO) and the Election Conduct Rules are amended and sent to the law...