Responsibilities make learners better leaders

Starehe Boys’ Centre students Alex Murimi (Right) and Stanley Nzioka conduct an experiment in one of the school’s renovated biology laboratory. [Courtesy]

I am working on my school’s year book. A usually demanding endeavour that entails gathering and compiling text and photos from a wide spectrum of stakeholders within the school community.

And it can be daunting if you choose to go it alone, or try to micro-manage everything. So I decided to settle on two students to help me run the show. I instructed them to pick a team of four or five students to form the editorial team. They did, and the whole thing took off like a rocket jutting through the sky.