The days of imposing school prefects are numbered as students elect their own leaders

MY CHOICE: Pupils of Applegate Academy take part in an election to choose prefects last term. [PHOTO: CHRISPEN SECHERE/standard]

In a replica of our national democracy, students in schools around the country are now electing their leaders and learning the basics of democratic systems in the process.

The traditional process where teachers selected prefects guided by the students’ performance and behaviour is slowly diminishing in many schools.