ST ZOE MISSION REALISED IN STUDENTS’ LEADERSHIP
St Zoe primary
school mission says: TO TRAIN AN ALL
ROUND PERSON CAPABLE OF SELF RELIANCE.
This mission
guides all courses of action at the school. All the curricular and
co-curricular programs are aimed at achieving the school mission.
One of the
elements through which a person could become round and self reliant is to learn
leadership. The belief is that future leaders are trained right from infant
stages. It is very hard to begin training leadership at a later stage. So, at
St Zoe, children are given opportunities to become leaders when they are still
young.
HOW WAS IT DONE AT ST ZOE THIS YEAR? PLANTING THE SEED
OF DEMOCRACY
Two teachers
were assigned the duty of guiding the young stars on the procedures. On 13th
February 2012, an announcement was passed in the morning during the assembly.
The teachers advertised several positions that required applications. Some of
these included: Head prefect, Assistant Head Prefect, Sanitary prefect, Head
Monitor, Dormitory Captain, Debating Prefect, Games and Sports, Welfare
Prefect, Time keeper, Catering Prefect and Librarians.
Pupils were
encouraged to apply on any position of one’s preference. All boys and girls
were free to compete on any position and the community was to elect on merit.
THE GENERAL CAMPAIGNS
These were held on the 16th February
2012 in the afternoon. Here a candidate was given chance to address the whole
and show the others how capable he/she is in the position he/she is campaigning
for.
On the 17th
February 2012, the general elections were held. Eligible voters were Primary
Three to Primary Seven. Lower classes did not vote just because of age.
At the end of
the exercise, a lot of joy was observed and this manifested the real feeling of
victory on the side of the winners. The role of the teacher at this point is to
congratulate the winners, explain the role of prefects and to encourage those
who have not gone through to always try again and to join hands for the greater
glory of the school. Hence, St Zoe has always seen both good winners and good losers