Christian Vertical elects prefects

By Benjamin Xornam Glover / Junior Graphic / Ghana | Wednesday, 12 March 2014

The Christian Vertical Centre in Tema, has held its maiden elections to elect prefects to steer the affairs of the school for this academic year. The exercise was held to assist the youth to be familiar with the electoral process in the country. Students interested in these positions completed nomination forms and were interviewed by a panel made up of their teachers. After that, the successful candidates campaigned and presented their manifestos to the entire student body. The polls were conducted just as is done in national elections. The school used ballot boxes, indelible ink, voting screens, ballot papers bearing pictures of the various candidates to elect the prefects. Students from Class Four up to JHS Form Two were the eligible voters and, therefore, cast the ballot to elect the prefects of their choice for the school. At the end of the process, Master Emmanuel Marful polled 77 votes to defeat his opponent, Master Phillip Bondzie who had 44 votes to become the Boys Prefect. For the position of Girls Prefect, Miss Sandra Nartey polled 88 votes as against Miss Daniela Siaw who had 33 votes. For the position of Boys Compound Prefect, Master Nash Amanin Kwarteng secured 88 votes to beat Aaron Ohene Yeboah who had 33 votes. Miss Elizabeth Bimpeh polled 77 votes to become the Girls Compound Prefect by beating Miss Emmanuella Panford who had 44 votes. Apart from the positions of School and Compound Prefects which were voted for, the other prefects were appointed by the teachers based on competence. They were Kwabena Aponsah Boateng, Sports Prefect (Boys), Victoria Kwei Tetteh, Sports Prefect (Girls) and Loise Amedeku (Worship Prefect.) In an interview with the Boys Prefect elect, Master Emmanuel Marful, he said he was excited for being elected and pledged to work with the school administrators to establish a science and creative centre for the school during his tenure of office. The Headmaster of the school, Mr Abraham Ekow Afer, in an interview, said the decision to conduct the polls was to help inculcate leadership qualities in the students as early as possible and also educate them on the election process and systems in the country. http://www.graphic.com.gh/juniors/junior-news/19253-christian-vertical-elects-prefects.html