Fourteen-year-old Master Adu-Gyamfi Decent has been elected the Senior Prefect of the Deperlife School at Bibiani for the 2022/2023 academic year.
Out of the 208 total votes cast, Master Adu polled 133 to win the position which was contested Master Anowaridini Abdulla who also polled 75 votes.
After the contested election, only four votes were rejected, an indication that the children were well educated about the voting process and were, therefore, conversant with what was expected of them.
Pupils and students waiting anxiously for the declaration of the election results.
The Girls Prefect position was won by Miss Ernestina Apana after she polled 119 votes to beat two other contestants, namely Rhoda Okyere and Afia Attaah Ackah Junior.
The well organised election had most of the pupils casting their votes with excitement.
Children who were eligible to vote according to the school system were those in Primary Four up to JHS Two, since it was believed that pupils in those classes understood the voting process.
Students at the junior high school (JHS) level were the first to cast their votes, followed by those in the primary section.
Some pupils and students in a queue to cast their ballots
The election process was orderly as all the necessary electoral materials were available, making voting smooth after officials of the Electoral Commission had educated the pupils and students.
Other positions contested for were sports and compound overseer.
The proprietor of the school, Pastor Kwadwo Twentor, told Hamza Mohammed that what motivated the school to embark on such an important exercise was mainly to educate the children at the basic level on electoral processes.
He noted that during the general elections, a lot of rejected ballots were record because people did not do the right thing and, therefore, “as an educational institution, they decided to start the process at the basic level so that the children will learn and be conversant with the process.”
The headmaster Mr Eugene Oppong Listowell said the election of the school prefects started about two years ago in consultation with the Bibiani District Electoral Commission office.
He said the District office provided the school with all the materials such as indelible ink, ballot boxes, as well as the ink pads for thumb printing.
Since then, the school had successfully organised two elections with low numbers of rejected ballot papers.
The newly elected Boys Prefect expressed excitement that he had been given the opportunity to serve the school and thanked the students for the confidence reposed in him.
He promised to live up to expectation and further encouraged the other contestants who lost to support the newly elected leaders to perform well for the good of the schoo
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Hamza Mohammed
