Electoral Commission of Ghana supervise the School prefect elections of a Avemaria JHS (See photos)
Over the last few of years, Ghana has been hailed as a model of democratic governance in Africa by her peers and the international community at large.
Democracy practices are currently being implemented by the vast majority of the country’s recognizable institutions.
The administration of a Junior High School located at South Odorkor Estate, Avemaria School Complex, in Accra, asked Electoral Commission (EC) officials from the Ablekuma West Municipality to observe the school’s prefectship elections.
Despite the fact that the school has successfully organized elections in the past without the supervision of the Electoral Commission, the administration contemplated inviting the elections body in order to provide the students with the chance to learn more about the activities of the EC.
As a result, one week has been set aside for the elections in order to provide candidates running for various posts at the School the opportunity to campaign.
The representatives from the EC took advantage of the chance to educate the youngsters about voting laws.
On election day, election commission employees delineated the voting area and set up the ballot boxes so that voters could cast their ballots.
Mr Daniel Ayivor, the Head Master of the School, expressed his appreciation to the Electoral Commission for accepting their offer to monitor the hotly contested elections during his speech at the polling station session.
Ayivor stated that following a conversation with the teachers, it was agreed that the elections for this year should be conducted in a novel and practical manner. As part of this, participants were given the opportunity to publish their campaign posters on the notice board at the school.
It was the first time in the school’s history that Junior High School candidates wrote their own manifestos and ran their own campaigns within the school, with each candidate soliciting votes, according to the Headmaster. “The level of education we wanted the children to have was something that was going to be the first of its kind in the history of the school,” he added.
The hopefuls read their manifestos in front of the student body in the Assembly hall and answered questions asked by the electorate during the event.
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