THE PREFECTS SYSTEM IN SAMMO SCHOOL
The participation of students in running the daily
activities of the school is deeply rooted in Sammo history. Most of the buildings
in the OLD & NEW SITES were the result of the labour of pioneering students
who were deeply involved in the regimented functions of a hostel/boarding
school. At Sammo students are involved in maintaining and enforcing
disciplinary codes relating to boarding/hostel life.
Upper class/Final year students are elected to
prefectorial positions. The entire student body is eligible to vote on
prefectorial nominees. Some prefectorial positions such as House Prefects are
made by appointment. The
dormitories are administered by the Housemaster, who is usually a resident staff
member.
Hence, every year, a body of prefects is
elected to help with the running of the school. Each prefect is assigned
specific responsibilities which she/he is expected to discharge to the best of
his/her ability. This gives the necessary leadership training for the student. The
prefects are assisted by a number of monitors.
The prefects’ body of the School
is made up of school and house prefects. School prefects will be responsible
for their area of designation throughout the school whiles house prefects will
be responsible for their respective dormitories.
Below are the typical
responsibilities but not an exhaustive list of the various designations in the
school:
THE HEAD PREFECT
The head prefect is the head of
the entire prefect body and the mouthpiece of students to the administration
and staff. The position of the head prefect is one that is voted for by the
students, but it is based on nomination from a short list of possible
candidates by staff members after which a vetting will be held before the final green light is given for that
individual to run. The head prefect may be a boy or girl depending on the
votes. Any boy or girl who wins majority of the votes becomes the Head prefect,
who will be assisted by TWO DEPUTIES. He/she also automatically becomes the president
of the SAMMO STUDENTS REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL (SSRC). The head prefect serves as
the primary communication instrument between staff and students. The head
prefect must exhibit the qualities of a strong academician, humility,
ability to exercise power and control with fact and represent the student body
adequately.
THE DEPUTY HEAD PREFECTS
The head prefect (who may be a
boy or girl) will normally be assisted to do his/her work with a close relationship
with the two deputies who must be a boy and a girl.
THE PROTOCOL PREFECT.
The protocol prefects handle the
responsibilities of coordinating all internal and external activities of clubs
and societies in the school. He/she will be responsible for ensuring that the
right permissions and adequate preparation for any activities organized by any
club is done in a proper and acceptable way. The protocol prefect is also
responsible for picking up parcels from the school gate to the rightful owners.
COMPOUND PREFECTS
The compound prefects are
responsible for general hygiene and cleanliness on campus. They are responsible
for making arrangements with senior boys on duty to ensure that all “picking” and “sweeping” arrangements to be carried out by junior students are
properly arranged both at the academic and the domestic sites. They ensure that
the streets to the masters’ bungalows and flats are well programmed and are put
into order. The compound prefects are also to ensure that Saturday morning
inspections are carried out regularly and marks awarded appropriately for every
house/dormitory. Marks awarded during inspections are compiled and collated in
a league table to compete for the cleanest dormitory in the course of every
term.
HOUSE PREFECTS
House prefects are generally
responsible for maintaining appropriate and acceptable students behavior in
their respective houses and dormitories, ensuring strict adherence to school
rules, maintaining good sanitation and the good running of their designated
dormitories. They work in conjunction with their respective house
masters/mistresses.
HEALTH PREFECTS
Health prefects are also responsible
to take care of the students who are sick at the infirmary/Dispensary Room
(Sick Bay). They give first-aid to students on basic sicknesses, if there is
the need to see the school doctor or nurse, they make the necessary arrangements.
CHAPEL PREFECTS
The two chapel Prefects are
responsible for every religious activities that will be carried out in the
school. They see to it that activities on Sunday morning & night services are
well organized and they take charge of Sunday service (preaching) whenever the
Chaplain or any invited guest is not available. They also organize the junior
boys & girls for any necessary arrangement for Sunday evening-service at
the school’s assembly hall.
ENTERTAINMENT PREFECTS
The Entertainment prefects are responsible
for every entertainment programme that takes place in the school. They organize
the Time Schedule for the Term’s entertainment programmes in conjunction with the
entertainment master & entertainment committee.
They thus organize shows where students bring out their best talents through
singing, raping, dancing, drama/stage plays and more activities. They also organize
educational as well as sensitization programmes and film show to students to
enable them to have fun and to reduce everyday stress of the students.
DINING HALL PREFECTS
The dining hall prefects are
responsible for general hygiene and cleanliness at the dining hall. The
prefects help the running of the school canteen and make sure that every
student in the dining hall has something to fill his/her belly. They also organize
a cleanup exercise at the dining hall to ensure that the place is well cleaned
and with good atmosphere to promote good health for the students. When students
are going for an excursion or other field trips, the Dining hall prefects
ensure that special meals are prepared for such trips.
LIBRARY PREFECTS
The Library prefects’ duties are to
ensure that the library is always open on time and well cleaned. They also ensure
that the books in the library are in good shape and order. They play a role
that every book borrowed from the library is brought back and records are kept.
SPORTS'PREFECTS
The Sport prefects are
responsible for every sporting activity that takes place in the school. They
sometimes organize gala-competition among the houses or classes in the school.
They take serious participation during the school inter-houses and
inter-schools competitions.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------During their term of office they are able to achieve so much in terms of
maintaining good sanitation and a clean environment congenial enough for
academic works in the school.
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