What Does It Take To Be A Student Leader

The school is a fertile ground to plant and hone leadership qualities. In any given school there will always emerge from it, students who are willing to take charge and to take responsibility. Teachers should be keen observers of potentials like this so that these students can be groomed for future leadership roles in the community. And the school is a perfect place where these students are taught of what characteristics good leader should possess.

It is important that these young minds develop the values of integrity, genuine concern, and self-reliance. These, together with other good values are the cornerstones to good community leadership in the future. The future leadership belongs to the youth of today and how they are prepared and groomed today will certainly influence their leadership styles later in life.

A way which most schools go in order to harness these potentials is in choosing school prefects. Head boy/senior boy, head girl/senior girl, social prefect, laboratory prefect etc. What are the traits to look out for?