Building Democratically Active Citizens through the Prefectship System in Botswana Schools

Authors

  • Agreement Lathi Jotia University of Botswana
  • Zibisani Edwin Morapedi Moeti Secondary School

Keywords:

Prefectship system, Democracy, Education, Botswana, Democratically Active Citizen, Voter Apathy, Student Representative Council (SRC).

Abstract

The goal of education in countries which regard themselves as democracies is to help develop citizens who can actively participate in the democratic process. Today, more than ever before, schools face the challenge of aligning their philosophies to the democratic national principles of the nation-state in order to produce citizens who are active in the democratic process. Therefore, this study was undertaken to explore the relationship between democracy and education by investigating the efficiency of the prefectship system (student leadership system where students choose their leaders) in Botswana Secondary Schools.

Author Biographies

Agreement Lathi Jotia, University of Botswana

Dept. of Languages and Social Sciences Lecturer

Zibisani Edwin Morapedi, Moeti Secondary School

Senior Teacher-Sports and Social Studies

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Published

2011-03-26

How to Cite

Jotia, A. L., & Morapedi, Z. E. (2011). Building Democratically Active Citizens through the Prefectship System in Botswana Schools. Current Issues in Education, 14(1). Retrieved from https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/670

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Articles

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