Pune school wants to churn out future leaders

In a new initiative, the DAV Public School, Aundh, has introduced a unique system to educate students about how the Indian government functions.

Election campaigns, posters and pamphlets were distributed in the school in order to campaign for the representatives. The representatives were selected from standard XI. 

The elections were conducted, wherein students and teachers cast their votes by using an electronic voting machine. The elected members would function like members of parliament in the school for one whole year.

A government of the elected candidates was also set up. All elected representatives were administered the oath by the coordinator of the school, Lakshmi. The code of conduct for ethics has to be followed by all elected representatives.

‘President’ Sohal Thakur told students, “My team may not do different things but they may do things differently.” ‘Prime minister’

Kirti Sinha thanked the teachers and students for their support. Parents of all representatives were invited to witness the occasion. 

At the end of the function, school principal Jayshri Venkatraman, teachers and parents blessed the representatives.

According to Venkatraman, “This exercise will help students to understand how the government works and how elections take place, and would get them involved and interested in the procedures.”