Rev. Fr. George Ehusani, the Executive Director of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, has advocated the inclusion of leadership skills into school curriculum to instill leadership qualities in students.
Ehusani made the call at the closing ceremony of leadership training for 121 prefects from 14 secondary schools in six states and the Federal Capital Territory organised by the foundation.
Ehusani, who said the training was aimed at teaching the students qualities of a good leader, added that the need to prepare them for leadership positions in the future could not be over-emphasised.
According to him, when students are prepared at a very young age for leadership positions, the country is guaranteed to have quality leadership.
He added that good leadership was the bedrock of every civilised and developed society, stressing the need to teach students the core values and character of a leader.
He said: “We discovered that prefects often emerged as leaders in society; prefects in schools often developed the confidence to become active in student unions in universities.
“They also develop confidence to go into politics or play other leadership roles and so we found it important to train them in conduct and character for leadership.”
A participant, Peter Ogah, from Divine Mercy Secondary School, Asokoro, Abuja, said the training had prepared him for his role as a prefect in school as well as a future leader.
Ogah told the News Agency of Nigeria that he learnt how to manage finance, people and situations.
He said: “We learnt about financial literacy, how to manage the money we get through planning and prioritising.
“The training has also taught us how to manage the affairs of the country as future leaders as well as how to evolve solutions to problems.”
Onyinyechi Dunu, a student of Loreto Special Science School, Adazi-Ukwu, Anambra State, told NAN that the training exposed her to what a good school or society should be.
Dunu said: “We were taught that a leader should have self respect and this is something I didn’t know before.
“As the Deputy Senior Prefect of my school, I have learnt to change the way I relate with the students.
“This means I should not lord it over them or maltreat them but rather correct them and tell them the right thing to do because that is what a leader does.”
The highlight of the ceremony was presentation of songs, drawings, poems and short drama depicting the Nigeria of their dream.
NAN reports that Lux Terra Leadership Foundation is an institute of the Catholic Church dedicated to exposing leaders and potential leaders to the dynamics of purposeful, visionary, transformative and inspiring leadership.
The foundation also seeks to teach young students the essence of good leadership by encouraging them to practice same as prefects in their various schools.
NAN.
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