Prefects should know that the pursuit of truth, honesty, and compassion could be a practical framework for honing your leadership skills says Vice-Chancellor of UniFiji, Prof Prem Misir.
Speaking at the prefect’s investiture program at Tilak High School as the Chief Guest today (24th February, 2017), Prof Misir highlighted the importance of compassion in building leadership capacity.
“Knowledge may give us considerable power, but we achieve fullness through compassion, according to Tagore. Prefects in developing and refining your leadership capacity to make the world a better place and to provide service to humanity, take this cue from Tagore, thus: “The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence,” he explained.
He further discussed the role that prefect leaders would have in making Tilak High School a more harmonious place.
“As prefects, your leadership could recreate Tilak High School as a meeting ground of cultures, where conflicts of interest become less potent, and where all students come together in a common pursuit of truth and appreciate,” said Prof Misir.
“As prefects of this high school, you have a moral and social responsibility to develop and sharpen your leadership capabilities not only to enhance the school’s new approach to education, but to enrich the social consciousness of your fellow students to ensure that they do the right thing, in the same way that Tilak marshaled ordinary Indians to resist the British in India,” reinforced Prof Misir.
The day saw various students being accorded with leadership roles in environment, form monitors, school prefects, head boy and girl and various other roles.
The ceremony was attended by over 1000 students of the school, parents as well as teachers from various schools.
