St Andrew’s Prep to hold mock General Election
St Andrew’s Prep is promoting democratic processes and getting children involved in politics by staging its own (albeit mock) General Election on Thursday 7 May, the day the country goes to the polls.
Seven St Andrew’s Prep pupils, backed by their own Campaign Managers, have been selected to represent the seven major UK political parties including Conservative, Green, Independent, Labour, Liberal Democrat, SNP and UKIP. The representatives will try to establish themselves as the voice of the school and their party by developing strategies to satisfy the pupils needs and wants across the year groups. They will present their policy statements in front of the school next Tuesday and take part in a question and answer session two days later. Voting will take place on the same day at the General Election.
The election organiser and Deputy Headmaster, Gordon Ferguson, said, “I very much look forward to hearing our candidates’ statements. They are all working hard to establish a following and I anticipate the result being a close run thing. It is important that pupils understand the election process and have some degree of knowledge about the parties taking part. I often read that young people are turning their backs on politics, so this is a chance to catch their interest early.”
