Students of St Anthony’s Roman Catholic School, located at Nii Boi Town, have elected new leaders to assist the teaching and non-teaching staff in steering affairs of the school population.

The event, which took place on Monday, March 16, 2026; did not utilize the usual manual voting system that the school has adopted over the years because for the first time, students (voters) used a computer-based system.

Voters took turns to cast their ballots using a voting and collation platform built by students with the guidance of the school’s Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) teacher, Mawuli Patrick with support from another staff member, Kinsgley Boakye.

Each voter was directed to cast their ballot for each elective position on a separate laptop at the designated voting area with results being collated in real time.

The process meant that positions from the head boy and girl, compound, sports and entertainment prefects were determined almost immediately the voting ended.

While eligible voters queued and patiently waited their turn to cast their ballots, students from the lower classes assembled at the single polling center to witness a process some students described as “exciting and very progressive.”

“I think we should maintain this way of choosing our prefects, in a computer world it is important to do things the digital way, this is a nice way to vote,” one student said.

The process was not without its challenges, Electoral Commissioner, Edwin Nii Martei Okai admitted, stressing that despite the challenges, this process is a learning curve for the future.

“There is room for improvement is a famous phrase we use as teachers, on this digital innovation feat that we have chalked today too, there is room for improvement is an apt assessment. I am happy we took this route especially given that our current terminal report is also a computer-based one.

“Indeed, today’s event is a big selling point for us to push for more portable gadgets like laptops and tablets. Imagine if we have a good quantity of tablets for batches of voting students, this process would have been even smoother,” he said.

Other staff members also spoke highly of the initiative with almost all of them acknowledging the school’s local manager, Rev Dodzi Gadasodzi and the school’s headmaster Philip Kwame Nlanya for their direct support in getting the systems running to ensure the success of the event.