Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (B) (ii) Justify how the half-yearly report of Students’ Council was an important event for the teachers and students.

Answer: The half-yearly Students’ Council meeting let the students review their own work before the whole school and gave the teachers honest feedback on their teaching.

At the meeting, each class reported on what it had learnt and done during the half-year before the Headmaster, the staff and the other students. For the students it was a chance to think for themselves, speak confidently and express their views and suggestions freely but responsibly. For the teachers it worked like a mirror: the frank reports and questions showed which methods were succeeding and what needed to change. It reflected the school’s democratic system, built on freedom, trust and self-discipline.