Figure 1.--Prefects are given a wide range of responsivilities and duties. The precice duties vary from school to school. They normally deal with looking after the younger children are running certain school activities.

Older students are given this responsibility after proving themselves in the performance of other duties as they rise through the school. Prefects are given a variety of duties. These duties vary from school to school. They might help manage major movements at school, such as school assemblies where the children file into a hall or other facility from their form rooms. The prefects help to make sure the other children move quickly an=d in good order. Prefects might also help to keep equipment and supplies in good order. At scome schools they help administer the tuck shop. Prefects might be called on to assist with visitors or to conduct school tours. They are expected to look out for the other students, especially the younger students. At many schools a prefect may be assifned to supervise the junior children's dormitories, especially at night after ligts out. Atvsome school a prefect might sllep in the junior dormitories.

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