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Atifa Saftari

Biography

My name is Atifa,I study Level 3 applied sciences and I’m originally from Afghanistan. My background is what inspired me to pursue the role of Assistant President of Education. In Afghanistan, female students especially face major difficulties under the Taliban’s rule, which don’t allow access to the education they deserve. Many third-world countries often lack the resources and opportunities that we, as students in the UK have. My aim is to raise awareness about global education, helping students here recognize their privileges and encouraging them to make the most of the opportunities available to them.

Statement of intent if elected

Encourage students to take part in extra curriculum activity I would encourage more students to partake in extracurricular activities because (from my own experience) sometimes students overwork themself into achieving the best they can, however, fail to maintain effort in other aspects such as maintaining their mental health and social life. By enhancing students' wellbeing and mental health. I want all the students to be able to reach their full potential and get the grades they deserve, as it has been proven that mental health is directly linked to academic performance. I want to also push and lobby the college senior management to offer a more diverse range of extracurricular activities, so everyone has the opportunity to do what they enjoy.

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Establishing a “Student Support Club” I am passionate about starting a students support group-(Tea and chat) where any student that is struggling with their mental health or any sort of problem can come and share their emotions and challenges with other students there too. The sole purpose for this club is to create a safe space to get vulnerable with one another to let other students know that may be struggling with something that they are not alone-another reason for this potential club is to ensure that all teachers and students are treated the same. This idea motivated me from my own experience, at my school a teacher who had high authority was bullying me. .I'm dedicated in ensuring that there is professionalism within the class between students and teachers, so students  get the education they deserve. You never know what someone is going through, that's why it's important to always treat everyone with dignity and respect.

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Cultivating Global Awareness and Appreciation for Education If I were to secure this role, I would be able to help way more students to overcome any challenges. As a female coming to the UK from Afghanistan, a country with an incredible poor education system that also doesn’t allow female to get the education they deserve, breaks my heart. When I went back to Afghanistan and saw the girls my age in the kitchen it made me realise how blessed and lucky we are (this was the starting point of how my invincible mindset developed) slowly but surely, I began to see everything from a positive perspective. A positive mind is the key to success, I want to be able to make sure that all the students acknowledge how privileged they are to be studying in the UK and use this advantage to their full potential to succeed. To do this I would like to implement global awareness about what happens around the world based on education in different countries. An effective way of spreading news to students would be implementing a couple PowerPoint slides during tutorial. Thank you for reading my nomination.

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