Manley [13] advocates that "the 'total' school must be involved in the governance process both internally and externally because this is the only way to prepare people for a political system that is based upon mass governance participation." Further he states [14] that the "politics of participation" demands involvement i.e. "the conscious attempt to make people feel that they have a part to play in the decision-making processes of government." This call has given rise to attempts to democratize secondary and high schools in Jamaica.