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This project was made possible thanks to the financial support of the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe. This project was supported under the campaign.
This is an enhanced version of the CountryFile created in 2000 by OBESSU which was published only in the printed format. This project is online since 15th of March 2008.
EYF is a fund established by Council of Europe to provide financial support for European youth activities.
DG EAC is a directorate-general of the European Commission of the European Union.
Eurydice is an information network on education in Europe and an integral part of Socrates Community action program in education. It provides detailed information on school systems in Europe and more.
Contact details of student organizations and national institutions can be found in following parts of this web page: .
OBESSU is a platform for cooperation between the national school student unions active in general secondary and secondary vocational education in Europe.
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Unione Degli Studenti - UDSItalian School Students’ Union
300 student councils and 42 000 individual students that have signed up as supportive members.
DGS: LH:
Board (16 people) is working full-time in office in Oslo. President and Secretary General are the only ones paid for their work.
1991
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According to Finnish law, the students in every secondary school in the country have to form a student body and have a representative organ, a student council. Furthermore, according to Finnish law, the educator is compelled to give the students the opportunity to participate in the development of...
Students are not in any way represented in neither municipal nor governmental bodies.
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Over 1000 school students participate in AKS every year. Membership is voluntary and there is no membership fee.
50
DGS:
2001
Since Switzerland is a federal state, each canton has it’s own law. Furthermore each school has it’s own law. The grade of student representation is therefore depending from local authorities. Student representation is seen as a useful tool to create social atmosphere at local schools. No law...
Depends from case to case, but generally students are not represented, or are represented but without the right to vote.
Students are practically not heard at all. The only possibility for them to make some small changes is at school level, but this also varies from school to school. At the moment UNSS is cooperating with the Ministry of youth and therefore school students are given the opportunity to have a say...
In the Netherlands, students sit on the very formal co-administrative council. This allows them to participate. However, student councils are also a part of school student participation. The promotion of student councils (perhaps through legislation) is one of the challenges for the future.
Around 200
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1987
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At national/regional level students are heard only if they go on strike. At schools, it depends from the headmaster and the other teachers. Legally students' voice can only recommend. Most often if they are invited to speak, they are not heard.
The general situation in Estonia is quite instable. Also, young people are not always valued as whole citizens and informing school students is a difficult process.
Student councils
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Students are not represented in the municipal, regional and national Bodies, except at the regional and national Youth Forum and The Best representative school students’ organizations Board at the Ministry of Education. Another exception is the Provincial school students’ council that is made...
The biggest problem is the de-coupling between what decision makers say and what they actually do. Politicians speak about how they want to give the youth more influence over the issues. In Sweden there’s a tendency to develop separate structures for youth representation and apply one standard...
According to the Ministry of Education project-law for a harmony between students and teachers, the representation of the pupils and students in Secondary Schools and Universities is protected and provided by the law. However, there is still no School Student Union to gather student council...
Sveriges Elevråds Centralorganisation - SECOSwedish Student Associations Central Organisation
School student councils
Approximately 450-500Two representatives from each member-school can attend the general assembly, only one with the right to vote.
€ 15,000, by government and other grant institutions. Members do not have to contribute.
2005
There are also other student organizations, but DOS is the only nationwide student union. Some of the biggest regional organizations are the Student Union of Ljublana and School student union of Maribor.
FSS: -SLL: SLL focuses heavily on research in order to be well informed about the condition of the secondary education system.
Aktion kritischer SchülerInnen - AKSAction Critical Students
Student councils.But individual students can sign up as supportive members (this is mainly due to make organisation fit better with the government system for grants to NGOs)
DGS: LH: 54 (Makes 70% of all schools)
€1 mil of administrative grant form the Ministry of Education, project funding and organisational grants from the National Youth Council. Membership fees for schools are calculated with €1 per school-student enrolled.
None
The representatives of the Swiss cantons' school student organisations forms the General Assembly. The member organisations themselves have individual concepts of representations.
Suomen Ylioppilaskuntien Liitto (SYL; The National Union of University Students in Finland) - an interest organisation defending and improving the educational, financial, and social benefits and rights of the students
The involvement of school students in the development of their educational centers is very much up to every school to define. While some schools have important structures for students’ participation, others do not even have an active student council. This creates very important disparities among...
In municipal bodies students are sometimes represented through a youth council. On a national level VSK is actively representing students.
The problem is that students generally aren’t heard much, even though there are a lot of laws concerning student representation.
Individual school students
450 000
4 members of staff.
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No others
Students in general are not included. It depends on the respective schools and its headmasters. Occasionally students are invited to comment on some issues on regional level, but are hardly heard.
LAKS has a very powerful and respected position during the final exams. By organising a final exam complaint line students inform the organisation about errors in the exams. Also, they report organisational problems at schools. LAKS then forwards this to the responsible institutions.In November...
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Landelijk Aktie Komitee Scholieren - LAKSNational action committee for school students
About 60 students' councils
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1
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FIDL - the second high-school organization behind the UNL, defends of the ideas appreciably similar to UNLSUD Lycéens - High-school union of extreme left
It is legally stated that every public school or private school receiving subsidies must allow the creation of a student council with two representatives from each class, three or four representatives at the School Board and two representative at the Provincial school students’ Council. Moreover,...
40 secondary schools in Sweden have local boards made up by a majority of students. But apart from that there’s no student representation in the official municipal bodies.On national level we are often asked to participate in the committees that investigate different issues. All governmental...
ESCU made a change in the Law of Basic School and Gymnasium to the Ministry of Education that was accepted by the ministry. Also ESCU participates in different working groups of the ministry and all decisions concerning students are discussed. Hearing students’ opinion unfortunately also depends...
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Nearly 360 schools are organised nationwide, so the union represents over 150,000 students. The students are no members of the organisation.
80
3 full-time (Student Support Officer, Black and Minority Ethnic Coordinator, Project Manager)
FSS: 1921SLL: 1985
Flemish law recognised VSK officially in 2000 as an independent organ with its own finances. There is internal participation; students govern the organisation. No adults may have voting rights. In 2004 the participation decree became law. This made it compulsory for every school to have a student...
They can attend meetings on the federal land level.
Our focus is largely on local level.Historically SECO was largely responsible for the removal of the Christianity subject in the seventies, the introduction of sex education in the sixties and the inclusion of students in the working environmental laws in the eighties.
EEO: We have problems with our student being at the school for such a short period. Most are on the school for 20 to 40 weeks, which means that they don’t have much time to get into student decision-making, before they go out to get practical experience.
Eesti Õpilasesinduste Liit - EÕEL
In the law it is stated only that it is a recommendation for secondary schools to have a student council. This doesn’t oblige schools to have a student council meaning that the principle is authorized not to allow students to form a student council. If there is an existing student council still...
On a school level students are heard through student councils, alternative forms of participation and the formalised co-administrative council.
Usually, students are listened to but their opinion isn’t valued much.
In Ireland lack of funding for student unions is the biggest problem for school student representation.
DGS: LH: Student Councils
100
The total budget is €0.
1991
Public organizations, students’ councils.
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Lietuvos moksleivių Sąjunga - LMS Lithuanian School Students Union
All those registered as school students in Ireland.
Around 80
The total budget is around € 75,000.
1994
The Board (elected by the GA and proposed by the former Coordinator) is formed by a Coordinator, an Organisational Secretary, and 3 to 8 chairpersons for specific the working groups.
According to the law (Zákon o školskej samospráve), student council is voted by all school students and consists of 5 up to 11 students. It designates a Student Representative for the School Council and comments on issues to the director of the school. Majority of students doesn't know that such...
Every class elects 2-8 people (grades 7-12) for the school student councils GA. Then 3-12 people are elected to the board, which is (should be) also represented in regional and national level.
School students are not regularly involved on a municipal level. Youth councils are sometimes present. In the Netherlands, municipalities have very little influence on education. On a national level LAKS speaks regularly with civil servants and politicians to discuss student issues. The...
Elevorganisasjonen - EOSchool Student Union of Norway - EON
Individual school students and school councils
ESSA is unable to run a GA because of issues regarding logistics and funding. It is ESSA's aim to establish GA in near future, however.
€ 100,000, majority by Ministry of Education and Youth Institute, other on project basis from different sources.
There are eight employees working full-time for both DOS and Student Union of Slovenia.
The highest decision-making body is the general assembly. The GA convenes six times a year and also during two weekends. The daily affairs are managed by a board of trustees. This board consists of six students and an adult advisor. Additionally, there are volunteers and members of the staff.
In Italy there are four student unions working at the national level. Apart from UDS, these organisations exist:There is not a national body where all student organisations convene officially and are recognised by the government. However, UDS and all of these organisations are represented at the...
There are students included in working groups of the Ministry of Education. When the government wants to make a decision concerning students ESCU is often involved in through working groups or other means.Slowly we are moving to students’ representation at municipal bodies through youth city...
Technically, nothing prevents school-student representation. The biggest challenge in this area, is making the school students wants to get involved.
• Competition between organisations – there are so many youth organisations that have the same aims but they don’t want to co-operate.
SUN is formed by student councils whose school as an institution is a member of the union. These are organised throuh their region, but are members of the national organisation. It is possible to become an individual member of SUN.
96
FSS: FSS has 6 members of staff.8 employees work full-time in the office. SLL has three to five project-based employees who visit schools. The president and two vice presidents are not members of staff, but they work full time and get paid for this.
General Assembly decides upon the Statues, Political platform, work program etc.
Vlaamse Vereniging van Studenten (VVS) - The National Union of Students from University and higher education
The student representatives of each school are included in a lot of decisions concerning their school. On a federal land and national level the student representatives can attend meetings or are invited to meetings that discuss the educational system. However, neither happens very often.
It always depends on school - in some schools students are listened to seriously, in other not so much. On the national level the influence of student organisation is not so great, but always making small steps forward.EEO has experience when students took over and manage to do the change. At one...
Civic involvement in the education (i.e. Student councils, Student unions) is a part of the reform process.
Danske Gymnasieelevers Sammenslutning - DGSNational Federation of Business Students in Denmark
104
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None
UNSS is the only organization representing secondary school students in Serbia. (SUS is University students’ union of Serbia, the national organisation representing University students, a member of ESU. )
According to Dutch law, the students in every secondary school in the country have the right to form a student council. Furthermore, 25% of every co-administrative council is reserved for students. This council also consists of 25% parents and 50% teachers and has to approve certain areas of school...
JRD - Youth Business Department
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CANAE takes active participation in the Spanish Youth Council (Consejo de la Juventud de España, CJE, www.cje.org), as a full member.
1994
Študentská rada vysokých škôl (ŠRVŠ) - national organization representing university students
The law of Basic Schools and Gymnasiums promotes the representation of students and allows the creation of school councils. There aren’t any laws that hinder the representation but they are very general.
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