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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.
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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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Board (16 people) is working full-time in office in Oslo. President and Secretary General are the only ones paid for their work.
1991
Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg (ISO) - national interest organisation for students in polytechnics and universtiesJongeren Organisatie Beroepsonderwijs (JOB) - national interest organisation for students in upper vocational schools
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Through public organizations and students’ councils.
Individuals and elected officials of high-school pupilsOur organization has vocation to gather the high-school pupils and the elected officials of high-school pupils. Our statutes also make it possible to the schoolboy to become member like with the students in BTS and preparatory classes.
5 regional federations8000 students
DGS:
2001
Eesti Noorteühenduste Liit (Estonian National Youth Council) - This organisation promotes the cooperation of youth associations and active participation of young people in society, and works for the recognition of their participation
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...
Students participate in the development through EON. At a school level, the different decision making processes include students at all levels. In each region, SUN helps students be included in local decision making, and EON as a national organization does the same in national issues.
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.
Dijaška organizacija Slovenije - DOSSchool student organisation of Slovenia
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Lietuvos moksleivių Sąjunga - LMS Lithuanian School Students Union
€ 72,000, funded by government. Members do not have to contribute.
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1987
In Sweden there are two organisations SECO and SVEA for school student councils.SVEA was formed 1994 as a more moderate counterpart to SECO which was far more radical at the time and only organised individual students. 2007 Svea had 4 full time employees.
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.
By law students have the right to a student counsel and they have the facilities for this. Students also have two seats in the boards of the schools, while only one has the right to vote.
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.
Finlands Svenska Skolungdomsförbund - FSS
Number of students present in schools where there is a student council represented in UNSS is over 10 000.
Elevorganisasjonen - EOSchool Student Union of Norway - EON
120
All schools are required to have a student council.
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...
Students are represented in the municipal, regional and national School Boards, altogether with parents, teachers, staff, etc. These bodies are considered to be the highest consultative body of policy makers working on education. However, the number of seats reserved for students in these bodies is...
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...
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250
€ 15,000, by government and other grant institutions. Members do not have to contribute.
2005
There are several organisations representing school student views in Austria. However the two biggest are AKS and Schülerunion.
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...
Individuals, groups of students and student councils.UDS is formed by individuals, groups of students and student councils, organised in local, provincial and regional federations.
Around 300Approximately 150 student councils.
€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
LAKS has a presidium, which oversees the organisation of and the order during the GA. There is also a recruitment and monitoring committee which advises on candidates for positions in the board and monitors the current board members. Both organs are elected by the GA.
In municipal bodies students are sometimes represented through a youth council. On a national level VSK is actively representing students.
The representatives of the Swiss cantons' school student organisations forms the General Assembly. The member organisations themselves have individual concepts of representations.
Every school has to have its own students’ council.
The problem is that students generally aren’t heard much, even though there are a lot of laws concerning student representation.
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FSS: -SLL: SLL focuses heavily on research in order to be well informed about the condition of the secondary education system.
Around 100
4 members of staff.
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Pupils from grade 4 to 13 are required and have the right by law to form student councils” and in the end “Student councils represent the pupils in school bodies, such as the school board and school environment committee.The student councils have the right to participate in all decision making...
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...
Because the law does not state that student council representatives are members of the School Board, the students’ involvement in shaping their educational process varies from school to school, but generally it is still on a low level.
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School councils
1
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Danske Skoleelever (DSE) - Organisation for primary school students
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...
Most of the schools in the cities with a bigger population have their own student council, made up by its students. They are given certain right to propose or make changes concerning the development of the educational system.
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Student councils and individual students.
80
3 full-time (Student Support Officer, Black and Minority Ethnic Coordinator, Project Manager)
FSS: 1921SLL: 1985
None
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.
The involvement of schools in the development of their educational centres is very much up to every school to define. While some schools have important structures for students’ participation and allocate money for this, others do not even have an active student council. This creates very...
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.
School students who are representatives of schools (councils).
182
LSS - Lithuanian Students UnionLMP - Lithuanian School Students Parlament
Usually, students are listened to but their opinion isn’t valued much.
Students are sometimes (rather haphazardly) consulted by the Government on various issues, and are included by some schools in the writing of their development plans. This is inconsistent, however.
In Ireland lack of funding for student unions is the biggest problem for school student representation.
Unione Degli Studenti - UDSItalian School Students’ Union
300 student councils and 42 000 individual students that have signed up as supportive members.
Confederación Estatal de Asociaciones de Estudiantes - CANAESpanish Confederation of Student Councils
DGS: LH:
The total budget is €0.
1991
Over 1000 school students participate in AKS every year. Membership is voluntary and there is no membership fee.
English Secondary Students' Association - ESSA
50
The total budget is around € 75,000.
1994
No other.
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...
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.
It’s guaranteed that secondary students can organize themselves in student councils in the schools. However, according to the Law of Secondary education, in the School board there are no student representatives.
Public organizations, students’ councils.
No.
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Student councils
Around 200
€ 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.
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...
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.
Each secondary school has its student council, pedagogical council and school board. Only in the school board representatives from different fields can be present. There are parents involved in the process of shaping the image of the school; usually they help with financial assistance.
Technically, nothing prevents school-student representation. The biggest challenge in this area, is making the school students wants to get involved.
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• Competition between organisations – there are so many youth organisations that have the same aims but they don’t want to co-operate.
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.
It is legally stated that every public school or private school receiving subsidies must allow the creation of a student council and provide it with a local and materials. Moreover, each of these schools count on a school board where parents, teachers, students and the city hall are represented....
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...
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Civic involvement in the education (i.e. Student councils, Student unions) is a part of the reform process.
School student councils
Approximately 450-500Two representatives from each member-school can attend the general assembly, only one with the right to vote.
None
Section 176 of Education Act of 2002 states that students should have their voice heard. This works in conjunction with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 12. However, beyond this there is little except guidelines. Student Voice is too frequently considered synonymous with a...
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The position of student councils in schools varies widely in different region and types of schools. For instance, about 90% of the upper secondary schools have at least formal student councils, but the equivalent percent in vocational schools is only 60. In terms of student actually being heard and...
CANAE takes active participation in the Spanish Youth Council (Consejo de la Juventud de España, CJE, www.cje.org), as a full member.
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)
1994
According to the Law of Civil Associations in Macedonia, USM is the only registered NGO that represents the secondary students on a national level.
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On primary school level USO is watching pro-participatory projects. On this level, participation is seen as a useful tool to create social atmosphere at local schools. On secondary level USO is watching status quo, e.g. student representation is accepted but no great intention to increase the...
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