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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.
The educational CountryFile is an international student project which aims to provide you information on school systems and student school representations in respective countries.As the school systems are changing in the time so are also the environments for student representations. Therefore we...
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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.
DGS: LH:
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
Through public organizations and students’ councils.
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.
Unione Degli Studenti - UDSItalian School Students’ Union
300 student councils and 42 000 individual students that have signed up as supportive members.
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...
Public organizations, students’ councils.
Lietuvos moksleivių Sąjunga - LMS Lithuanian School Students Union
[missing data]
Over 1000 school students participate in AKS every year. Membership is voluntary and there is no membership fee.
DGS:
50
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 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.
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.
Elevorganisasjonen - EOSchool Student Union of Norway - EON
• Competition between organisations – there are so many youth organisations that have the same aims but they don’t want to co-operate.
Student councils
[missing data]
Around 200
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.
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.
School student councils
€ 15,000, by government and other grant institutions. Members do not have to contribute.
Approximately 450-500Two representatives from each member-school can attend the general assembly, only one with the right to vote.
2005
There are several organisations representing school student views in Austria. However the two biggest are AKS and Schülerunion.
All schools are required to have a student council.
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...
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.
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)
€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.
DGS: LH: 54 (Makes 70% of all schools)
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.
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.
[missing data]
[missing data]
CANAE takes active participation in the Spanish Youth Council (Consejo de la Juventud de España, CJE, www.cje.org), as a full member.
450 000
4 members of staff.
?? Tu peux mettre notre organigrame si tu l'as...
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...
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.
[missing data]
[missing data]
Individual school students
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.
School students are heard in a large extend. EON has a lot of credibility with the Norwegian politicians and other organisations. Therefore, through EON, it is easy for school students to be heard.
USM is recognized by the Law, schools, Institutions, Public and other NGOs as an organization with a very important place in NGO sector and as a legal representative of secondary school students. So far there are not still any finances coming from the country (government or other institutions) that...
Landelijk Aktie Komitee Scholieren - LAKSNational action committee for school students
About 60 students' councils
1
[missing data]
[missing data]
Danske Skoleelever (DSE) - Organisation for primary school students
Student organizations are representing the students in different committees under the Ministry of Education.
As mentioned before there are enough students’ organizations, where students can meet and exchange their experience. But there are times that they prove they are not well organized.
Eesti Õpilasesinduste Liit - EÕEL
Nearly 360 schools are organised nationwide, so the union represents over 150,000 students. The students are no members of the organisation.
3 full-time (Student Support Officer, Black and Minority Ethnic Coordinator, Project Manager)
80
FSS: 1921SLL: 1985
None
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...
Confederación Estatal de Asociaciones de Estudiantes - CANAESpanish Confederation of Student Councils
[missing data]
DGS: LH: Student Councils
The total budget is €0.
100
1991
LSS - Lithuanian Students UnionLMP - Lithuanian School Students Parlament
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.
[missing data]
Spain has a stable and trustable public system for funding of student unions at the national level. This allows student unions to receive administration grants that make things such as having an office or employing a worker possible. On the other hand, good representation is hindered by the tiny...
All those registered as school students in Ireland.
The total budget is around € 75,000.
Around 80
1994
No other.
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.
No.
[missing data]
English Secondary Students' Association - ESSA
• Competition between organisations – there are so many youth organisations that have the same aims but they don’t want to co-operate.
Individual school students and school councils
€ 100,000, majority by Ministry of Education and Youth Institute, other on project basis from different sources.
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.
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.
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.
[missing data]
There has been a debate on a Law on Compulsory secondary education. USM had the main role in the process to remind that students must be provided with all facilities they need to go to school and asked for totally free education.
[missing data]
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....
[missing data]
During the 2003/2004 school year the Ministry of Education announced three months before the end of the school year that 12th grade students will be obliged to sit for school leaving exams. This left no time for preparation. The students went on strike, signed a petition and, together with the help...
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.
In Spain the place student unions take in society is widely conditioned by regional differences and diversities. However, in a wider perspective, and especially in comparison with other European countries, it can be said that Spanish school students have little opportunities for making them heard....
[missing data]
Danske Gymnasieelevers Sammenslutning - DGSNational Federation of Business Students in Denmark
104
None
[missing data]
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...
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...
Finland has a respectable public system for funding of student unions at a national level; student unions can for instance receive grants that render activity possible. Albeit decision-making in Finland takes place on a quite high level the student organisations are heard, especially on university...
Aontas na Mac Léinn Iarbhunscoileanna
There are more then 25 regional, provincial and local federations represented. No exact data available but they represent over 200 000 thousand students.