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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.
IBE acts as UNESCO's center specialized in contents, methods and structure of education.
We will welcome your comments at .
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: .
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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.
ESCU has 7 members of staff.
The student councils are the once that send representatives to both regional and national assemblies.
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.
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.
25 full-time (approximately)
Lietuvos moksleivių Sąjunga - LMS Lithuanian School Students Union
DGS: LH: 1979
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.
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CANAE, as a confederal organisation, is formed by student councils organised in local, provincial and regional federations.
There are approximately 100,000 secondary school students in Slovenia. All of them are considered to be members.
1 full time, 5 voluntary
Elevorganisasjonen - EOSchool Student Union of Norway - EON
2002
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.
Individual students and schools. Individual membership is free. Affiliated school membership package cost £75 and every student within that school becomes an affiliated member.
FSS: 4967SLL: 50 000
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.
The total budget is about € 200,000
1996
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.
Unija na Srednoshkolci na Makedonija - USMUnion of Secondary School Students of Macedonia
Around 90 student councils.
€ 0
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...
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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.
Младежко сдружение за мир и развитие на Балканите
6000
300
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.
Every school has to have its own students’ council.
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The total budget is around €100 000.
1999EONs predecessor, NEO (Norwegian School Student Union) was founded in 1994 when a fraction of board members from NGS (Norsk Gymnasiastsamband) left the organization. NGS was founded in 1959. These two organizations formed EON in 1999.
The general assembly elects the board, which is the decision making body in the organisation. The GA consists of the representatives of Youth Clubs. This board consists of nine to eleven members, plus a president. There is also an Advisor.
Any person with the status of a secondary school student is a member.
15
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.
€ 1,2 mil, by 40% national systematic governmental contribution, 30% regional and local government contribution and 20% national agency of education for development of schools.
DGS:LH:
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Around 30
Danske Skoleelever (DSE) - Organisation for primary 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.
0
The Confederal Council is the highest decision-making body in between Confederal Assemblies. It is formed by a certain number of representatives from federations (depending on their size) and the Board. It meets several times a year.
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...
FSS: IndividualsSLL: Individuals
None
The ‘head’ of ESSA is a National Council of elected students from the 9 government regions. The Council meets four times a year and makes decisions about ESSA policy, as well as representing ESSA at conferences, representing ESSA within the media and promoting ESSA’s cause. The Council is...
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.
Student councils.
Around 30
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...
Board (16 people) is working full-time in office in Oslo. President and Secretary General are the only ones paid for their work.
Confederación Estatal de Asociaciones de Estudiantes - CANAESpanish Confederation of Student Councils
1991
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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...
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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
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]
• Competition between organisations – there are so many youth organisations that have the same aims but they don’t want to co-operate.
Dijaška organizacija Slovenije - DOSSchool student organisation of Slovenia
[missing data]
€ 72,000, funded by government. Members do not have to contribute.
No other.
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.
DGS:
English Secondary Students' Association - ESSA
2001
Finlands Svenska Skolungdomsförbund - FSS
Number of students present in schools where there is a student council represented in UNSS is over 10 000.
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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.
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1987
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.
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250
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....
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€ 15,000, by government and other grant institutions. Members do not have to contribute.
2005
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...
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...
€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.
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....
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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.
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...
4 members of staff.
?? Tu peux mettre notre organigrame si tu l'as...
As the examples above show, Student Voice varies significantly in different schools and different areas. Generally, students tend to be given a voice on less important issues, and Student Voice is too often a privilege rather than a right. There are significant problems, however, for any body...
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...
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