Student council
The student council helps share ideas, interests, and concerns with teachers and institute administrative authorities.
There are representative-based and modeled loosely after the U.S. Congress, or based on the Executive Branch of the United States, with a President, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and reporter.
In elementary schools, there are typically one or two student representatives per classroom and one presiding set of officers.
Most junior or middle school student councils have a constitution of some sort and usually do not have a judicial branch.
This body is granted extensive rights such as a budget of between €40,000 and €70,000 for material costs, but is also obliged to consult with the Ministry of Education when important decisions are made.
A hierarchical structure is maintained, with positions like Secretaries/Coordinators for internal and external affairs, Treasurer, Vice-chairpersons and chairperson.
[17][18][19] Student councils in India may be elected, nominated or selected after interview (or written examination or both).
The student council body of the schools, cities, regions, and the national parliament are the same and include a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and some main members.
Each province has between 2 and 4 girl and boy representatives and these representatives are officially and legally responsible for leading and addressing the problems of students in their Provinces and improving the education system; The members of the "Student Parliament" (also called Student Council) in Iran are elected for a period of 2 years and during this period they have at least 2 official sessions in the main parliament of the country, with the presence of the Minister of Education and can express their demands and suggestions directly with the Minister of Education.
Students and officials in Iran attach great importance to choosing a smart person and a very strong leader to represent their school, city, province, and country.
[citation needed] Since 1998 in Ireland there has been sustained development of student councils in post primary schools.
Schools and staff are advised to assist the creation of a student council under section 27 of The Education Act 1998[23] Israel's national student and youth council (Hebrew: מועצת התלמידים והנוער הארצית) is an elected body representing all youth in Israel since 1993.
(Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Center, Haifa, Arab sector, South, North and the regional schools).
The council comprises youth from the different sectors: religious, secular, Jewish, Arab, Druze and a Bedouin representative.
They participate in the various "Knesset" (the Israeli parliament) committees: Education, internal Affairs, Violence, Drugs and Science.
In 2006 graduates of the Israel's national student and youth council founded an association named Bematana.
The association's mission is to promote young leaders who are elected as representatives in student and youth councils in Israel.
Based on alumni associations which were existed as high-level organizations of extracurricular activities, student councils were added to Japanese schools after World War II.
The council is often responsible for organizing events such as the culture festival, sports day, and class field trips.
Depending on each school's individual system, the Prefectorial Board either have open recruitment for any students interested but requiring them to undergo a year's worth of training and probation, direct recruitment via recommendations made by either teachers or senior prefects (usually students who show excel in their studies and activities) or both.
Some schools have an internal election among prefects or have the teacher select a few possible candidates for such roles before letting the students vote.
Prefects in Malaysian schools can be identified by their distinctive blue uniform that make them stand out from normal students.
The aim of student council is usually to improve their school through encouraging social, cultural and other extracurricular events in the local community.
A Student council in Pakistan may be elected, nominated or selected after interview or written examination or both, but can also be based on academic behaviour or discipline.
being separately elected, resulting in a wide variety of mixing and matching between different student political parties.
2023-03 from the education department which revised some of the student council laws and policies, in addition to the adaptation of the current name known today - the SSLG.
They are usually nominated by peers and subsequently elected based on the decision of the teachers overseeing the student leader body.
In Junior Colleges, student councils serve a greater purpose than their younger counterparts.
Furthermore, in England, some Student Councils maintain quite a hierarchical structure: the Representatives at the bottom, followed by the Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-chairman and chairman.
This latter position is arguably the most important as it is down to this one person to run and organise the council, ensure relevant topics are discussed and—when necessary—remove members.
