Author offered some suggestions for starting a student council thereby stimulating students toward decision making and the ability to handle change in a positive manner. (Author/RK)

This booklet examines the role of the student council in secondary schools and discusses a variety of strategies for making the student council a valuable part of students' education and a useful component of the school community. Short sections focus in turn on the objectives of student councils, criteria for evaluating student council…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a report containing proposals for the organization of secondary schools, the establishment of school councils, the maintenance of peaceful working conditions and the provision of legal security. Secondary schools should have an internal organization for dealing with…