Elections in primary schools

They are held every September. All the students are obliged to elect 2 presidiums for each class who «rule» until January when the other one succeeds the first. The role of these presidiums is to primp the classrooms for the national holidays and for Christmas. Furthermore, they transfer the complaints of each student to the school authorities.

There are 4 positions:

The President

The Vice-President

The General Secretary

The Treasurer

Elections in Gymnasiums and Lyceums

Students meet under the supervision of their principal teacher and they elect their class councils. Before the election, they choose a jury of 3 people responsible for the good procedure.

They are held every September and are divided into 2 parts.

In the 1st part every student elects the Presidium of his/her class.

The Class Presidium has 5 members elected by the majority:

The President

The General Secretary

The Treasurer

The 1st Member

The 2nd Member

They are responsible to discuss with the headmaster about significant issues, make proposals and negotiate important subjects concerning their schooling.

In the second part students elect a School Council which has 15 members and represents the students. Its role is extremely important in every school because the School Council takes significant decisions for all the students. Its role is to propose solutions in case of school bullying, to propose variants for outings or excursions, to contribute to the improvement of the conditions of the school life, to solve problems and to have a close collaboration with the teachers and the parents” association.

The School Council has 15 members:

The School President

The Vice-President

The Treasurer

Another 12 Members

• Elections for 5-member councils are carried out in the first month of the school year, and for 15-member student councils, in the first 45 days of the school year (and after the elections for the councils of 5 members).
• Students may call an Extraordinary General Meeting to remove the 5-member Class Council or the 15-member School Board and elect new representatives. At least half of the pupils (as regards the 5-member council) or 2/3 of the pupils of the school (with regard to the 15-member council) must submit this application.
• Each class meets once a month, and the whole school meets regularly three times a year for the last three hours of a day.
• The 5-member and the 15-member boards, meet outside school hours.
• Extraordinary general meetings can be held only outside of teaching hours. To become an extraordinary meeting of the class, it must be requested by the 5 members or half of the students in the class. To become a special assembly of the whole school it should be asked by the 15 members or 2/3 of the students.
• Student councils transfer requests or complaints from students in a class or entire school to the principal and the teachers” association.
• The Council of 15 members, attends the meetings of the teachers” association, concerning the culture, the sports and the activities of the pupils in general.