School self-government is a fairly old system that exists in every school. It originated in Soviet times. However, the work of the Soviet school self-government was significantly different from the modern one.
What's the difference? In Soviet times, such a phenomenon as strict centralization of power was widespread. Teachers, students and parents had no right to influence the activities of the head of the school. Consequently, school self-government had a rigid framework, was entirely subordinate to the director, and carried out only his orders. The main task of school self-government was to establish strict discipline among students and to carry out orders from above. Accordingly, the effectiveness of such self-government was zero.
Now the situation has changed radically. Our state has officially become democratic, which means that all students have the right to vote and contribute to the activities of the school institution. Teachers and parents have the right to express their disagreement with the policy of the school administration and suggest ways to solve the problem. School self-government is a systemwhich not only has the right not to be subordinate to the principal of the school, but can also influence the organization of work in the school. The task of school self-government now is to make the school more interesting and beautiful, to control and develop the activities of students, to organize a well-coordinated system.
School government includes various bodies. So, there is a body responsible for the discipline of students and order in the school. His duties include checking the appearance of students, organizing cleaning of the school territory and other activities. The body responsible for organizing events plans various holidays, competitions and implements the plan. The sports sector is responsible for sporting events. The editorial board is responsible for the design and decoration of school premises. The press center publishes the school newspaper, collects news and interesting information about what is happening at the school.
Leaders of school government convene a council at least once a month, in which the heads of its bodies and class assets take part. The Council coordinates the further activities of school self-government, sums up, identifies the current problems of the school, and comes up with ways to solve them.
In addition, at such councils the work plan of the school government is discussed. Typically, such a plan includes opening and closing meetings at the end and beginning of the year, organizing and conducting events, organizing duty and cleaning the territory, checking the appearance of students.
Of course, school self-government, or rather, its constituent bodies, must have their own, unique names. Thus, more students are involved in the work of the council, which makes the work of self-government more interesting and fun, and a school that has such an original system of school self-government is unique and inimitable!
