School self-government is a fairly old system that exists in every school. It originated in Soviet times. However, the work of Soviet school self-government was significantly different from the modern one.
What is the difference? In Soviet times, the phenomenon of severe centralization of power was widespread. Teachers, students and parents did not have the right to influence the activities of the head of the school. Consequently, school self-government had a rigid framework, was wholly and completely subordinate to the director, and executed only his orders. The main task of school self-government was to establish strict discipline among students and fulfill orders from above. Accordingly, the effectiveness of such self-government was zero.
Now the situation has changed radically. Our country 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 system that not only has the right not to obey the school principal, 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 more beautiful, to control and develop the activities of students, to organize a well-coordinated system.
School self-government includes various bodies. So, there is a body responsible for student discipline and order in the school. His responsibility includes checking the appearance of students, organizing cleaning of the school grounds and other activities. The body responsible for organizing events plans various holidays, contests and brings it to life. The sports sector is responsible for sports 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 self-government convene at least once a month a council in which the heads of its bodies and class assets participate. The council coordinates the further activities of school self-government, sums up the results, identifies urgent problems of the school, and devises ways to solve them.
In addition, the school self-government work plan is discussed at such councils. Typically, such a plan includes initial and final meetings at the end and at the beginning of the year, the organization and conduct of events, the organization of duty and cleaning of the territory, checking the appearance of students.
Of course, school self-government, or rather, the bodies included in it, should have its own, unique names. Thus, a larger number of students are involved in the work of the council, which makes the work of self-government more interesting and more fun, and a school having such an original system of school self-government is unique and inimitable!