Coimbatore: With the aim of entering students in the decision-making process, the school education department has sent internal communication to all district head education officers directing them to establish a student council in all schools.
This project will be formed with the help of teachers and members of several NGOs.
R Sudhan, Director of the State Project Samagra Siksha, said that the Board would be formed in all schools as part of reform in the School Management Committee (SMC).
Every school must have the School Management Committee (SMC) mandated under the Rights Law on Education (RTE), 2009, which should have parents and representatives of local bodies as members to enable interaction with teachers and officials of the Department of School Education for the school Meet the requirements of school and children.
SMC is a committee of 20 members with a province and joint organizers.
The student council will be an additional component for SMC now.
The Department of School Education has held discussions with the principal who effectively utilizes SMC to meet the requirements of students since September this year.
The Committee monitors various institutional activities, including the preparation of the school development plan, overseeing the distribution of financial assistance from the state and other institutions, and monitoring lunch programs.
Headmaster from the Panchayat Union Elementary School in K Paramathi Karur R Selvakannan, “ideally students who know about their requirements.
The council is also based on the idea of the parliament of children.” He further added that the students in the council would be discussed between them Himself their requirements and notify the School Management Committee about the same thing.
A senior official from Samagra Siksha said that this initiative was in the early stages and consultation with NGOs and education.
Tamil Nadu School will soon have a student council
