School of Democracy
Children and youth
Completed
mazowieckie
Warszawa
Center for Democracy in Education, Czech Republic
2015-02-20 - 2016-04-30
376 556,38 PLN
338 900,52 PLN
local policies, rural areas, community engagement
Project description
Student governments often provide the first opportunity for students to practically experience civic participation. The International Civics and Citizenship Education Study conducted in 2009 showed that students who participate in making decisions related to their schools will be later more active as adult citizens. The research done by the Coalition for Student Governments confirms that student governments in Polish schools generally do not fulfil their role, their functioning does not make it possible to increase civic participation of young people. Students perceive their governments as bodies representing them, forgetting that each student is a member of the student government. That is why they are reluctant to get involved in its activities.
The aim of the project was to develop democratic principles and increase civic involvement of students aged 13-19 through providing opportunities for developing student governments in secondary schools.
Thanks to the project implementation, almost 100 schools in Poland created opportunities for students to develop bottom-up activities addressed to their schools and to the student community, and to participate in making decisions related to managing their schools in cooperation with principals, teachers and parents.
A certificate for schools was designed – a tool for supporting democracy among students. An Internet platform was launched with educational materials for conducting training on line.
Project participants took part in training sessions and in study visits in the Czech Republic and in Iceland. The project was implemented in c.100 schools in Poland.
The project beneficiaries were secondary schools students from all over Poland.
The project partner, Samband Islenskra Framhaldsskólanema from Iceland provided expert support during consultations on the certification procedure and the criteria for the School of Democracy certificate. They also organized a meeting of experts in Reykjavik.
Another project partner, CEDU – Centrum pro demokratické učení, o.p.s. from the Czech Republik, organized a study visit for representatives of Polish schools to get acquainted with several Czech schools awarded with the title “Skola pro demokracii”.
We use the grant for capacity building
The aim of the project was to develop democratic principles and increase civic involvement of students aged 13-19 through providing opportunities for developing student governments in secondary schools.
Thanks to the project implementation, almost 100 schools in Poland created opportunities for students to develop bottom-up activities addressed to their schools and to the student community, and to participate in making decisions related to managing their schools in cooperation with principals, teachers and parents.
A certificate for schools was designed – a tool for supporting democracy among students. An Internet platform was launched with educational materials for conducting training on line.
Project participants took part in training sessions and in study visits in the Czech Republic and in Iceland. The project was implemented in c.100 schools in Poland.
The project beneficiaries were secondary schools students from all over Poland.
The project partner, Samband Islenskra Framhaldsskólanema from Iceland provided expert support during consultations on the certification procedure and the criteria for the School of Democracy certificate. They also organized a meeting of experts in Reykjavik.
Another project partner, CEDU – Centrum pro demokratické učení, o.p.s. from the Czech Republik, organized a study visit for representatives of Polish schools to get acquainted with several Czech schools awarded with the title “Skola pro demokracii”.
