“School council in every school”: BSSU’s campaign on student participation

The Bulgarian School Student Union (BSSU), our new Candidate Organisation, launched a national campaign in Bulgaria to inform, support and create student councils in every school. Its main aim is to enhance student participation and foster student representation in every school.

According to official statistics of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, in Bulgaria there is a lack of student participation and student representations are present in only one third of the Bulgarian schools. Moreover, several of them are not very active and not well organised.

In the framework of the campaign “School council in every school”, our fellow Bulgarian school student activists organised a two-day training on student government and leadership, addressing school students between 14 and 18 years old. With this training, BSSU aimed to highlight the lack of student involvement in the decision-making process, implement quality student participation and start developing new student associations.

Please find more details and pictures on BSSU’s Facebook page and campaign webpage. For other information please contact Adrian Javorov Kirilov (Board of BSSU) at n_u_s@abv.bg.