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So we have the school council in Norway and they say, many of them,
they are not taken seriously by the teacher. It is by law, its
not in England and I dont know about here, but it is law in
Norway that every school from fourth grade has to have a school
council. So they have full election and all that. It's very well
organised and it deals with minor issues, such as what kind of thing
should be served in the canteen. Theres lack of time for council
activity, low status among the students and no real power. Which
means it could be quite the opposite but it is a threat against
democracy to run school councils like this, it is! Real participation
means influence on planning, internally and externally. It means
being a focal part of the reform process, it means more responsibility
regarding the learning process from the teacher. That they also
want not the traditional teacher but they also want a supervisor
to be a part. And also involved more in the school management, you
know, the budgets and everything as you have in some of the schools
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