Education in Greece - School Elections

School Elections

Greece is the birthplace of democracy so it's usual that every Greek has to get used to the use of democracy from an early age. So from the fifth year of the primary school to the third year of Lyceum elections are held.

Elections in primary schools

They are held every September, all the students are obliged to elect 2 presidiums for each class which "rule" until January when the other one succeeds the first. The role of these presidiums are to primp the classrooms for the national holidays and for Christmas. Furthermore they transfer the complaints of each student to the school authorities.

There are 4 positions:

• The President
• The Vice-President
• The General Secretary
• The Treasurer

Elections in Gymnasiums and Lyceums

They are held every September and they are also divided in 2 parts.

In the 1st part every student elects the Presidium of his/her class.

The Class Presidium has 5 members:

• The President
• The General Secretary
• The Treasurer
• The 1st Member
• The 2nd Member

In the second part students elect a School Council which has 15 members and represents the students. Its role is extremely important in every school because the School Council takes significant decisions for all the students.

The School Council has 15 members:

• The School President
• The Vice-President
• The Treasurer
• Another 12 Members