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• Examples are poor facilities, excessive tuitionand miscellaneous hikes to exploitativeadministration policies

• platforms and speeches, therefore, should beconcentrated on providing solutions to theseproblems.



The Student Council

• legitimate governing body

• the only student organization that receives amajority vote from the students

• highly regarded and recognized by the academeand society in general as the voice of thestudents



• effective vehicle in upholding and representing

the democratic interests and welfare of thestudents

• serves as the center of student organizations andindividuals to consult with regarding problemsthat beset them

• plays an effective role in propagating politicalissues and educating students of theirdemocratic rights



• have been also known as effective traininggrounds for student leaders as well as leaders inother fields

• many former student leaders from studentcouncils have also figured in leading differentsectors in society in espousing more meaningfulchanges in society



• should provide venues to discuss political and

social issues through symposia, fora, lectures,seminars, teach-ins, and other creative forms

• should also be the venue to hear grievances of students and to unite them through resolutions,policies and programs

• should create desks and committees tosystematize the action on specific concerns



• if campus politics fail, student leaders arechallenged to lead their constituents to take theirdemands outside campuses

• should lead in the democratic exercise of freeexpression

• should link arms with fellow youth and students

from different schools, communities and workplaces to understand their specific andshared experiences



• should also serve as a link of the students toreach other marginalized sectors in society suchas teachers, workers, peasants, urban poor, women, indigenous people, etc.

• should provide programs for students tointegrate with the marginalized people by

visiting workers in factories, urban poorcommunities, peasants in rural areas, etc.



Develop expertise in technical work:

• council work involves workloads of writing andother technical works such as staffing, filing of

papers, providing written materials and properhandling of meetings

• arousing interests of students will require us to

print position papers, statements andnewsletters



a. Data gathering

• for reports, program evaluation, assessment,summing-up and program planning

• timely communication between members andofficers; between central and colleges ordepartmental councils; between the student

council (SC) and the student organizations; and between the SC and national student alliancessuch as the National Union of Students of thePhilippines



• strengths and weaknesses of SC members must be identified to place them in an appropriateposition suited for her/him

• it is the aim of an organization to place people inpositions where they can maximize theirpersonal strengths and overcome their

weaknesses by getting experience or training inthose skills in which they need improvement



c. Proper handling of meetings

• venue for sharing information and ideas,decision-making and planning, etc.

• should be conducted with ample priorpreparation

• participant in the meeting should be provided beforehand a notice on the agenda, the neededposition papers, reports, relevant data and thetime and place of the meeting



• the presiding officer must be time conscious

• approximate the time allotment for each item on

the agenda and avoid concentrating on one item while sacrificing time and quality of discussionon other matters

• sum up essential points agreed upon after thediscussion of each item



• use persuasive approaches instead of animposing or highly emotional posture

• avoid going into the traditional type of

discussion which is characterized by intrigue,name-calling and threats

• we should respect the opinion of others and we

should unite with our colleagues who havecontrary views



Tips on Handling Meetings

Before the meeting:

• Plan the meeting carefully: who, what, when, where, why

• Prepare agenda and send it out in advance

• Reports, documents and other preparationsrequired from the members must be prepared beforehand



During the meeting:

• Start on time

• Make an expectation check and level off with the

members by stating the objectives of the meeting

• Review, revise, rearrange the agenda if necessary

• Set clear time limits. Thoroughly discuss toppriority items first, then the next priority itemsfirst, then the next priority item, and so on



At the end of the meeting:

• Review resolutions, plans and tasks

• Set date, place tentative agenda for the nextmeeting

• Close the meeting positively



After the meeting:

• Prepare the minutes of the meeting

• Follow up action items



d. Regular planning/programming

• involves selecting objectives and the actions toachieve

• regular planning is necessary for student councilto work effectively

• serves as a guide to student council to performits tasks and responsibilities.



Steps in planning and programming

• analyze the issue/topic to be discussed and theconditions of the student council and its members

• set up the main and secondary objectives

• design activities/projects to achieve the objectives

• tasking, depending on the capabilities of student counciland its members

• phasing/Scheduling and realistic target setting

• documentation



Steps in conducting assessments

• gather and collate all pertinent data on the program

• analyze the gathered data

▫ review the plan, particularly the targets set▫ compare with actual results

▫ identify the positive and negative results

• formulate resolutions

• document and distribute the assessment

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