 
 
 
Week 3 –  “Democracy in Action” 
Type of Activity – Research: “Democracy in students council and other clubs” 
Contents 
Week 3 –  “Democracy in Action” .......................................................................................................... 1 
Type of Activity – Research: “Democracy in students council and other clubs” ............................. 1 
Introduction – ..................................................................................................................................... 1 
Expected Outcomes – ......................................................................................................................... 2 
Time Required – 45-60 Minutes ......................................................................................................... 2 
Steps for the Activity – ....................................................................................................................... 2 
DAAC President as facilitator – .......................................................................................................... 2 
Closing and Pre-preparation for Week 4 ....................................................................................... 3 
Research Pro-forma ................................................................................................................................ 4 
Reflection Sheet ................................................................................................................................. 7 
 
Introduction – 
 
A  student  council  (also known  as  a student 
union  or  associated  student  body)  is  a 
curricular  or  extracurricular  activity  for 
students  within  elementary  and  secondary 

schools around the world. Student councils

often serve to engage students in learning

about democracy and leadership. Almost all

schools have school councils in some shape

or even have some other clubs where

students not only learn about democracy but

actually Do Democracy.

School Councils and Clubs are a brilliant way

for students to influence and lead on school

decisions. Such clubs are not just about

organising any event or activity, taking part in

sports competitions, conducting field visits,

wall displays, but they are all about

participating in important decisions that

affect the smooth running of schools as well.

This week, students will conduct research on

the shape and functions of these democratic

set ups in the school and compare the

functioning of these in a scientific manner.

Expected Outcomes –

Students will –

1. Understand the importance and objectives of different clubs and Students councils.

2. Learn the importance of having such democratic spaces in schools.

3. Analyse the democracy parameters of ACTIZEN club and suggest the ways to make it more

democratic.

Time Required – 45-60 Minutes

Pre-preparation –

Take prior approvals from different Council amd Club members and teachers as well.

Steps for the Activity –

DAAC President as facilitator –

Describe the task in brief to club members and divide them into groups

1. Make 4-5 groups based on number of clubs and students council to be surveyed.

2. Each group will select any 1 club/Students Council existing in our school to collect the

information.

3. Describe the questions and distribute the Survey Pro-forma to collect and fill up the

information.

4. After collecting information, each group will analyse the results and present their findings to

other groups.

5. DAAC Vice President and Secretary will collate the information collected by all groups.

6. Each group will meet Council leaders, Club office bearers and teachers to discuss and collect

data with regards to School Council and different clubs present in the school.

Note –

***Please share your findings with DA Teachers and request him/her to share it with Desh Apnayen,

or you also can share the results directly with us @ contributions@deshapnayen.org

**** If there are no other clubs in your school, compare DAAC with the School Council.

*****If there are no clubs other than DAAC, compare the Students’ Council and/or Houses in your

schools with DAAC.

Closing and Pre-preparation for Week 4

1. Vice President – Discuss the next Week plan with DAAC members and finalise date and

agenda. Take prior permissions for the activity and circulate the agenda.

2. Secretary - Collect the reflection sheets and presentations, click photographs of the activity

and share with your DA teacher and request him/her to share the same with Desh Apnayen.

3. Treasurer – Take Print outs ready for the next activity as per number of groups.

Research Pro-forma

1. Name of the School - ____________________________________________________

2. Student Council for the Academic Year – Yes/No

3. No. of Clubs in School (Including DAAC) – __________________________________

4. Details of Students Council and Other clubs –

Areas

Students Council

Selected Club/

House

Desh Apnayen

ACTIZEN Club

Name

No. of Members

Grades involved

No. of Office Bearers and

Designations

Areas

Students Council

Selected Club/

House

Desh Apnayen

ACTIZEN Club

Selection Process –

Nomination/Election/Merit/Seniorty

Investiture Ceremony – Yes/No

Symbol – Badges, Names, Colour code

etc.

Any By-laws/Written Constitution

Tenure of Membership

Frequency of Meetings

Documents maintained by office

bearers (Like, Minutes of meetings,

circular, invoice, fund register,

attendance register etc.)

No. of Teachers involved

Frequency of Meetings

Areas

Students Council

Selected Club/

House

Desh Apnayen

ACTIZEN Club

Type of activities

Decisions in which Office

Bearers/Council members involved in

school (Like, club activities, field trips,

school level events etc)

Reflection Sheet

Desh Apnayen ACTIZEN Club believes in Democracy and has developed processes, structure and

content based on different parameters to promote democracy in these clubs.

We would appreciate if the ACTIZENS could fill the following Democracy Index based on their

experience and research.

Democracy Index of DAAC

Fill the boxes with your ratings and by using different colours (If you want to give 1 score to any

parameter, fill only 1 cell, with increase in your scores, fill that many cells as per your rating.)

Parameter

Your Rating (1-5)

Equal chance of selection of

Club members from all

grades

Selection of Office bearers

through Elections

Club members are asked for

decisions in club activities

Regular meetings are

happening in club

Existence of a free

environment for debate and

discussions for setting up

agenda

Written roles and

responsibility defined and

communicated

Variety of activities for

running club

Equal participation of all

members in club activities

Total Scores

2. How do you like being member of DAAC?

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3. How DAAC is different from other Clubs or Students’ Council?

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4. Suggest 3 ways to make ACTIZEN Club more democratic.

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