Evaluating Student Council Performance and Obstacles to Involve Students in School Activities

Involving students in School activities is one of the methods to empower schools in order to institutionalize the participatory thinking in students. The purpose of this article is to study student council’s performance and the obstacles it faces in involving students in school activities in Tehran city. Thus، the research questions were posed in line with the research aims. To answer the questions، besides a review of theoretical studies the views of 1225 students were solicited employing a questionnaire developed by the current researcher. The sample was drawn using stage cluster sampling method. The research method was descriptive-correlational with an applied orientation. Data analysis employing both descriptive and inferential statistics suggested that despite the efforts made by the student council، participation level was low، and in this respect، the legal، motivational and administrative obstacles had a significant relationship with the level of participation.