Delhi government schools to have Student Advisory Board: DoE

As a starter, the government has initiated the programme in 20 shortlisted schools and two students per section from grades 7, 8, 9, and 11 will be selected as members of the SAB.

In order to augment student participation in various leadership roles, the government of Delhi has introduced Student Advisory Board in its schools, according to the Directorate of Education (DoE). An official circular from DoE said, the Student Advisory Board (SAB) will act as a voice of students and will contribute towards developing a sense of ownership in the students, by designing, managing and executing various school activities.

Students to become members of SAB

As a starter, the government has initiated the programme in 20 shortlisted schools and two students per section from grades 7, 8, 9, and 11 will be selected as members of the SAB. “Two general secretaries will lead the SAB from class 11 whom the SAB members of classes 7, 8, 9 and 11 will choose. To be eligible to become the general secretary, the student must be a member of the SAB,” the circular said.

Teachers to be trained for formation and execution of SAB 

All the elected members of the SAB will be part of one (at least) or more sub-committee/s as decided by 'teacher coordinators' and the head of school. According to the DoE, two teachers (one TGT and one PGT) from a school will be designated as teacher coordinators, who will be nominated by the head of the school. They will attend training regarding the formation and execution of SAB and provide regular feedback of the pilot project. They will also brainstorm ideas, design events and activities, and conduct training to teach SAB students various skills, the DoE said.

The DoE further stated that the training for the SAB members will happen twice in total and will have goals like vision of excellence, a sense of responsibility, vision setting, goal setting and execution. The project has begun from September 3, and will continue until May 11, 2023.

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