Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, the centros de alumnos ( en, students' centres), also known as centros de estudiantes, are

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present in all of the country's

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and most of the

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Regulation

The regulation of the ''centros de alumnos'' is performed by the

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, with the Decree number 524, which states: * The educational institution cannot interfere in the election of a ''centro de alumnos'', ndat the same time, it is mandatory for every single high school (''establecimiento de Enseñanza Media'') to have a ''centro de alumnos''. * The ''centro de alumnos'' is elected democratically, through an election in which all the students of the educational institution have to participate * The ''centros de alumnos'' should have a president, a vice-president, a clerk, a financial secretary, and an executive secretary, they can also create delegations, according to the needs of the educational institution. * The ''centros de alumnos'' are advised by two teachers of the educational institution, elected by the directive of the ''centro de alumnos'' of their respective schools, from a proposal of the council of delegates of class (''Consejo de Delegados de Curso'').

Rights

The ''centros de alumnos'' have the right to: * Participate in the school council, and to actively participate * Convoke a general assembly, in which all the students of their schools have to participate * Convoke meetings with the directives of the different classes of their high schools or schools

External links

DS 524 sobre Centros de Estudiantes de Enseñanza Media (''Supreme decree 524 on Students Centres of High Schools'')
Education in Chile Students' unions in Chile {{Edu-stub