The purpose of the survey is to capture and investigate the attitudes of the students' perspectives on the institution of Student Councils, as well as other forms of participation in decision making that determine school life. Greece's upper secondary school students constitute the youth of the European Union and are one step closer to obtaining the right to vote at the age of 17. In this project we focus on the decision-making processes that operate in the school environment and study the possibilities available through the functioning of the school, as well as the individual intention of students to participate. On the one hand, we seek to capture the democratic processes within school life through institutionalised actions such as the Student Councils. On the other hand, we attempt to outline students' basic intentions and individual motivations for participation in both institutionalized actions and other collective activities that define school culture. The existence of established democratic procedures (such as the 15-member and 5-member Student Councils) in the school is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the development of students' democratic awareness. Students' intention to participate in school life is studied in combination with other factors in order to determine how these factors contribute to their intention to participate in school life. 

By measuring the assessment of democratic institutions in Greek high schools in combination with the factors that motivate students to participate in school life, we seek to shed light on the school conditions that contribute to the formation of active democratic citizens. Ultimately, the project can contribute to knowledge about the processes of political socialisation of young people and highlight focal points for the development of educational policy aimed at raising young citizens who embrace democracy and act to sustain it.