In the 2024/25 fiscal year, British Columbia plans to spend $9.6 billion on K-12 education.
BC’s per-student spending in government schools grew 6.7 percent between 2012/13 to 2021/22, after adjusting for the effects of inflation.
On the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), BC has experienced a decline in its reading, math, and science scores over the last twenty years.
BC needs to reverse changes made to the provincial curriculum. This new curriculum has been a disaster, and it should never have been imposed on schools.
In addition, BC should restore the previous course-based standardized exams that had been in place in grades 10 and 12. It must also include performance from such testing as part of Grade 12 grades and require such testing as a condition of graduation.