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Education at a Glance: 2008/09 School Year
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542,509 estimated full-time students (projected) – 8,073 fewer than in 2007-08
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56 of the 60 school districts project declining enrolment
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2010 schools in B.C. – 1,655 public and 355 independent
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33,865 teachers in British Columbia – 551 additional teachers hired in the last two years
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$5.675 billion education budget – a 23 per cent increase from 2000-01
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$8,078 in estimated per student funding in 2008-09 – the highest ever, a $228 increase
from 2007-08
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The graduation rate remains at an all-time high at 80 per cent
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$143 million invested in literacy since 2001
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