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Private school enrollment in B.C steadily increasing

A new study from the Fraser Institute shows nowhere in Canada is the trend toward private and independent schools more prevalent than in British Columbia.

The study found that every province recorded a decline in total K-12 enrollment between 2000–2001 to 2014–2015, except Alberta, which had an increase of 11.6%.

But despite the falling number of students across Canada, every province saw enrollment in private or independent schools grow over the study period, except New Brunswick, which saw a decline of 12.7%.

The study argues B.C.'s ongoing labour feud with its teacher's union and overcrowding have contributed to a drop in public school enrollment by about 12% (about 75,000 students) since 2000.

In B.C. all religious schools are either private or independently operated with the province allocating between 35% to 80% funding per student for private schools.

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