Back to School Today
By 250 News
Tuesday, September 05, 2006 04:00 AM
This is it, the official end to the summer holiday.
School buses will pick up School District 57 students at the regular time this morning, but will take them back home around 11:00 a.m. so it is a half day of class. Tomorrow, the full, regular schedule begins.
School District 57 is expecting 400 to 600 fewer students this year, but the final numbers and class sizes won't be known until later in the month.
Final numbers for the semester at UNBC also won't be known until later in the month, but the University is expecting enrolment to be very similar to last year’s figure of about 3600 students.
At the College of New Caledonia, applications are higher this year, which bodes well for enrolment numbers, says Steve Raper, Manager of Marketing and Enrolment. However, like UNBC, CNC will have to wait until the end of the add/drop class period to know where final enrolment stands.
Raper says demand in some programs is much greater than CNC can meet, but the College continues to work on increasing seats. CNC has increased overall trades and has doubled the intake in welding, but still isn’t able to accommodate the high number of students who are interested in certain programs. Last year CNC had over a hundred international students from all areas of the globe, says Raper, and they expect to have similar numbers this year.
Some B.C. Education Facts and Figures
- About 425,000 - the number of part- and full-time students enrolled in
public post-secondary institutions in B.C. in 2005-06 - the highest
number ever. - 25,000 - the number of new full-time spaces for students being added
over six years to B.C.'s post secondary institutions. - More than 15,000 - the total online course enrolments through BCcampus
in 2005-06, double what it was two years ago. - 47,737 - the average number of degrees, diplomas and certificates
awarded by B.C.'s public post-secondary institutions over three academic
years ending in 2005 - up 14.6% over the three previous academic years.
There is also a reminder from Police to keep an eye on the School Zones. They will be out in full force to ensure drivers get back into the 30 kmh habit in school zones on school days.
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Here I thought the report was population increasing!
Must be adults moving in and the kids moving out?
Way I figure it-every one of those students had parents, so I assume they are cutting out with their offspring?
What can I say?