Budget 2004 -- Government of British Columbia.
   

Goals, Objectives, Strategies, and Results — Continued

Goal 2: Economic and social development.

To achieve this goal, the Ministry has identified two objectives and six performance measures.

Core Business Areas:
Educational Institutions and Organizations.
Industry Training and Apprenticeship.
Student Financial Assistance Programs.
Objective 1:
A post-secondary system capable of knowledge generation, innovation and research.
Strategy:
Promote innovation and research at BC public institutions.

The public post-secondary system contributes to the cultural and economic well being of citizens through discovery, innovation and the creation of knowledge. Two performance measures reflect the input and output of research funding to public post-secondary institutions. The first reflects the return of provincial funding support for research. The second provides quantitative information on the results and products of funded research activity.

The Ministry is continuing to work with public post-secondary institutions to develop a measure of the significant post-secondary research activity that may not have direct commercial or economic implications.

Performance
Measures		 Baseline 2004/05
Target		 2005/06
Target		 2006/07
Target
17. Funding support for research:

i. Sponsored research funding from all sources.

 
ii. BC proportion of Federal awards.

Baseline data for 2001/02:

i. Federal: $168 m
Provincial: $34 m
Other: $107 m
Total: $308 m1

ii. BC Proportion in 2001/02: 10% of total Federal awards.

 
 

i. Maintain or increase.

 

ii. Maintain or increase BC proportion.

 
 

i. Maintain or increase.

 

ii. Maintain or increase BC proportion.

 
 

i. Maintain or increase.

 

ii. Maintain or increase BC proportion.
18. Number of licences, patents, start-up companies.

Baseline data for 2001/02:

Licence/Option agreements — 51

US Patents
Issued — 38

Start-up
Companies — 10

Licence Income Received — $12,559,342.

 Maintain or increase. Maintain or increase. Maintain or increase.
1   Total may not add due to rounding.
Objective 2:
A relevant and responsive post-secondary system.
Strategies:
1. Increase qualified graduates to address strategic skill areas.
2. Ensure relevance through enhancing student employability.
3. Support student choice and post-secondary programs through improved labour market information and products.
4. Increase general trades training and skills development.
5. Implement a new industry training model.

The Ministry is committed to ensuring that the public post-secondary system is relevant and responsive to the needs of the province. A central feature of this commitment is ensuring that the post-secondary system provides the education and training required in a modern economy.

Progress on efforts to address skills shortages will be measured by the number of student spaces in strategic skills programs and by the number of students in industry training. Student employability will be gauged using two measures. One will use survey data to indicate how relevant former students believe their education is to their employment. Another will indicate the unemployment rate among former students.

Performance
Measures		 Baseline 2004/05
Target		 2005/06
Target		 2006/07
Target
19. Number of student spaces in identified strategic skill programs: Baseline for 2001/02:      
i. Computer science, electrical and computer engineering programs. i. 4,659 total student spaces.1 i. Increase by 825 spaces to 7,144 total student spaces. i. Increase by 825 spaces to 7,969 total student spaces. i. Increase by 100 spaces to 8,069 total student spaces.
ii. Social/child protection worker programs. ii. 976 total student spaces.1 ii. Increase by 20 spaces to 1,035 total student spaces. ii. Increase by 14 spaces to 1,049 total student spaces. ii. Maintain at 1,049 total student spaces.
iii. RNs, LPNs and RCAs and Other Allied Health programs2. iii. 8,393 total student spaces.1 iii. Increase by 431 spaces to 10,914 total student spaces. iii. Increase by 578 spaces to 11,492 total student spaces. iii. Increase by 596 spaces to 12,088 total student spaces.
iv. Medical School programs. iv. 488 total student spaces. iv. Increase by 80 spaces to 584 total student spaces. iv. Increase by 96 spaces to 680 total student spaces. iv. Increase by 96 spaces to 776 total student spaces.
20. Number of trainees in industry training. Baseline data for 2003/04: 24,000 total trainees and apprentices. Increase by 1,200 trainees. Increase by 2,400 trainees. Increase by 2,400 trainees.
21. Student assessment of usefulness of knowledge and skills in performing job.

Baseline data for 2003/04: 75% of College, University College & Institute students found the knowledge and skills they acquired from their studies useful or very useful in performing their job (2003 survey).

88%1 of University baccalaureate graduates found the knowledge, skills and abilities they acquired from university to be very or somewhat useful in work (2002 survey).

 Maintain a high level of student assessment (benchmark = 90%) or demonstrate performance improvement over time.3
22. Student outcomes — unemployment rate.

Baseline for 2003/04: 9% of College, University College & Institute students were unemployed at time of survey (2003 survey).

6% of University baccalaureate graduates were unemployed at time of survey (2002 survey).

 Maintain unemployment rate for BC post-secondary students below rate for persons with high school credentials only.
1   Baseline data for this measure was revised to reflect data that was unavailable for the 2003/04 Service Plan.
2   Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Residential Care Aids (RCAs).
3   See footnote explanation for performance measures 14, 15 and 16.

 

  
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