Year-at-a-Glance Highlights

The following is an overview of the past year's major achievements and developments involving the Ministry and British Columbia's post-secondary education system.

• Increased capacity in the public system
• Increased operating grants to public post-secondary institutions by over $12 million
• Invested over $23 million to enhance research activity at public post-secondary institutions
• Increased the capacity of programs to train doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals
• Continued the expansion of medical school programs and facilities
• Established a new industry training model to improve student access to trades and technical training
• Enacted the Private Career Training Institutions Act to strengthen consumer protection for students while reducing the regulatory burden on institutions
• Updated student financial assistance guidelines to allow students to earn more without affecting their eligibility
• Improved accountability and system-level management by implementing an Accountability Framework for public post-secondary education
• Expanded opportunities for Aboriginal learners by investing over $1.3 million for 26 new programs through the Aboriginal Special Projects Fund
• Promoted partnerships between post-secondary institutions, industry and various governments to improve cost-effectiveness and stimulate growth in areas such as industry training, post-secondary research, oil and gas technology and aerospace training
• Implemented measures to increase student choice while ensuring education quality by establishing a new degree quality assessment process