Independent schools continue to thrive

Enrolment up 35 per cent; public schools down 13 per cent

Peter Froese, the executive director of the Federation of Independent School Associations, says independent schools are steadily growing despite the fact that people are having fewer children. Since 1998, B.C. independent schools have grown by 35 per cent, while public school enrolment has dropped by 13 per cent. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

More and more B.C. children are attending independent schools, despite the fact that there are actually fewer school-age children now than there were 16 years ago. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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