The following facts provide a snapshot of British Columbia’s K-12 education system.

Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Education, has appointed a team of special advisers to support the Prince George Board of Education to meet recommendations provided through a report on concerns of governance, student achievement and Indigenous relations in the district.

Students at Upper Halfway school in the Peace River North School District will soon have a gymnasium of their own.

Students at Gitwinksihlkw Elementary school in the Nisga’a School District will soon have a new gymnasium of their own.

Students, teachers and staff at Abbotsford Traditional Secondary school will soon have a safer learning environment now that work is underway to seismically upgrade the school.

More Surrey students will soon be learning in safer and modern educational environments, as expansion projects are underway at White Rock Elementary school and École K.B. Woodward.

An important step in bringing a new middle-secondary school to families in Coquitlam’s Burke Mountain neighbourhood is complete, as government has approved the concept plan to build the facility.

Rachna Singh, Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, and Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Education, have released the following statement for the National Summit on Islamophobia, hosted by the Government of Canada on Thursday, July 22, 2021: