The most-recent round of student outcomes surveys show that 93 per cent of post-secondary students, who completed programs at British Columbia's public universities, colleges and institutions, are satisfied with their education and training.

We can take great pride in the fact that every year more than 100,000 students from around the globe choose to come to British Columbia to advance their education.

Fifteen open, online textbooks in subject areas ranging from math and chemistry to marketing, psychology, and business have been reviewed by post-secondary faculty and are now freely available for download from BCcampus.

Post-secondary students in British Columbia can move between institutions, programs and regions as they pursue their education and training thanks to the most comprehensive credit transfer system in Canada.

B.C. has an excellent network of post-secondary institutions with support systems in place to help students beginning their first year of post-secondary education cope with their new surroundings as they begin the next phase of their lives.

More than 400,000 students will enrol this year in at least one course at British Columbia's 25 public post-secondary institutions where they will attend one of the many campuses, satellite offices or learning centres.

This school year in British Columbia, we expect more than 400,000 students to enrol in at least one course at our public post-secondary institutions.

With less than a month until September, many post-secondary students in British Columbia will be turning their thoughts to university, college or one of the province's institutes.