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Fast Facts: Education
- 177 public schools closed in last 8 years
- Many school boards face serious funding shortfall in 2009: Vancouver is $7.1 million short, Surrey is $9.5 million short, Nanaimo is $2 million short and so it goes across BC
- Education spending in BC is below the Canadian average
- College and university tuition fees doubled since 2001




