The Editor,
Re: “Youth give Surrey ‘C’ score,” the Now, Nov. 12.
Many thanks to the SurreyCares foundation for its Youth Vital Signs report.
I’ve been teaching at Kwantlen Polytechnic University for years, so it was no surprise to me that many respondents said more funding was needed for post-secondary education in Surrey.
We’ve been shortchanged in this area for decades.
As the Vital Signs report notes, for every 100 people in our region aged 18-24, our local post-secondary schools get funding for 12.7 seats, one-quarter of the 48.7 seats for every 100 in that age group elsewhere in B.C..
If we really want the future to live here and if we really want a vital Surrey, we’ve got to fix this. Let your MLA know that this is a priority for you.
Geoff Dean, Surrey
