$100 million budget for Okanagan College

KELOWNA–Okanagan College’s Board of Governors has passed its first $100 million budget.

The budget contains money for additional staff members in the financial aid and finance departments to help Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language students apply for bursaries and grants.

The college announced it was implementing tuition fees for these courses in February.

More international and domestic students will be accepted in several business and technology courses, requiring five additional instructors.

1.7 full-time equivalent positions will be added to expand international recruitment.

“I’m pleased that we have been able to make the 2016-17 budget one that sees some limited growth, some investment where we think it will bear return, and that sees no reductions in programs and services,” says Vice President Finance and Administration Roy Daykin.