Course:VANT149/2023/Capstone/Science/Team34

Abstract

Nowadays, government funding on post-secondary schools is common in Canada. But whether the amount of funding is distributed equally across the ten provinces remains unknown. This research focuses on evaluating the (in)equality of provincial funding on post-secondary schools over Canada. Through this research, policymakers can acquire valuable information about prospective provinces where specific provinces may encounter unequal educational resource distribution and adjust the provincial funding depending on the uneven allocation. The current research involved a model of funding allocation to investigate the equitable distribution of educational funds. It is hypothesized that the results will exhibit inequality in absolute values while shows equality in per student funding. The Gini coefficient index is utilized to uncover the disparities in expenditure allocation among provinces. These findings have significant implications for how educational authorities adjust financial resource distribution.

Biographies

Group members (Arranged in alphabetical ascending order):

Haoyu You (student number:34735811)

Haoyu You are an international first-year student majoring in statistics at the faculty of science (2023). He enjoys exploring new things and accept new knowledge to enrich himself. He has always been passionate in learning about physics and computer science.

NingDing (student number:71686737)

First year undergraduate student in UBC vantage science department (2023), who is interested in statistic and computer science. Ning Ding likes reading and observing every miracle in life about science. Apart from statistic and computer science she is also passionate in biology, physics and every aspect about science and its application.

Ruohan Sun(student number: 59673772)

Ruohan Sun is a UBC's 2026 student from faculty of science and she is major statistics. She is very interested in mathematics and statistics. Enjoys exploring challenging and comprehension-based problems. In addition, she has knowledge of computer science, physics, chemistry and other disciplines.

Ziyu Yu (student number:80920895)

A first-year undergraduate (2023) in the UBC Department of Advantage Science with an interest in physics and computer science. Ziyu Yu loves travel and learning.