EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA

GENERAL MEMO TO CLIENTS
January 6, 1986

TO: Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents
Principals of Secondary/Independent Schools
Principals of Post Secondary Institutions (PSI)
Information Officers at PSI's
EPT Administrators

FROM: Mrs. Audrey Sojonky,
Executive Director

RE: Dissolution of ERIBC

 

 

At a Special General Meeting of ERIBC held on December 19, 1985, a
unanimous decision was taken by the Board of Directors to voluntarily
dissolve the Educational Research Institute of British Columbia on or
about March 31, 1986.

This decision was reached after careful scrutiny of the financial
situation of ERIBC. The Institute is unable to sustain its operations as
a result of the prolonged substantial loss in revenue owing to restraint
programs within education, compounded by the loss of our government grant
on April 1, 1984 followed by the notice received from the Ministry of
Education of its decision to internalize the administration of the Pro-
vincial Grade 12 Examinations Program previously undertaken by ERIBC.
With a limited client base and inadequate lead-time to secure other major
sources of revenue, the Institute's Board has concluded that we have
little choice but to go out of business as an institution.

The decision to dissolve ERIBC will affect the programs and services
which have been provided by the Institute. Our plan is to continue with
these services until our dissolution date; the details for the various
programs are provided below:

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