The department will also work with education partners on monitoring and improving the school experience at junior high. Although the differences among the Atlantic provinces were not great, Nova Scotia was spending the most per student in 1993-94. Based on ability to pay, the four Atlantic provinces are outpacing the rest of Canada. Per student, Nova Scotia spends 27 per cent of its gross domestic product on education, compared to 24.6 per cent nationally. Class sizes have changed marginally over the past year with little difference among provinces.
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