The pie charts illustrate the alteration in annual spending in Canadian public school between 1990 and 2010.
Overall, total school spending experienced significant changes, with teacher’s salaries dominating initially, and increasing budget on facilities and maintenance by the end of the period.
In the first decade, the budget was emphasized mainly on teachers salaries, starting at 55% in 1990 and slightly decreasing to 50% in 2000. The second and third expense categories was learning resources and facilities and maintenance. Learning resources remained constant throughout the period, while facilities and maintenance increased by 5%, starting at 15%. Technology showed a slight increase from 5% to 8% in a decade. Other spendings took 15% initially but decreased to 12%
In 2010, annual spendings remained approximately stable. Spendings on teacher’s salaries took 45%, while facilities and maintenance increased by 5%. Learning resources plateaued at 10%, while technology expenses overtook other spendings, hitting 12%. Other charges became the lowest consumption of annual budget, lagging behind at 8%