ENROLMENT at the Bahamas Technical & Vocational Institute is up 26 percent since the government began offering free tuition to students, BTVI President Robert Robertson said yesterday.

He was speaking to reporters following a tour of the campus that involved Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.

“Registration is up a little this year, probably about seven or eight percent but you have to remember last year we started free tuition ahead of UB so last year registration was up 18 percent so in totality in the last two years it has been up about 26 percent,” he said. “In Freeport, registration was up 100 percent last year so we’ve seen a significant increase.”

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