Appendix 6 : Table 21

(a) Number of Educational Institutions by Type


Number of institutions

Type			As at beginning of academic year

			1997–1998	2001–2002	2002–2003


Kindergartens			735	784	777	#

Primary schools

		Day	846	815	803	#

		Evening	1	—	—

Secondary schools

		Day	468	496	499	#

		Evening	35	41	43	#

Special schools⁽¹⁾			70	74	74	#

Vocational Training Council			1	1	1

Approved post-secondary colleges⁽²⁾			1	2	2	#

Other colleges⁽³⁾

		Day	6	6	7	#

		Evening	6	4	4	#

University Grants Committee-funded institutions			8	8	8

The Hong Kong Academy for			1	1	1
	Performing Arts

The Open University of Hong Kong			1	1	1

Institutes offering adult education/
	tutorial/vocational courses

		Day	211	762	949	#

		Evening	211	653	825	#


Notes:	(1)	Figures include special schools, practical schools and skills opportunity schools.
	(2)	Approved post-secondary colleges refer to colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance.
	(3)	Other colleges refer to private schools which provide post-secondary courses, such as Chu Hai College, Hong Kong Adventist College, Hong Kong Buddhist College, etc.

(b) Number of Students⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ by Type of Educational Institution


Thousand

Type		As at beginning of academic year

		1997–1998	2001–2002		2002–2003	#


Schools
	Kindergartens	177.5	156.2		143.7
	Primary schools	462.0	493.1		483.2
	Secondary schools	469.0	465.4		465.9
	Special education⁽³⁾	9.0	9.5		9.9

	Sub-total	1 117.4	1 124.2		1 102.7


Vocational Training Council ⁽⁴⁾
	Craft level courses	21.2	9.7		7.8
	Technician level courses	27.7	25.1		24.7
	Higher technician level courses ⁽⁵⁾	14.4	20.0	*	23.5

Sub-total		63.3	54.8	*	56.1


Approved post-secondary colleges ⁽⁶⁾		2.4	4.2		4.0
Other colleges⁽⁷⁾		3.2	3.3		3.0

University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded institutions ⁽⁸⁾
	Sub-degree ⁽⁹⁾	23.0	19.7		21.9
	Undergraduate	48.3	48.1	*	49.2
	Taught postgraduate	11.1	11.0	*	10.9
	Research postgraduate	3.8	4.3	*	4.7

	Sub-total	86.2	83.1	*	86.5

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts		0.7	0.7		0.7
The Open University of Hong Kong ⁽⁹⁾		22.9	26.9		25.1
Institutes offering adult education/tutorial/		99.6	184.3		199.5
	vocational courses

Total		1 395.7	1 481.5	*	1 477.8


Notes:	The sum of figures may not be equal to the total due to rounding.
	(1)	Student numbers are in headcount.
	(2)	Including both full-time and part-time students.
	(3)	Figures also include students of special classes in ordinary schools and students of mainstreamed classes in practical schools and skill opportunity schools.
	(4)	Figures for the Vocational Training Council refer to students of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (formerly Technical Colleges and Technical Institutes before 1999). Students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes run by the Vocational Training Council School of Business and Information Systems are also included since the school started to admit students in September 2001.
	(5)	Figures also include students who study in subject groups run with common year-1 curriculum. Students in these subject groups will proceed to either a Diploma (Technician Level) or a Higher Diploma (Higher Technician Level) course in year-2 based on their academic performance in year-1.
	(6)	Approved post-secondary colleges refer to colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance.
	(7)	Other colleges refer to private schools which provide post-secondary courses, such as Chu Hai College, Hong Kong Adventist College, Hong Kong Buddhist College, etc.
	(8)	Figures refer to students attending UGC-funded programmes as at December of the year.
	(9)	Starting from 2001–2002, figures also include students attending accredited full-time self-financing post-secondary programmes.
Source:	Education and Manpower Bureau, Government Secretariat. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 3150 8032)