Hong Kong 2003 - Appendices

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(Chapter 7: Education)

(a) Number of Educational and Training Institutions by Type
Number of institutions

		Academic year

Type		1998-1999	2002-2003	2003-2004


Kindergarten		744	777	768

Primary school
	Day	830	803	785
	Evening	2	—	—

Secondary school
	Day	471	499	501
	Evening	36	43	36

Special school⁽¹⁾		74	74	74

Vocational Training Council		1	1	1

Approved post-secondary college⁽²⁾		1	2	2

^{Other colleges(3)}
	Day	6	7	8
	Evening	5	4	4

University Grants Committee-funded institution		8	8	8

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts		1	1	1

The Open University of Hong Kong		1	1	1

Construction Industry Training Authority		1	1	1

Clothing Industry Training Authority		1	1	1

Hospital Authority		1	1	1

Institute offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses
	Day	310	949	1 108
	Evening	296	825	1 020

Notes:

(1)	Figures include special schools, practical schools and skills opportunity schools.
(2)	Approved post-secondary college 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 by Type of Educational and Training Institution
Thousand

	Academic year

Institution/Programme	1998-1999	2002-2003	2003-2004


Kindergarten	175.1	143.7	136.1
Primary school	477.1	483.2	468.8
Secondary school	468.0	465.9	470.5
Special education⁽¹⁾	9.7	9.9	10.2
Vocational Training Council⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	67.0	60.0	59.4	#
Approved post-secondary college⁽⁴⁾	2.3	4.0	4.0
Other colleges⁽⁵⁾	4.2	3.0	2.9
University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded institution⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	80.9	85.6	90.4	#
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts	0.7	0.7	0.7
The Open University of Hong Kong⁽³⁾⁽⁸⁾	30.0	47.5	40.8	#
Construction Industry Training Authority	2.5	1.5	1.4	#
Clothing Industry Training Authority	0.5	0.6	0.9
Hospital Authority⁽⁹⁾	—	0.1	0.1
Project Yi Jin⁽¹⁰⁾	—	4.2	4.5
Institute offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses⁽⁵⁾	125.7	210.1	201.1

Total	1 443.8	1 520.0	1 491.9	#

Notes:

The sum of figures may not be equal to the total due to rounding.
Student numbers are in head counts. Figures include both full-time and part-time students attending long programmes lasting for at least one academic year, except for 'institute offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses' where long and short programmes are included.

(1)

Figures also include students of special classes in ordinary schools and students of mainstreamed classes in practical schools and skills opportunity schools.

(2)

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), Training and Development Centres, and Continuing Professional Development Centre. Students attending full-time 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.

(3)

Figures do not include students attending programmes of Project Yi Jin.

(4)

Approved post-secondary colleges refer to colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance.

(5)

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.

(6)

Figures refer to students attending UGC-funded programmes.

(7)

Starting from 2001-2002, figures also include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes.

(8)

Figures also include students of Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education.

(9)

Figures refer to nurse training programmes and are available only since 2002.

(10)

Project Yi Jin was launched in October 2000.

Source:

Education and Manpower Bureau, Government Secretariat.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2117 7469)

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