Technical Education

Technical education at higher technician level is provided by the VTC's
two technical colleges at Chai Wan and Tsing Yi. These offer higher
diploma (three years full-time or two years part-time), higher certificate
(two or three years part-time) and associateship (two years part-time)
courses in applied science, business administration, computing, statistics
and mathematics, construction, design, electrical and communications
engineering, electronic engineering, hotel, catering and tourism
management, information systems and technology, manufacturing
engineering/engineering management and mechanical engineering.

Short courses are also offered to people in employment. In July, 1 512
full-time, 555 part-time day and 1 826 part-time evening students
graduated from the technical colleges. In November, enrolment totalled
5 269 full-time students on 35 courses, and 1 294 day release and 7 891
evening students on 62 part-time courses.

The seven technical institutes provide technician- and craft-level courses
in accounting, applied science, child care, China business studies, clothing
technology, commercial studies, computing, construction, design,
electrical engineering, electronic engineering, hairdressing, hotel-keeping
and tourism, manufacturing engineering, marine engineering, mechanical
engineering, motor vehicle engineering, printing and textiles.
Technician-level courses are offered for Secondary 5 leavers while
craft-level courses are for those who have completed at least Secondary
3. These courses are offered on either a full-time, part-time day release,
or part-time evening basis.

In July, 4 933 full-time, 1 940 mixed full-time, 3 757 part-time day and
7 848 evening students graduated from the technical institutes. In
November, the total enrolment in technical institutes was of 10 067
full-time, 3 734 mixed full-time, 11 217 part-time day and 23 601 evening
students on some 297 courses.

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