APPENDIX 35
(Chapter 9: Education)

Number of Educational Institutions by Type
Number of Institutions
As at beginning of academic year
Type
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
Kindergartens 756
789 784 #
Primary schools 819 816 815 #
Secondary schools
Day 480 486 496 #
Evening 39 39 41 #
Special schools (1) 74
74 74 #
The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education 1 1 1
Approved post-secondary colleges (2) 1
1 2 #
Other colleges (3)
Day 6 * 6 * 6 #
Evening 5 * 4 * 4 #
UGC-funded institutions 8
8 8
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 1
1 1
The Open University of Hong Kong 1
1 1
Institutes offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses
Day 451 622 762 #
Evening 408 523 653 #

Notes: (1) Figures include 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.
* Revised figure.
# Provisional figure.


Number of Students (1) by Type of Educational Institution and Mode of Study
Number of students
As at beginning of academic year
1999-2000
2000-2001 2001-2002 #
Type
Full-time/
Day
Part-time/
Evening
Full-time/
Day
Part-time/
Evening
 Full-time/
Day		 Part-time/
Evening
Schools
Kindergartens 171 138
— 160 921 — 156 202 —
Primary Schools 491 851
— 493 979 — 493 075 —
Secondary Schools 453 465
11 785 456 693 10 017 456 455 8 948
Special education (2) 9 687
— 9 387 — 9 511 —
Sub-total 1 126 141
11 785 1 120 980 10 017 1 115 243 8 948
The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
Craft level courses 1 640
10 941 1 977 8 835 1 602 8 073
Technician level courses 8 019 14 286 12 808 12 941 14 208 10 893
Higher technician level courses (3) 10 101 9 794 7 494 9 679 * 9 105 10 944
Sub-total 19 760 35 021 22 279 31 455 * 24 915 29 910
Approved post-secondary colleges (4) 2 361 — 2 707 — 4 180 —
Other colleges (5) 3 620 * 953 * 4 193 * 1 065 * 2 284 979
UGC-funded institutions (6)
Sub-degree (7) 10 887
10 029 10 284 8 365 * 13 966 5 857
Undergraduate (7) 44 031 3 436 44 241 * 3 365 * 45 114 3 312
Taught postgraduate 1 480 9 870 1 593 * 9 662 * 1 957 9 049
Research postgraduate 3 363 658 3 290 * 672 * 3 758 644
Sub-total 59 761 23 993 59 408 * 22 064 * 64 795 18 862
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 704 — 712 — 738 —
The Open University of Hong Kong (7) — 25 654 — 25 722 116 26 807
Institutes offering adult education/tutorial/
vocational courses		 64 293 * 77 909 * 76 606 * 100 259 * 88 968 95 320
Total 1 276 640 175 315 1 286 885 * 190 582 * 1 301 239 180 826

Notes: (1) Student numbers are in headcount.
(2) Figures include students of special classes in ordinary schools.
(3) Figures include also students of unified Higher Diploma (higher technician level) / Diploma (technician level) courses for which students are enrolled in different subject groups. Each subject group has a common year one curriculum. Students will proceed to either a Diploma or a Higher Diploma course in year 2 based on their academic achievement in year 1.
(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 University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded programmes as at December of the year.
(7) Starting from 2001-2002, figures also include students attending accredited full-time self-financing post-secondary programmes.
*
 Revised figure.
#
 Provisional figures.
—
 Not applicable.
Source: Education and Manpower Bureau, Government Secretariat.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 3150 8032)