The education system in Hong Kong has expanded
steadily over the years in order to meet the needs of an ever growing
population.
The enrolment in 2002 exceeded 1.2 million: 143 000 kindergarten,
483 000 primary, 465 000 secondary, and 142 000 tertiary. There are
some 2 200 schools, 1 200 of which are publicly funded. Approved
recurrent public expenditure and total public expenditure on education
in the 2002–03 financial year amounted to $49.3 billion and
$59.4 billion respectively, representing 23.8 per cent of both recurrent
government expenditure and total government expenditure.
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SINCE October 2000, the Government has implemented
a comprehensive education reform which covers all stages of education
from early childhood to continuing education. The overall objective of
the reform is to promote all-round education for all and to inculcate
in young people the aptitude and ability for lifelong learning so that
they can keep up with the pace of change in the new millennium. The major
reform initiatives now under way include introducing new Primary 1 and
Secondary 1 school places allocation mechanisms and a comprehensive school
curriculum reform, increasing learning opportunities at the senior secondary
and post-secondary levels, improving the public examination system, and
enhancing support
for schools and teachers.
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