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)