Appendix 6 Table 22 (Chapter 7: Education)   (a) Number of Educational and Training Institutions by Type Number of institutions           Academic year Type 2000/2001   2004/2005   2005/2006 † Kindergarten(1) 789   737   1 062   Primary school               Day 816   759   720     Evening(2) —   —   —   Secondary school               Day 486   519   524     Evening 39   51   47   Special education school(3) 74   66   63   Vocational Training Council 1   1   1   Approved post-secondary college(4)(5) 1   3   3   Other colleges(6)               Day 6   13   13     Evening 4   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   The Prince Philip Dental Hospital 1   1   1   Institute offering adult education/    tutorial/vocational courses               Day 622   1 089   966     Day cum evening —   163   424     Evening 523   943   815     Notes: (1) Figure for 2005/2006 includes kindergartens newly converted from child care centres upon harmonisation of pre-primary services in September 2005. (2) As from September 1999, no primary evening schools were in operation. (3) Figures include special schools, practical schools and skills opportunity schools. Practical schools and skills opportunity schools are grouped into "Secondary school" after completion of full mainstreaming. Figures also include one special school under the English Schools Foundation. (4) Approved post-secondary colleges refer to colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance. (5) Chu Hai College of Higher Education has registered as an "Approved post-secondary college" since July 2004. (6) Other colleges refer to private schools which provide post-secondary courses, such as Hong Kong Adventist College, Hong Kong Buddhist College, etc. † Provisional figures (as at February 2006) except those for kindergartens, primary, secondary and special education schools.   (b) Student Enrolment(1)(2) by Type of Educational and Training Institution Thousand           Academic year Institution/Programme 2000/2001   2004/2005   2005/2006 † Kindergarten(3) 160.9   130.2   149.1   Primary school 494.0   447.1   425.9   Secondary school 466.7   477.0   482.3   Special education School(4) 9.4   8.5   7.7   Vocational Training Council(5)(6) 56.6   60.1   61.3   Approved post-secondary college(7)(8) 2.7   4.0   4.1   Other colleges(9) 5.3   5.8   7.2   University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded 78.3   91.9   91.9     institution(10)             The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 0.7   0.8   0.8   The Open University of Hong Kong(6)(11) 25.7   20.5   18.6   Construction Industry Training Authority 2.2   1.2   1.0   Clothing Industry Training Authority 0.5   1.2   0.9   Hospital Authority(12) —   0.3   0.3   The Prince Philip Dental Hospital(13) 0.1   0.1   0.1   Project Yi Jin 3.3   6.6   5.9   Institute offering adult education/ 175.5   220.4   235.8     tutorial/vocational courses(6)                 Notes: Figures for kindergarten, primary, secondary and special education school are as at September of the year. Figures for "Institute offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses" are as at October of the year. For vocational and post-secondary education, beginning and ending months of academic year vary among educational and training institutions. (1) Student numbers are in head counts. (2) Including 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. (3) Figure for 2005/2006 includes pupils enrolled in nursery, lower and upper classes in kindergartens newly converted from child care centres upon harmonisation of pre-primary services in September 2005. (4) Figures include students of special classes in ordinary schools. Figures for practical schools and skills opportunity schools were subsumed in "Secondary school" once the schools concerned completed mainstreaming between September 2001 to August 2005. (5) Figures for the Vocational Training Council refer to students of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, School of Business and Information Systems, Training and Development Centres and Continuing Professional Development Centre. (6) Figures do not include students attending programmes of the Project Yi Jin. (7) Approved post-secondary colleges refer to colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance. (8) Chu Hai College of Higher Education has registered as an "Approved post-secondary college" since July 2004. (9) Other colleges refer to private schools which provide post-secondary courses, such as Hong Kong Adventist College, Hong Kong Buddhist College, etc. (10) Figure for 2000/2001 refers to students attending UGC-funded programmes only. Figures for 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 also include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes at sub-degree level. (11) Figures refer to students who enrolled in distance learning and face-to-face programnmes. Figures for other continuing and professional courses offered by Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education are not included. (12) Figures refer to nurse training programmes and are available only since 2002/2003. (13) Figures refer to dental training programmes. † Provisional figures (as at February 2006) except those for kindergartens, primary, secondary and special education schools. Source: Education and Manpower Bureau, Government Secretariat. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 3540 7454)