22-43 ENROLMENT BY TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

(person)

 

 

 

 

 

Type

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

Day Schools

 

 

 

 

 

Kindergartens

196466

180317

180771

177462

175073

Primary Schools

524919

467718

466507

461911

476802

Secondary Schools

 

 

 

 

 

Lower Secondary

253774

259545

260574

246713

238877

Upper Secondary

146368

147508

151979

157068

160430

Sixth Form

31239

52792

53105

54337

56565

Special education

 

 

 

 

 

Special Schools

7823

8338

8542

8825

9513

Special Classes in Ordinary Schools

176

138

155

131

154

Evening Schools

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Schools

1801

-

-

98

342

Secondary Schools

18451

11152

11950

10871

12095

Colleges of Education and Hong Kong Institute of Education

 

 

 

 

 

Full-time

2663

3003

-

-

-

Part-time

2316

5649

-

-

-

Technical Institutes

 

 

 

 

 

Full-time

 

 

 

 

 

Craft Level Courses

4835

5659

5616

5206

5043

Technician Level Courses

7484

8313

8531

8595

10161

Part-time

 

 

 

 

 

Craft Level Courses

23634

16493

16192

16033

14850

Technician Level Courses

20958

17956

18493

19073

17693

Technical Colleges

 

 

 

 

 

Full-time

-

4900

5141

5265

5520

Part-time

-

8061

8731

9179

9454

Approved Post-secondary College

 

 

 

 

 

Full-time

4730

2600

2434

2383

2346

Other Post-secondary Colleges

 

 

 

 

 

Day Courses

1804

1994

2213

2281

3084

Evening Courses

1307

1021

848

969

1219

UGC-funded Institutions

 

 

 

 

 

Full-time

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-degree

9588

7117

10701

11220

-

First Degree

23824

42824

44302

44225

-

Postgraduate

1304

3569

4021

4342

-

Part-time

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-degree

15868

7768

12165

11758

10835

First Degree

3199

4627

4223

4120

3759

Postgraduate

4041

9652

10138

10537

10416

The Open University of Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

 

Part-time

13009

20085

20451

22904

24318

Adult Education Institutions

 

 

 

 

 

Day Courses

21189

32590

33359

36588

48905

Evening Courses

79805

59547

59211

62948

76724

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: Figures for kindergarten, primary, secondary 1-7 and special education are as at September of the year.

 

 

 

 

 

Figures for approved post-secondary colleges, other post-secondary colleges, schools offering adult

 

 

 

 

 

education and the Open University of Hong Kong are as at October of the year. Figures for Technical

 

 

 

 

 

Institutes and Technical Colleges are as at November of the year. Figures for UGC-funded institutions

 

 

 

 

 

are as at December of the year.

 

 

 

 

 

Kindergarten education is provided by voluntary organizations and private bodies for children in the

 

 

 

 

 

3-5 age group. These kindergartens are registered with and supervised by the Education Department. Most

 

 

 

 

 

kindergartens operate two half-day sessions, but the number offering whole-day places is increasing.

 

 

 

 

 

Excluding commercial schools which have been classified under 'Adult education institutions'.

 

 

 

 

 

The Hong Kong Institute of Education came under the aegis of the University Grants Committee (UGC)

 

 

 

 

 

with effect from 1 July 1996.

 

 

 

 

 

Craft level course is post-secondary 3 course. Technician level course is post-secondary 5 course.

 

 

 

 

 

The Hong Kong Technical Colleges (Chai Wan & Tsing Yi), which run Higher Diploma and Higher

 

 

 

 

 

Certificate courses, started operation in 1993.

 

 

 

 

 

The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong was established in June 1989. It was renamed The Open

 

 

 

 

 

University of Hong Kong on 30 May 1997.

 

 

 

 

 

'Adult education institutions' refer to courses in Government evening institutes, the Evening School

 

 

 

 

 

of Higher Chinese Studies and various private schools offering a variety of subjects including

 

 

 

 

 

commercial classes.