22-44 EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION

 

HK $ thousand

Item

1990/1991

1994/1995

1995/1996

1996/1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurrent

 

 

 

 

 

Education Department

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-primary Services

81492

216475

322726

427342

 

Primary

3971619

5768949

6403260

6880003

 

Secondary

5090579

8491450

9633997

10654336

 

Special Education

471592

801833

917373

1024683

 

Teacher Training

176543

130869

-

-

 

Post-secondary

50681

11149

10936

13244

 

Other Education

112175

156144

170365

190732

 

Administrative (non-allocated)

299494

605710

735612

842081

 

Vocational Training Council

 

 

 

 

 

Technical and Vocational

820030

1544162

1844320

2047602

 

University Grants Committee

 

 

 

 

 

Subvention to UGC-funded Institutions

3400304

8049670

9385399

10722820

 

UGC and Secretariat Expenses

7763

18140

22561

29523

 

Student Financial Assistance Agency

 

 

 

 

 

Student Finance-grants

-

481411

750289

968373

 

Student Travel Subsidy Scheme⑥⑦

236004

179121

217402

244207

 

The Open University of Hong Kong

113394

215055

275724

319771

 

Non-recurrent

 

 

 

 

 

Education Department

684042

830725

1337131

1940774

 

Vocational Training Council

 

 

 

 

 

Technical and Vocational

104569

98706

83521

56341

 

University Grants Committee

458520

924745

699686

390510

 

The Open University of Hong Kong

23959

3672

6421

12883

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

Subventions on education are included.

Expenditure on special education is separated from primary and secondary level commencing from1983/84.

No expenditure as from 1995/96 due to transfer of the Colleges of Education and the Institute of Language in Education

to the Hong Kong Institute of Education on 1 September 1994.

Excludes provisions for student loans/grants related to Local Student Finance Scheme,UK/HK Government Joint

Funding Scheme (332.47 million) and Commonwealth Scholarship(0.85 million) as from 1992/93.

Grants to the UGC-funded institutions are included. Lingnan College and The Hong Kong University of Science and

Technology started to receive capital grants from the University Grants Committee on1.4.1991 and recurrent grants on

1.7.1991. The Hong Kong Insititute of Education started to receive capital grants from1.4.1997 and recurrent grants

from 1.12.1996. Figures prior to these dates can be obtained from the Education and Manpower Bureau.

Student finance-grants and student travel subsidy scheme are administered by the Student Financial Assistance Agency

as from 1990/91.

A means test was introduced to student travel subsidy scheme since 1991/92 to assess the application of individual

school students.

The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong became self-financing starting from 1 April 1993. It was retitled the Open

University of Hong Kong on 30 May 1997.