23-38      Expenditure on Education

 

 

 

 

(HKD thousand)

 

Item

1996/1997

1997/1998

1998/1999

1999/2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurrent                                

         

         

         

         

 

    Education Department                

         

         

         

         

 

        Pre-primary Services                

427342

487289

590393

600600

 

        Primary                             

6880003

7493274

8357530

8972013

 

        Secondary                           

10654336

11725568

13104435

13720626

 

        Special Education                 

1024683

1165292

1331533

1430020

 

        Post-secondary                       

13244

20842

23327

23804

 

        Other Education                     

190732

207818

241599

245178

 

        Administrative  (non-allocated)      

842081

946898

1065629

1111904

 

    Vocational Training Council           

         

         

 

 

 

        Technical and Vocational            

2047602

2237087

2437368

2435667

 

    University Grants Committee      

         

         

 

 

 

        Subvention to UGC-funded Institutions

10722820

11791777

13188520

13710719

 

        UGC and Secretariat Expenses        

29523

33080

39926

45370

 

    Student Financial Assistance Agency   

         

         

 

 

 

        Student Finance-grants        

968373

1034111

886973

843637

 

        Student Travel Subsidy Scheme④⑤    

244207

244185

272263

284571

 

    The Open University of Hong Kong    

321931

369304

399456

434438

 

Non-recurrent                           

         

         

 

 

 

    Education Department                  

1940774

2681594

4179296

4896895

 

    Vocational Training Council           

         

         

 

 

 

        Technical and Vocational            

56341

67015

131353

126860

 

    University Grants Committee         

390510

1135687

929843

919111

 

    The Open University of Hong Kong   

9796

19325

50831

15296

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: Subventions on education are included.

 

 

 

 

 

          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 1992/1993.

 

 

 

          Grants to the UGC-funded institutions are included. The Hong Kong Institute of  Education started to receive capital grants from 1.4.1997

 

              and recurrent grants from   1.12.1996.

 

 

 

 

 

          Student finance-grants and student travel subsidy scheme are administered by the Student Financial  Assistance Agency as from 1990/1991.

 

          A means test was introduced to student travel subsidy scheme as from 1991/1992 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 30.5.1997.