23-46    Student Enrolment by Type of Educational Institution
				(person)
Type	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Kindergarten	177462	175073	171138	160921	156202
Primary School
Day School	461911	476802	491851	493979	493075
Evening School	98	342	-	-	-
Secondary School
Day School	458118	455872	453465	456693	456455
Lower Secondary	246713	238877	235874	241616	246132
Upper Secondary	157068	160430	159343	155518	150886
Secondary 6 and Secondary 7	54337	56565	58248	59559	59437
Evening School	10871	12095	11785	10017	8948
Special Education School
Day School	8956	9667	9687	9387	9511
Special School	8825	9513	9499	9181	9354
Special Classes in Ordinary School	131	154	188	206	157
Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education①	63351	62721	54781	53734	54101
Full-time
Craft Level Courses③	5206	5043	1640	1977	1602
Technician Level Courses④	8595	10161	8019	12808	14208
Higher Technician/Technician Level Courses⑤	-	-	6298	420	364
Higher Technician Level Courses④	5265	5520	3803	7074	8017
Part-time
Craft Level Courses③	16033	14850	10941	8835	8073
Technician Level Courses④	19073	17693	14286	12941	10893
Higher Technician Level Courses④	9179	9454	9794	9679	10944
Vocational Training Council School of Business and
Information Systems②
Full-time
Higher Technician Level Courses④	-	-	-	-	724
Approved Post-secondary Colleges
Full-time	2383	2346	2361	2707	4180
Other Colleges
Day Course	2268	3069	3620	4193	2284
Evening Course	930	1178	953	1065	979
UGC-funded Institution⑥	86202	84538	83754	81472	82984
Full-time
Sub-degree⑦	11220	11081	10887	10284	13830
Undergraduate	44225	43885	44031	44241	44775
Taught Postgraduate	1229	1374	1480	1593	1925
Research Postgraduate	3113	3188	3363	3290	3647
Part-time
Sub-degree	11758	10835	10029	8365	5857
Undergraduate	4120	3759	3436	3365	3279
Taught Postgraduate	9827	9729	9870	9662	9034
Research Postgraduate	710	687	658	672	637
The Hong Kong Academy for
Performing Arts
Full-time	697	748	704	712	738
Non-degree⑧	448	485	433	438	452
Degree	249	263	271	274	286
The Open University of Hong Kong⑨
Full-time	-	-	-	-	116
Part-time	22904	24318	25654	25722	26807
Institutes Offering Adult Education
/Tutorial/Vocational Courses
Day Courses	36601	48920	64293	76606	88968
Evening Courses	62987	76765	77909	100259	95320
Notes: Figures for kindergarten, primary, secondary and special education school are as at September of the year. Figures for approved post-secondary
colleges, institutes offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses, courses offered by other colleges, the Hong Kong Academy for
Performing Arts and the Open University of Hong Kong are as at October of the year.  Figures for the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational
Education and Vocational Training Council School of Business and Information Systems are as at 1 November of each academic year. Figures
for UGC-funded institutions are as at December of the year.
①Figures refer to students of the two former Technical Colleges and the seven former Technical Institutes from 1997 to 1998, and to students
of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education from 1999 onwards.
② The Vocational Training Council School of Business and Information Systems started operation in 2001. Courses offered are accredited and
are on self-financing basis.
③Craft level courses are post-secondary 3 courses.
④Higher technician and technician level courses are post-secondary 5 courses but higher technician level courses are more advanced courses.
⑤Higher technician/technician level courses are post-secondary 5 courses with common first year curricula.
⑥Figures before 2001 refer to students of UGC-funded programmes only.  Figures from 1996 onwards include those for the Hong Kong Institute of
Education, which came under the aegis of the University Grants Committee (UGC) with effect from 1 July 1996.
⑦Starting from 2001, figures also include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes.
⑧Figures include students in certificate, advanced certificate, professional certificate, diploma, advanced diploma and professional diploma
courses.
⑨The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong was established in June 1989.  It was retitled The Open University of Hong Kong on 30 May
1997.