24-51 Student Enrolment by Type of Educational and Training Institution

(person)

Type

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Kindergarten①

156202

143725

136096

130157

149141@

Primary School

493075

483218

468792

447137

425864@

Secondary School

465403

465926

470487

476954

482273@

Day School

456455

461289

467223

474054

478440@

Lower Secondary

246132

251556

251463

253619

254879@

Upper Secondary

150886

150705

157009

160916

161901@

Secondary 6 and Secondary 7

59437

59028

58751

59519

61660@

Evening School

8948

4637

3264

2900

3833@

Special Education School

9538

9889

10177

8556

7734@

Special School

9381

9648

10082

8468

7697@

Special Classes in Ordinary School

157

241

37@

Vocational Training Council②③

58238

59714

59694

60074

61270@

Full-time

28228

31004

33261

36663

39781@

Craft Level Courses④⑤

3918

4226

4942

4608

4254@

Technician Level Courses⑥

15205

15049

13716

11857

9983@

Higher Technician Level Courses⑥

8741

11356

14240

19814

25163@

Higher Technician/Technician Level Course⑦

364

373

363

384

381@

Part-time

30010

28710

26433

23411

21489@

Craft Level Courses④

8073

6030

5079

4084

3466@

Technician Level Courses⑥

10893

10623

10755

10074

9977@

Higher Technician Level Courses⑥

11044

12057

10599

9253

8046@

Approved Post-secondary Colleges (full-time)

4180

4011

4043

3960

4069@

Other Colleges

3492

3695

3953

5983

7205@

Day Course

2513

2646

2977

4427

5010@

Evening Course

979

1049

976

1556

2195@

University Grants Committee (UGC) -funded

81664

85602

90355

91865

91786@

Institution⑧

Full-time

64198

68624

73833

77922

81829@

Sub-degree⑨

13830

16668

20034

23948

26429@

Undergraduate

44796

45669

46602

47489

49159@

Taught Postgraduate

1925

2446

2574

1930

1458@

Research Postgraduate ⑩

3647

3841

4623

4555

4783@

Part-time

17466

16978

16522

13943

9957@

Sub-degree

4537

4372

4293

3697

2629@

Undergraduate

3258

3501

3527

3409

2466@

Taught Postgraduate

9034

8501

8100

6159

4170@

Research Postgraduate ⑩

637

604

602

678

691@

The Hong Kong Academy forPerforming Arts

Full-time

738

743

749

756

752@

Non-degree⑪

452

446

450

440

418@

Degree

286

297

299

316

334@

The Open University of Hong Kong

University-based⑨

26875

25115

22473

20400

18552@

Full-time

210

459

1256@

Part-time

26807

25030

22263

19941

17296@

Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and

9655

9441

9729@

Continuing Education③⑨⑫

Full-time

86@

Part-time

9616

9379

9643@

Construction Industry Training Authority

Full-time

1859

1456

1664

1236

966@

Craft Level Courses④⑬

1558

1115

1417

1063

719@

Technician Level Courses⑥⑭

301

341

247

173

247@

Clothing Industry Training Authority

486

615

853

1191

913@

Full-time

396

488

607

646

552@

Craft Level Courses④

51@

Technician Level Courses⑥

359

441

561

597

501@

Part-time

127

246

545

361@

Craft Level Courses④

127

246

545

361@

Hospital Authority⑮

Full-time

108

217

317

305@

The Prince Philip Dental Hospital⑯

Full-time

88@

Part-time

Project Yi Jin

4293

4170

4529

6585

5936@

Full-time

2085

2804

2880

4363

4147@

Part-time

2208

1366

1649

2222

1789@

Institutes Offering Adult Education/

Tutorial/Vocational Courses③

Day school

88251

110916

94552

115236

105934@

Day cum evening school

12531

43964@

Evening school

94466

99176

106521

92633

82035@

Notes：Figures cover both full-time and part-time students attending long programmes lasting for at least one academic year，except for “Institutes

offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses” where long and short programmes are included.

Enrolment for school education refers to the number of pupils enrolled in the school register as at the beginning of a school

year (usually in September). For vocational and post-secondary education, beginning and ending months of academic year vary

among educational and training institutions.

①Figure for 2005 includes pupils attending nursery, lower and upper classes in kindergartens which have been converted from child care

centres upon harmonisation of pre-primary services in September 2005. Accordingly, it is not comparable to figures for earlier years.

②Figures refer to students of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Training and Development Centres, Continuing

Professional Development Centre and School of Business and Information Systems .

③Figures do not include students attending programmes of the Project Yi Jin.

④Craft level courses are post-secondary 3 courses.

⑤Figures also include operative level courses of Training and Development Centres.

⑥Higher technician and technician level courses are post-secondary 5 courses. Higher technician level courses are more advanced courses.

⑦Higher technician/technician level courses are post-secondary 5 courses with common first year curricula.

⑧Figures refer to students attending UGC-funded programmes unless otherwise specified. Figures also include those for the

Hong Kong Institute of Education.

⑨Figures also include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes.

⑩Figures before 2003 refer to RPg students counted within the formal time limit and within the UGC student number target. Figures from

2003 onwards include also RPg students counted within the formal time limit and outside the UGC student number target but wholly funded

by UGC.

⑪Figures include students in certificate, advanced certificate, professional certificate, diploma, advanced diploma and professional diploma

courses.

⑫Figures are available from 2003 onwards.

⑬Figures refer to students of basic craft courses.

⑭Figures refer to students of construction supervisor/technician trainee training courses.

⑮Figures refer to nurse training programmes and are available from 2002 onwards.

⑯Figures refer to dental training programmes.

"-" Not applicable.

"@" Figures are subject to revision later on.