23-52  Student Enrolment by Type of Educational and Training Institution
	(person)
Type	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Kindergarten①	136096	130157	149141	140783	138393
Primary School	468792	447137	425864	410516	385949
Secondary School	470487	476954	482273	484195	486074
Day School	467223	474054	478440	480775	482414
Lower Secondary	251463	253619	254879	255992	253311
Upper Secondary	157009	160916	161901	161461	165376
Secondary 6 and Secondary 7	58751	59519	61660	63322	63727
Evening School	3264	2900	3833	3420	3660
Special Education School②	10177	8556	7734	7737	7834
Special School	10082	8468	7697	7720	7818
Special Classes in Ordinary School	95	88	37	17	16
Approved Post-secondary Colleges③④   (full-time)	4043	3960	4069	1381	1538
Other Colleges⑤	3953	5983	7146	7946	8571
Day Course	2977	4427	5252	5949	5676
Evening Course	976	1556	1894	1997	2895
University Grants Committee (UGC) -funded	90355	91865	91786	91564	92554
Institution⑥
Full-time	73833	77922	81829	83772	86015
Sub-degree⑦	20034	23948	26429	26512	27167
Undergraduate⑦	46602	47489	49159	50787	52205
Taught Postgraduate	2574	1930	1458	1411	1414
Research Postgraduate⑧	4623	4555	4783	5062	5229
Part-time	16522	13943	9957	7792	6539
Sub-degree	4293	3697	2629	2116	1508
Undergraduate	3527	3409	2466	1765	1297
Taught Postgraduate	8100	6159	4170	3257	3092
Research Postgraduate⑧	602	678	691	654	642
Hong Kong Shue Yan University④	-	-	-	3335	4146
Full-time	-	-	-	3335	3806
Part-time	-	-	-	-	340
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Full-time	749	756	752	736	783
Non-degree⑨	450	440	418	388	369
Degree	299	316	334	348	414
Part-time	-	-	-	5	68
Non-degree⑨	-	-	-	-	60
Degree	-	-	-	5	8
The Open University of Hong Kong
University-based⑦⑩	22473	20400	18552	17276	17276
Full-time	210	459	1256	2201	3098
Distance Learning/Part-time Face-to-face	22263	19941	17296	15075	14178
Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and	9655	9441	9046	7247	7871
Continuing Education⑦⑪⑫
Full-time	39	62	86	-	-
Part-time	9616	9379	8960	7247	7871
Vocational Training Council⑫⑬	59694	60074	61662	60254	62283
Full-time	33261	36663	40173	42057	45046
Craft Level Courses⑭⑮	4942	4608	4210	3308	2438
Technician Level Courses⑯	13716	11857	10419	9468	9303
Higher Technician Level Courses⑯	14603	20198	25544	29281	33305
Part-time	26433	23411	21489	18197	17237
Craft Level Courses⑭	5079	4084	3466	3210	3222
Technician Level Courses⑯	10755	10074	9977	7708	5245
Higher Technician Level Courses⑯	10599	9253	8046	7279	8770
Construction Industry Training Authority
Full-time	1664	1236	966	932	811
Craft Level Courses⑭⑰	1417	1063	719	693	564
Technician Level Courses⑯⑱	247	173	247	239	247
Clothing Industry Training Authority	853	1191	913	961	460
Full-time	607	646	552	555	397
Craft Level Courses⑭	46	49	51	57	17
Technician Level Courses⑯	561	597	501	498	380
Part-time	246	545	361	406	63
Craft Level Courses⑭	246	545	361	406	63
Hospital Authority⑲
Full-time	213	311	302	411	523
The Prince Philip Dental Hospital	90	93	88	80	92
Full-time	90	88	88	76	87
Part-time	-	5	-	4	5
Project Yi Jin	4529	6585	5936	9360	9424
Full-time	2880	4363	4147	6462	7994
Part-time	1649	2222	1789	2898	1430
Institutes Offering Adult Education/	201073	220400	235853	238918	222130
Tutorial/Vocational Courses⑫
Day School	94552	115236	108722	99626	90432
Day cum Evening School	-	12531	43964	47277	62329
Evening School	106521	92633	83167	92015	69369
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.
Figures for kindergarten, primary, secondary and special education schools are as at September of the respective years.  Figures for “Institutes
offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses” are as at October of the respective years.  For vocational and post-secondary education,
beginning and ending months of academic year vary among educational and training institutions.
Figures for vocational and post-secondary education for 2007 are provisional.
①Figures from 2005 onwards include pupils attending kindergarten classes (i.e. nursery, lower and upper classes) in kindergarten-cum-child
care centres upon harmonisation of pre-primary services in September 2005.  Accordingly, they are not directly comparable to figures for
earlier years.
②Figures from 2001 onwards include students of mainstreamed classes in practical schools and skills opportunity schools which were still
undergoing mainstreaming by phase then.  Once the schools concerned completed mainstreaming, their enrolment figures were subsumed
in “Secondary school”. All practical schools and skills opportunity schools completed mainstreaming respectively in August 2004 and
August 2005 respectively.
③Approved post-secondary colleges refer to colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance.  Chu Hai College of Higher
Education has been registered as an approved post-secondary college as from July 2004.
④“Hong Kong Shue Yan College” changed its title to “Hong Kong Shue Yan University” on 19 December 2006.
Figures prior to 2006 in respect of Hong Kong Shue Yan College are grouped under “Approved Post-secondary Colleges”.
⑤Other colleges refer to private schools which provide post-secondary courses, such as Hong Kong Adventist College, Hong Kong Buddhist
College, Hong Kong College of Technology and Hang Seng School of Commerce, etc.
⑥Institutions funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) are City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lingnan
University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and The University of Hong Kong.  Figures refer to students attending UGC-funded
programmes unless otherwise specified.
⑦Figures include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes.
⑧Figures include only students who are counted within formal time limit and funded by UGC.
⑨Figures include students in certificate, advanced certificate, professional certificate, diploma, advanced diploma and professional diploma
courses.
⑩"University-based"programmes of the Open University of Hong Kong refer to those offered by School of Arts and Social Sciences, School of
Business and Administration, School of Education and Languages, and School of Science and Technology.  These schools mainly offer degree
and sub-degree programmes.
⑪Li Ka Shing Institutes of Professional and Continuing Education, which is one of the five academic units of the Open University of
Hong Kong, offers overseas degree programmes and workplace training courses.  Figures are available since 2003.
⑫Figures do not include students attending programmes of the Project Yi Jin.
⑬Figures refer to number of students attending the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (formerly Technical Colleges and Technical
Institutes before 1999), Training and Development Centres, School of Business and Information Systems, Youth College and Continuing
Professional Development Centre (prior to 2006).
⑭Craft level courses are courses beyond secondary 3 level.
⑮Figures include operative level courses of Training and Development Centres.
⑯Higher technician and technician level courses are courses beyond secondary 5 level.  Higher technician level courses are more
advanced courses.
⑰Figures refer to number of students attending basic craft courses.
⑱Figures refer to number of students attending construction supervisor/technician trainee training courses.
⑲Figures refer to nurse training programmes.
Figures refer to dental training programmes.
Project Yi Jin was launched in October 2000 to provide an alternative route and to expand the continuing education opportunities for
secondary 5 school leavers and adult learners.  Students who can successfully complete the programme will be awarded a full certificate
which has been assessed by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications as comparable to five
passes in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination.