23-52 Student Enrolment by Type of Educational and Training Institution

(person)

Type

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Kindergarten①

130157

149141

140783

138393

137630

Primary School

447137

425864

410516

385949

365056

Secondary School

479170*

483450*

485527*

487363*

483725

Day School

474054

478440

480775

482414

478173

Lower Secondary

253619

254879

255992

253311

246514

Upper Secondary

160916

161901

161461

165376

167746

Secondary 6 and Secondary 7

59519

61660

63322

63727

63913

Evening School

5116*

5010*

4752*

4949*

5552

Special Education②

8556

7734

7737

7834

7969

Special School

8468

7697

7720

7818

7954

Special Classes in Ordinary School

Special child care centre③

1 598

Correctional / residential home④

Correctional institutions⑤

441

Approved Post-secondary Colleges⑥⑦ (full-time)

3960

4069

1381

1600*

1655

Other Colleges⑧

5983

7146

7946

9054*

7450

Day Course

4427

5252

5949

6261*

5696

Evening Course

1556

1894

1997

2793*

1754

University Grants Committee (UGC) -funded

91865

91786

91564

171580*

171992

Institution⑨

Full-time

77922

81829

83772

93420*

96840

Certificate / Diploma

2275*

2084

Sub-degree⑩

23948

26429

26512

24946*

25301

Undergraduate⑩

47489

49159

50787

54575*

56807

Taught Postgraduate

1930

1458

1411

6395*

7237

Research Postgraduate⑪

4555

4783

5062

5229

5411

Part-time

13943

9957

7792

78160*

75152

Certificate / Diploma

28107*

24306

Sub-degree

3697

2630*

2116

3950*

3337

Undergraduate

3409

2466

1765

16990*

19877

Taught Postgraduate

6159

4170

3257

28471*

27026

Research Postgraduate⑪

678

691

654

642

606

Hong Kong Shue Yan University⑦

3335

4068*

4865

Full-time

3335

3728*

4309

Part-time

340

556

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Full-time

756

752

736

783

791

Non-degree⑫

440

418

388

369

376

Degree

316

334

348

414

415

Part-time

Non-degree⑫

Degree

The Open University of Hong Kong

University-based⑩⑬

20400

18552

17276

17119

Full-time

459

1256

2201

3098

3325

Distance Learning/Part-time Face-to-face

19941

17296

15075

14178

13794

Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and

9441

9046

7247

7871

Continuing Education⑩⑭⑮

Full-time

Part-time

9379

8960

7247

7871

Vocational Training Council⑮⑯

60074

61662

60254

62289*

62554

Full-time

36663

40173

42057

45089*

46359

Craft Level Courses⑰⑱

4608

4210

3308

2564*

2067

Technician Level Courses⑲

11857

10419

9468

9220*

9290

Higher Technician Level Courses⑲

20198

25544

29281

33305

35002

Part-time

23411

21489

18197

17200*

16195

Craft Level Courses⑰

4084

3466

3210

3222

3148

Technician Level Courses⑲

10074

9977

7708

5208*

3574

Higher Technician Level Courses⑲

9253

8046

7279

8770

9473

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, special schools, special child care centre, correctional/residential home and correctional

institutions 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 2008 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.

③Special child care centre registered under the Social Welfare Department provides special training and care for moderately and severely disabled

children aged 2-6 to facilitate their growth and development, helping them to prepare for primary education. Figures are available since 2008.

④The Social Welfare Department provides residential treatment service for mal-adjusted children/juveniles and young offenders through social

work intervention to give effect to the directions of the courts. Academic, generic and vocational knowledge and skills training programmes

are provided to residents to meet their educational needs in varied duration of stay and to enable them to pursue further studies and/or

enhance their employability with recognized qualification upon discharge from the Home. Figures are available since 2008.

⑤Formal day classes conducted by qualified teachers are run in young offender institutions under the Correctional Services Department. Figures

are available since 2008.

⑥Approved post-secondary colleges refer to colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap. 320). Chu Hai College of

Higher Education has been registered as an approved post-secondary college as from July 2004.

⑦“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”.

⑧Other colleges refer to private schools which provide post-secondary courses, such as Hong Kong Adventist College, Hong Kong Tak Ming

College, Hong Kong College of Technology and Hang Seng School of Commerce, etc.

⑨Institutions 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. Starting from 2007, figures also include all students attending self-financing programmes offered by

UGC-funded institutions and their extension arms.

⑩Figures include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes.

⑪Figures include only students who are counted within formal time limit and funded by UGC.

⑫Figures include students in certificate, advanced certificate, professional certificate, diploma, advanced diploma and professional diploma

courses.

⑬"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.

⑭Li Ka Shing Institutes of Professional and Continuing Education, which is one of the five academic units of the Open University of

Hong Kong that offers overseas degree programmes and workplace training courses. Figures are available since 2003.

⑮Figures do not include students attending programmes of the Project Yi Jin.

⑯Figures 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).

⑰Craft level courses are courses beyond secondary 3 level.

⑱Figures also include operative level courses of Training and Development Centres.

⑲Higher technician and technician level courses are courses beyond secondary 5 level.

⑳Construction Industry Training Authority was renamed as Construction Industry Council Training Academy with effective from 1 January'2008.

Figures refer to number of students attending basic craft courses.

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

Figures 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.

Figures include students attending non-local registered and exempted academic courses offered jointly by overseas universities and

local institutions or organisations.