24-52 Student Enrolment by Type of Educational and Training Institution
	(person)
Type	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Kindergarten	140783	138393	137630	140502	148940
Primary School	410516	385949	365056	344748	331112
Secondary School	489498	492410	489362	481188	458131
Day School	480775	482414	478173	469466	449737
Lower Secondary	255992	253311	246514	238026	223177
Upper Secondary	161461	165376	167746	166421	161172
Secondary 6 and Secondary 7	63322	63727	63913	65019	65388
Other Secondary Day Course①	3971	5047	5637	6872	5550
Evening School	4752	4949	5552	4850	2844
Special Education	7737	7834	7969	8075	7815
Special School	7720	7818	7954	8026	7803
Special Classes in Ordinary School	17	16	15	49	12
Special child care centre②	-	-	1598	1465	1517
Correctional / residential home③	-	-	70	67	76
Correctional institutions	-	-	441	398	409
Approved Post-secondary Colleges	1381	1600	1744	1978	3376
Full-time	1381	1600	1744	1916	3255
Part-time	-	-	-	62	121
Other Colleges④	7946	9054	7588	8155	9542
Full-time	5949	6261	5834	6448	7865
Part-time	1997	2793	1754	1707	1677
University Grants Committee (UGC) -funded	91564	171580	182499	158043	164857
Institution⑤
Full-time	83772	93420	94402	104347	112248
Certificate / Diploma	-	2275	2108	4028	4709
Sub-degree	26512	24946	25238	27120	30218
Undergraduate	50787	54575	56567	59334	61389
Taught Postgraduate	1411	6395	5110	7899	9659
Research Postgraduate	5062	5229	5379	5966	6273
Part-time	7792	78160	88097	53696	52609
Certificate / Diploma⑥	-	28107	35135	5471	5573
Sub-degree	2116	3950	6261	8442	8185
Undergraduate	1765	16990	19882	11309	10192
Taught Postgraduate	3257	28471	26239	27693	27960
Research Postgraduate	654	642	580	781	699
Hong Kong Shue Yan University	3335	4068	4842	5478	5302
Full-time	3335	3728	4295	4744	4769
Part-time	-	340	547	734	533
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts	741	851	870	902	945
Full-time	736	783	791	812	846
Non-degree⑦	388	369	376	340	343
Degree	348	414	415	472	503
Part-time	5	68	79	90	99
Non-degree⑦	-	60	55	58	60
Degree	5	8	24	32	39
The Open University of Hong Kong	24523	25147	20340	21074	20196
Full-time	2201	3098	3458	4111	4224
Distance Learning/Part-time Face-to-face	22322	22049	16882	16963	15972
Vocational Training Council	60254	62289	62482	64633	62094
Full-time	42057	45089	46287	48640	46652
Craft Level Courses	3308	2564	2119	2097	1889
Technician Level Courses	9468	9220	9166	10718	11424
Higher Technician Level Courses	29281	33305	35002	35825	33339
Part-time	18197	17200	16195	15993	15442
Craft Level Courses	3210	3222	3148	3034	2923
Technician Level Courses	7708	5208	3574	2831	2711
Higher Technician Level Courses	7279	8770	9473	10128	9808
Construction Industry Council Training Academy
Full-time	932	811	750	756	778
Craft Level Courses	693	564	491	455	491
Technician Level Courses	239	247	259	301	287
Clothing Industry Training Authority	961	460	260	222	197
Full-time	555	397	232	198	170
Craft Level Courses	57	17	-	-	-
Technician Level Courses	498	380	232	198	111
Degree	-	-	-	-	59
Part-time	406	63	28	24	27
Craft Level Courses	406	63	28	24	27
Hospital Authority⑧
Full-time	411	523	735	1530	1873
The Prince Philip Dental Hospital⑨	80	92	90	98	128
Full-time	76	87	86	95	128
Part-time	4	5	4	3	-
Project Yi Jin	9360	11101	12235	16732	18359
Full-time	6462	7994	8217	12232	13687
Part-time	2898	3107	4018	4500	4672
Institutes Offering Adult Education/	233615	215794	225911	273640	245787
Tutorial/Vocational Courses
Day School	95872	86070	84646	86401	75173
Day cum Evening School	47060	61644	84497	109818	111786
Evening School	90683	68080	56768	77421	58828
Non-local Higher and Professional	33900	34700	38600	38600	37300
Education Courses⑩
Notes:  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 2010 are provisional.
① Figures refer to number of students attending secondary day courses operated by private institutes offering adult
education/tutorial/vocational courses.
② Special training and care for moderately and severely disabled children aged 2-6.
③ Residential treatment service for mal-adjusted children/juveniles and young offenders through social work intervention.
④ Other colleges refer to private schools which provide post-secondary courses.
⑤ Refers to 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 include students attending UGC-funded programmes and students attending locally accredited
self-financing programmes offered by institution proper and their continuation education arms.
⑥ Figures of part-time certificate/diploma only cover local programmes lasting for at least one academic year since 2009.
⑦ Figures include students in certificate, advanced certificate, professional certificate, diploma, advanced diploma and professional diploma
courses.
⑧ Figures refer to nurse training programmes.
⑨ Figures refer to dental training programmes.
⑩ Figures include students attending non-local registered or exempted courses leading to non-local higher academic qualifications and
jointly operated with non-local institutions.  Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.