24-51  Student Enrolment by Type of Educational and Training Institution  
 
  (person)
Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003^
       
  Kindergarten                      171138 160921 156202 143725 136096
  Primary School
      Day School                       491851 493979 493075 483218 468792
      Evening School                         - - - - -
  Secondary School                 
      Day School                       453465 456693 456455 461289 467223
           Lower Secondary                     235874 241616 246132 251556 251463
           Upper Secondary                     159343 155518 150886 150705 157009
           Secondary 6 and Secondary 7 58248 59559 59437 59028 58751
       Evening School                         11785 10017 8948 4637 3264
  Special Education School                   
      Day School                       9687 9387 9511 9889 10177
           Special School 9499 9181 9354 9648 10082
           Special Classes in Ordinary School 188 206 157 241 95
 Vocational Training Council①② 58102 56705 58413 60038 59440
      Full-time                              
           Craft Level Courses③④ 3975 4124 3918 4226 4723
          Technician Level Courses 8538 13530 15112 15049 13352
          Higher Technician/Technician Level Course 6298 420 364 373 363
          Higher Technician Level Courses 3803 7074 8741 11356 14240
      Part-time                            
           Craft Level Courses 10941 8835 8073 6030 5079
          Technician Level Courses 14471 12941 10978 10623 10755
          Higher Technician Level Courses 10076 9781 11227 12381 10928
  Approved Post-secondary Colleges        
       Full-time                             2361 2707 4180 4011 4043
  Other Colleges          
      Day Course                           3620 4193 2284 1988 1960
      Evening Course                       953 1065 979 1049 976
  UGC-funded Institution 79917 78295 81664 85602 90355
      Full-time                            
          Sub-degree 10887 10284 13830 16668 20034
          Undergraduate                        44031 44241 44796 45669 46602
          Taught Postgraduate 1480 1593 1925 2446 2574
          Research Postgraduate                        3363 3290 3647 3841 4623*
      Part-time                            
          Sub-degree                          6192 5188 4537 4372 4293
          Undergraduate                        3436 3365 3258 3501 3527
          Taught Postgraduate 9870 9662 9034 8501 8100
          Research Postgraduate                        658 672 637 604 602*
  The Hong Kong Academy for
    Performing Arts
      Full-time 704 712 738 743 749
          Non-degree 433 438 452 446 450
          Degree 271 274 286 297 299
  The Open University of Hong Kong ②⑩ 38879 46889 49626 47465 40782
      Full-time - - 116 113 249
      Part-time                             38879 46889 49510 47352 40533
  Construction Industry Training Authority
      Full-time                             2336 2169 1859 1456 1440
          Craft Level Courses (11) 1984 1823 1558 1115 1220
          Technician Level Courses (12) 352 346 301 341 220
  Clothing Industry Training Authority 687 525 486 615 853
      Full-time                            
          Craft Level Courses 55 31 37 47 46
          Technician Level Courses 398 354 359 441 561
      Part-time                            
          Craft Level Courses 234 140 90 127 246
  Hospital Authority (13)
       Full-time                             - - - 108 109
  Project Yi Jin (14) - 3267 4293 4170 4529
      Full-time - 3267 2085 2804 2880
      Part-time                             - - 2208 1366 1649
  Institutes Offering Adult Education
    /Tutorial/Vocational Courses
      Day Courses                           64293 75241 88251 110916 94552
      Evening Courses                       77909 100259 94466 99176 106521
           
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 school are as at September of the year.  Figures for "institutes offering 
           adult education/tutorial/vocational courses" are as at October of the year.  For vocational and post-secondary education, beginning and 
           ending months of academic year vary among educational and training institutions.
           Figures refer to students of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Training and Development Centres, and Continuing 
               Professional Development Centre.  Students attending full-time self-financing post-secondary programmes run by the Vocational 
               Training Council School of Business and Information Systems are also included since the school started to admit students in September 2001.
          Figures do not include students attending programmes of the Project Yi Jin.
          Craft level courses are post-secondary 3 courses. 
          Figures also include operative level courses of Training and Development Centres.
          Higher technician and technician level courses are post-secondary 5 courses but higher technician level courses are more advanced courses.
          Higher technician/technician level courses are post-secondary 5 courses with common first year curricula.
     Figures 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.
          Starting from 2001, figures also include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes.
          Figures include students in certificate, advanced certificate, professional certificate, diploma, advanced diploma and professional diploma 
              courses.
          The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong was established in June 1989. It was retitled The Open University of Hong Kong on 
               30 May 1997.  Figures for Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education (formerly the Centre for Continuing and
               Community Education) are also included.
          (11)Figures refer to students of basic craft courses.
          (12)Figures refer to students of construction supervisor/technician trainee training courses.
          (13)Figures refer to nurse training programmes and are available only since 2002.
          (14)Project Yi Jin was launched in October 2000.
          ^  Provisional figure.
          * Starting from 2003, figures also include research postgraduate students counted outside the UGC student number target but wholly funded by
             UGC.