Admission to government and aided schools is based on the results of a secondary school entrance examination, open to all primary six pupils of registered primary schools and conducted by the Education epartment. This examination will be abolished as soon as sufficient
jed junior secondary places are available.
As a result of the 1974 examination, 46 per cent of the children leaving primary schools were admitted to government and aided secondary schools or given assisted places in private secondary schools offering a certificate of education course. In addition, 3 per cent were admitted to aided secondary schools providing vocational
courses.
A further 41 per cent found places in private schools, so that a total of 84 per cent of all primary school leavers continued their education at the secondary level.
Anglo-Chinese grammar schools teach in English with Chinese as a second language. The five-year course leads to the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, and successful candidates may enter sixth form for two years to prepare for entrance to the University of Hong Kong or to universities overseas.
Chinese middle schools teach in Chinese with English as a second language. The five-year course also leads to the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination. Most of these schools offer a one-year sixth form matriculation course to prepare for entrance to The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Secondary technical schools teach in English, with Chinese as a second language, and offer Hong Kong certificate of education courses with a technical bias. Suitable candidates can continue their studies in the sixth form or at the Hong Kong Polytechnic.
Secondary modern schools teach in English, with Chinese as a second language, and provide a three-year course with a practical bias, leading to industrial employment. In addition, some form of technical or prevocational training is provided by nine private and seven subsidised schools.
Fees in government and aided secondary schools are $400 and $200 a year respectively in urban and rural areas for forms one to five. For form six the fees are $450 and $220 respectively. Free places are provided for 50 per cent of matriculation classes and 45 per cent of other classes. Aided schools also charge a subscription to cover various items of expenditure. In private schools, fees range from $300 to $1,200 a year depending on the economic level of the area served.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
School facilities for children in need of special educational treat- ment exist for the blind, deaf, physically handicapped, maladjusted and deprived as well as for slow learners. Voluntary organisations involved in this work receive financial assistance from the govern- ment. The special education section of the Education Department runs special classes in government primary schools for slow learning, partially-sighted and partially-hearing children as well as providing diagnostic and remedial services. The latter include audiologic and psychological services, speech therapy and educational assessment and placement and guidance to parents and teachers. The section also operates a speech and hearing centre, runs training courses for teachers of handicapped children; and supervises a braille printing press.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Technical education is provided in secondary technical schools, prevocational schools, vocational schools and private post-secondary institutions as well as the Hong Kong Polytechnic and the Morrison Hill Technical Institute. Both the polytechnic and the technical institute are wholly maintained and operated by the government. The Hong Kong Polytechnic, which took over the technical college in August 1972, offers a variety of full-time, part-time and evening courses up to higher diploma level, concentrating on the training of technicians and technologists. The technical institute, also offering a choice of full-time, part-time and evening courses, provides training for craftsmen and lower level technicians, technical teachers and workshop instructors, and organises business studies. Enrolments at both institutions are as follows:
Technical day courses ...
Commercial day courses
Part-time release classes
Evening classes
Total
2,697
1,244
3,236
23,624
30,801
Two new technical institutes, one in Kwun Tong and one in Kwai Chung, are expected to be completed in September 1975.
TEACHER EDUCATION
The three colleges of education and the Technical Teachers' College are wholly maintained by the government, producing non- graduate teachers qualified to teach in primary schools and the lower forms of secondary schools. Enrolments are as follows:
Two-year course of full-time training
Two-year course of full-time training (technical) Third year specialist courses of full-time training One year course (technical) In-service courses:
Chinese secondary
English Primary
...
*Courses for kindergarten teachers
*Courses for teachers of handicapped children
Technical teachers Workshop instructors
Total
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.
1,409
58
81
46
188
417
1,058
50
103
24
***
89
3,523
Fees are $400 a year and all students receive an interest-free loan on admission, up to $1,200 a year repayable over a period of not more than four years after leaving college. Needy students receive an additional outright grant of up to $1,600 a year.
The University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong offer one-year full-time post-graduate courses leading to a diploma in education and two-year part-time courses leading to the diploma in education at The Chinese University and the cer- tificate in education at the University of Hong Kong.
ADULT EDUCATION
Adult education is provided by the Education Department in the Evening Institute, the Polytechnic and Technical Institute evening departments, the Evening School of Higher Chinese Studies and 14 adult education and recreation centres.
The following courses and enrolments exclude evening classes conducted at the Polytechnic and Technical Institute.
English Teachers
***
Middle school for adults Practical background General background
***
..
***
Classes Enrolment
190
5,949
60
...
***
...
1,526
48
1,875
118
2,868
55
1,014
13
372
484
...
13,604
19,046
...
...
Evening School of Higher Chinese Studies
Total
Adult education and recreation centres
UNIVERSITIES
The University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong have financial resources of their own but are largely financed by the government. Faculty enrolments are as follows:
University of Hong Kong-
Arts
Science
Medicine
...
Engineering and Architecture Social Science (including law)
Total
The Chinese University of Hong Kong-
Arts
Science
Social Science
Business Administration
Total
:
:
1,081
533
812
797
759
3,982
896
973
941
540
3,350
Both universities provide a wide range of extra-mural courses. All statistics quoted are those applying at September 30, 1974, unless otherwise stated.
* Courses run by the advisory inspectorate.
+ Courses run by the special education section,
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