SECONDARY EDUCATION
(a) JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION - Forms I to III
School year starting in September
Dexand
F.I.
1976/77
97.930 (SSEE * candidates)
323.500
(age group)
1977/78
1978/79
1979/80
1980/81
1981/82
1982/83
1983/84
F.I-III
F.L
F.I-III
F.I
F.I-III
F.I
F.I-III
F.I
F.I-III
F.I
F.I-III
F.I
99,400 (SSEE * candidates)
*313,700
(age group)
P103,000
(Primary 6 Population)
299,200 (age group)
100,000
(Primary 6 population
282,400 Lage group)
94,000 (Primary 6 population)
267,000 (age group)
$1,000
253,600
88,000
244,700
F.I-III
89,000
F.I
F.I-III
235,600
(Primary 6 (age
(Primary 6 (age
(Primary & (age
population) group)
population) group)
population) group)
Current targets
(a) Government/aided/assisted places (without extended day)
(b) Places resulting from extended day
27,929
92.585
4.798
5,040
32,904
7,596
102,185
38,465
111,110
13,440 8,560
22,000
(c) Bought places in private non-profit making schools
12,150
31,200
14,040
23,395 18,855
40,505
(a) Bought places in private independent schools
18,445
TOTAL
63,322
41,282
170,107
ou demand met within this programme
65%
5.3%
20,010
74,550
75%
63%
47,197 21,670
196,417 87.550
85% +
52,900
226,615
76%
38,745
8,760
23,895
13,600
85,000
85%
114,315 39,265
25,680 8,920
52,310 27,810
47,440 3,905
239,745 79,900
85%
115,835
26,160
66,040
32,145
240,180
39,185
9,000
28,890
116,595
39,185
116,435 39,185
116,195
26,560
9.000
26.800
9,000
26,880
76,140
28,890
81,180
28,890
82,260
275
13,505
2,980
210
77,350
85%
90%
$5%
232,800
92%
77,075
88%
227,395
93%
77,075
225.545
97%
96%
(b) SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION
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FORMS IV to VI
Comment The policy aim is to provide Form I places for all who wish to complete a course of subsidized secondary education. Figures in this table assume a demand for Form I places
netted down to 85% of Primary VI leavers, since current experience indicates that this percentage represents the proportion of those Primary VI leavers who actually wish to go on to complete secondary education courses. However, arrangements exist, whereby any demand above 85% will be met by the purchase of additional places in private independent schools.
See also statement below Purther development of education".
* Secondary School Entrance Examination which will be discontinued from 1978/79.
1976/77
1977/78
1978/79
1979/80
1980/81
1981/82
1982/83
School year starting in September
1983/84
P.IV-V
F.VI
P.IV-V
F.VI
7.IV-V
F.VI
F.IV-V
F.VI
P.IV-V
F.VI
F.IV-V
F.VI
P.IV-V
F.VI
F.IV-V
P.VI
Demand (For F.IV-V places expressed as 15-16 year-old population)
Current targets
% of demand
221,200
37,953
17%
9,930
221,200
39,512
18%
11,220
219,600
50,392
23%
14,300
214,800 52,786
25%
14,760
206,700
55,640
27%
15,210
195,300
56.800 15,450
29%
183,400
57,560
31%.
15,960
174,500
58,480
34%
16,290
Comment
The 1974 White Paper "Secondary Education in Hong Kong over the Next Decade" stated the intention to provide sufficient places in senior secondary forms in the public sector for 40% of the 15-16 age group by 1979; and that one-third of pupils entering Form IV should obtain places in lower form VI.