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Normal
Proportions (%) of enrolment
Level
age
(years)
under-age normal age over-age
Total enrolment
13.0
74.0
13.0
Pl
6
(13.2)
(72.5)
(14.3)
92,534 (90,558)
13.9
66.5
P2
7
(13.9)
(65.6)
19.6 (20.5)
90,842 (90,313)
13.8
61.1
25.1
P3
8
(13.2)
(59.8)
(27.0)
91,964 (89,330)
13.2
56.6
30.2
P4
9
(13.3)
(54.7)
(32.0)
90,327 (90,781)
13.4
53.0
33.6
88,111
P5
10
(12.4)
(51.0)
(36.6)
(90,020)
13.0
51.2
35.8
86,482
P6
11
(12.4)
(48.6)
(39.0)
(91,325)
11.6
45.9
42.5
96,899
FI
12
(9.4)
(44.0)
(46.6)
(102,033)
10.2
43.8
46.0
94,669
FII
13
(7.7)
(40.5)
(51.8)
(101,176)
7.8
FIII
14
39.7
52.5
14
(6.3)
(37.5)
(56.2)
95,218 (90,229)
FIV
15
6.6
35.8
57.6
79,007
15
(5.6)
(33.2)
(61.2)
(74,565)
5.4
31.8
62.8
72,657
FV
16
(4.9)
(31.2)
(63.9)
(67,544)
2.15
Language in schools
The two languages used in the
mainstream of the school system are Chinese and English.
Whereas
the written form of Chinese is the standard traditional (unsimplified)
script the dialect used by virtually all schools is Cantonese, the
principal dialect of the people of Hong Kong and of the adjacent
Guangdong Province.* In addition to being included as discrete
*
A note on the Chinese language is appended (Appendix R).