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available at Post-Secondary Colleges and at the Special Classes Centre. In addition, 1,126 pupils are attending evening classes.
Technical Schools. These give a five year course in the medium of English with Chinese taught as a second language. Like the Anglo-Chinese grammar schools, they prepare their pupils for the English School Certificate Examination, and successful candidates usually continue their studies at the Technical College. There are 22 technical schools with 3,779 pupils.
Secondary Modern Schools. There are at present five schools of this type, two of which started in 1960 and three in 1961. The two which were started in 1960 have recently moved into new buildings specially designed for 'the purpose. Schools of this type provide three year courses with a practical bias leading to direct entry into employment, or to further technical or vocational training. The total enrolment in these schools is 2,406.
Special Classes Centre. This provides instruction in English for pupils who, having passed the Hong Kong Chinese School Certi- ficate, wish to enter the University of Hong Kong. Sixty four students are now enrolled.
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
The Technical College opened the 1961-2 session in September 1961, with record enrolment figures of 747 full-time students and 7,321 students in part-time day and evening classes. This was an overall increase of 893 students. This increase can be partially attributed to the Commonwealth Technical Training Week held in Hong Kong during April. The College is divided into Depart- ments of Building, Mechanical and Production Engineering, Com- merce, Textiles, Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering and Navigation (with Marine Engineering). It provides full-time courses leading to its own diplomas and to the associate member- ship examinations of many of the United Kingdom professional institutions, such as the Institutions of Mechanical, Electrical and Structural Engineers, the Institute of Builders, the Textile Institute and the City and Guilds of London Institute. The standard required for entry to full-time classes is the Hong Kong School Certificate and applicants outnumber the places available by about five to one. The medium of instruction is English except in a few evening classes.