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APPENDICES
(b) Number of Students by Type of Educational and Training Institution
Thousand
Academic year
Institution/Programme
1998-1999
2002-2003
2003-2004
Kindergarten
175.1
143.7
136.1
Primary school
477.1
483.2
468.8
Secondary school
468.0
465.9
470.5
Special education(!)
9.7
9.9
10.2
Vocational Training Council (2)(3)
67.0
60.0
59.4#
Approved post-secondary college(4)
2.3
4.0
4.0
Other colleges (5)
4.2
3.0
2.9
University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded institution (6)(7)
80.9
85.6
90.4#
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
0.7
0.7
0.7
The Open University of Hong Kong(3)(8)
30.0
47.5
40.8#
2.5
1.5
1.4#
0.5
0.6
0.9
0.1
0.1
4.2
4.5
125.7
210.1
201.1
Construction Industry Training Authority
Clothing Industry Training Authority
Hospital Authority (9)
Project Yi Jin (10)
Institute offering adult education/tutorial/
vocational courses (5)
Total
1 443.8
1 520.0
1 491.9#
Notes: The sum of figures may not be equal to the total due to rounding.
Student numbers are in head counts. Figures include both full-time and part-time students attending long programmes lasting for at least one academic year, except for 'institute offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses' where long and short programmes are included.
Source:
(1) Figures also include students of special classes in ordinary schools and students of mainstreamed classes in
practical schools and skills opportunity schools.
(2) Figures for the Vocational Training Council refer to students of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (formerly Technical Colleges and Technical Institutes before 1999), 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.
(3) Figures do not include students attending programmes of Project Yi Jin.
(4) Approved post-secondary colleges refer to colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance.
(5) Other colleges refer to private schools which provide post-secondary courses, such as Chu Hai College, Hong
Kong Adventist College, Hong Kong Buddhist College, etc.
(6) Figures refer to students attending UGC-funded programmes.
(7) Starting from 2001-2002, figures also include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary
programmes.
(8) Figures also include students of Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education.
(9) Figures refer to nurse training programmes and are available only since 2002.
(10) Project Yi Jin was launched in October 2000.
Education and Manpower Bureau, Government Secretariat.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2117 7469)