Table 21
(Chapter 8: Education)
Appendices
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(a) Educational and Training Institutions(1) by Level of Education of Courses Offered
Number of institutions
School/Academic year
Level of education
Kindergarten(2)
Primary(3)
Secondary(3)(4)
2011-12
2015-16
2016-17
980
1,037
1,052
625
629
632
658
612
608
Post-secondary(5)
26
29
29
of which:
Degree-awarding institutions.
15
20
20
Notes: Figures refer to the beginning of the respective school/academic years. The beginning and ending months of a school/
academic year may vary among different educational and training institutions.
(1) Educational and training institutions offering courses at multiple levels of education are counted at the corresponding levels of education. Figures do not include schools offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses below post- secondary education level.
(2) Figures include kindergarten-cum-child care centres and special child care centres registered under the Social Welfare
Department.
(3) Figures include special schools.
(4) Apart from day schools and special schools, figures also include evening schools and institutions offering craft-level courses
and programmes of Project Yi Jin/Diploma Yi Jin.
(5) Figures refer to institutions providing locally accredited, full-time post-secondary programmes.
(b) Student Enrolment (1) by Level of Education
Level of education
Kindergarten(2)
Primary(3)
Secondary(3)(4)
Post-secondary(5)(6)
Thousands
School/Academic year
2011-12
2015-16
2016-17
159.0
187.2
185.8
326.2
340.9
352.5
486.9
371.9
356.6#
294.4
328.8
324.1#
Notes: Figures refer to the beginning of the respective school/academic years. The beginning and ending months of a school/
academic year may vary among different educational and training institutions.
(1) Figures include both full-time and part-time students attending long programmes lasting for at least one school/academic year. Figures do not include students attending adult education/tutorial/vocational courses offered by schools below post- secondary education level.
(2) Figures include pupils attending kindergarten classes (i.e. nursery, lower and upper classes) in kindergarten-cum-child care
centres and special child care centres registered under the Social Welfare Department.
(3) Figures include students in special schools.
(4) Figures also include students attending evening schools, craft-level courses and programmes of Project Yi Jin/Diploma Yi Jin. Prior to 2012-13, secondary education covers Secondary 1 to Secondary 7. Upon implementation of the New Senior Secondary Academic Structure, there are no subsidised Secondary 7 places under local curriculum starting from the 2012-13 school year.
(5) Figures include students attending universities and colleges offering post-secondary courses including certificate/diploma, associate degree or equivalent and bachelor degree or above; and also non-local registered or exempted courses leading to non-local higher academic qualifications and operated jointly with non-local institutions.
(6) Figures include all students attending self-financing programmes offered by University Grants Committee-funded
institutions and their extension arms.
#
Provisional figures.
Source: Education Bureau, Government Secretariat
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