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Tertiary student enrolment figures
Following is a question by Dr the Hon Samuel Wong Ping-wai and a written reply by the Acting Secretary for Education and Manpower, Miss Jacqueline Willis, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Regarding the intake of students by tertiary institutions funded by the University Grants Committee in 1994-95, will the Government inform this Council :
(a)
(b)
how does the actual intake of students by various tertiary institutions compare with the planned enrolment capacity; and
what are the minimum matriculation grades required for enrolment by each department of these institutions; and whether the entry requirements have been lowered in order to enrol a sufficient number of students?
Reply:
Mr President,
(a)
The Administration's student number target for the enrolment of first- year first-degree (FYFD) students in the seven institutions funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) in the academic year 1994-95 is 14,500 students in full-time equivalent terms (fte). As at 31 December 1994, the provisional enrolment figures for FYFD students at the seven UGC-funded institutions were 14,146 students, meaning an overall under-enrolment of 2.4%. The under-enrolments in some of the institutions such as the City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University were deliberate following advice from the UGC to redress the balance after over-enrolments at FYFD level in previous years so that the total undergraduate student numbers of these institutions would adhere to Government's approved overall student number targets at this level. A breakdown of the approved student targets and the provisional enrolment figures in the seven institutions is at Annex A. The final enrolment figures will not be available until mid- March 1995.
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