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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).