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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 27

(Chapter 10: Education)

Number of Educational Institutions by Type*

Type

Kindergarten† Primary Schools+ Secondary Schools† Special Schools+ Technical Institutes

Technical College

College of Education

Hong Kong Institute of Education‡

Approved Post Secondary Colleges UPGC-funded Institutions

Open Learning Institute

Total

Note:

1992

As of September

1993

1994

777

761

739

946

920

884

489

-480

488

62

65

66

7

7

7

2

2

4

4

1

1

7

7

1

1

2 294

2 248

1

1

7

1

2 196

* Including evening schools. † New counting rules for schools have been adopted in 1994. Number of schools in 1992 and 1993 are also re-counted based on these new rules for data

comparability across years.

+ The Hong Kong Institute of Education was founded in 1994 by merging the previous Institute of Language Education and four Colleges of Education.

Number of Students by Type of Educational Institution*

Schools

Kindergarten

189 730

187 549

180 109

Primary

501 625

485 061

Secondary

461 460

472 200

476 847 471 121

Special education

8 257

8 279

Sub-total

1 161 072

1 153 089

Technical Institutest

Craft courses

23 503

Technician courses

27 279

22 376 26 284

8 065

1 136 142

21 910 25.990

Sub-total

50 782

48 660

47 900

Technical Colleges

4 944

9 347

Colleges of Education

3 740

3 572

Hong Kong Institute of Education†

Approved Post Secondary Colleges†

3 070

2 787

3 947

2712

UPGC-funded Institutions

Subdegree

23 251

19. 123

16 222

First Degree

Postgraduate

36 057

40 922

44 603

8 781

10 076

12 342

Sub-total

Open Learning Institute§

Total

Note:

68 089

70 121

73 167

14 566

15 104

18 412

1 301 319

1 298 277

1 291 627

* Student numbers refer to students in day and evening schools, and full time and part time students in other educational institutions. + Figures are as of October.

Figures are as of December.

§ No. of active students for October Semesters.

501