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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 35

(Chapter 9: Education)

Number of Educational Institutions by Type

As of September

Number of institutions

Type

Kindergartens

1998

1999

2000

744

756

789#

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Special schools (1)

832

819*

816#

507

519

525#.

74

74

74#

Technical Institutes (2)

7

Technical Colleges

(2)

2

The Hong Kong Institute of

Vocational Education (2)

I

1

Approved post-secondary college

1

I

1#

Other colleges (3)

17

19

15#

UGC-funded institutions

8

8

8

The Hong Kong Academy for

Performing Arts

1

1

1

The Open University of Hong Kong

1

1

1

Adult education institutions (4)

606

859

1 145#

Total

2 800

3 058*

3 376#

Notes: (1) Including practical schools and skills opportunity schools.

(2) The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education was formed in 1999. It is composed of nine campuses of which two are the former

Technical Colleges and seven are the former Technical Institutes.

(3) Other colleges are those private schools which provide post-secondary courses, such as Chu Hai College, Hong Kong Adventist

College and Hong Kong Buddhist College, etc.

(4) Adult education institutions refer to government evening institutes and various private schools offering a variety of subjects including

commercial classes.

* Revised figure.

#

Provisional figure.

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