524 | Appendices
(b) Student Enrolment (1)(2) by Type of Educational and Training Institution
Thousand
Academic year
Institution/Programme
Kindergarten
Primary school
1999-2000
2003-2004
2004-2005#
171.1
136.1
130.2
491.9
468.8
446.6
Secondary school
465.3
470.5
476.4
Special education School(3)
9.7
10.2
8.5
Vocational Training Council (4)(5)
57.9
59.7
59.3
Approved post-secondary college (6X7)
2.4
4.0
3.9
Other colleges (8)
4.6
4.0*
3.5
University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded
institution (9)
79.9
90.4
93.7
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
0.7
0.7
0.8
The Open University of Hong Kong (5)(10) Construction Industry Training Authority
36.0
37.5
38.7
2.3
1.7
1.2
Clothing Industry Training Authority
Hospital Authority (11)
Project Yi Jin (12)
Institute offering adult education/tutorial/
vocational courses (5)
0.7
0.9
1.2
0.2*
0.3
4.5
6.6
142.2
201.1
227.8
Total
1 464.6
1 490.2
1 498.7
Notes: The sum of figures may not be equal to the total due to rounding.
Student numbers are in head counts.
Source:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Including both full-time and part-time students attending long programmes lasting for at least one academic year, except for "Institute offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses" where long and short programmes are included.
Figures also include students of special classes in ordinary schools and students of mainstreamed classes in practical schools and skills opportunity schools. Practical schools and skills opportunity schools will be grouped into "Secondary school" after completion of full mainstreaming.
Figures for the Vocational Training Council refer to students of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, School of Business and Information Systems, Training and Development Centres and Continuing Professional Development Centre.
Figures do not include students attending programmes of the Project Yi Jin.
Approved post-secondary colleges refer to colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance.
(7) Chu Hai Post Secondary College has registered as an "Approved Post-secondary College" since
July 2004.
(8)
(9)
Other colleges refer to private schools which provide post-secondary courses, such as Hong Kong Adventist College, Hong Kong Buddhist College, etc.
Figures for 1999-2000 refer to students attending UGC-funded programmes only. Starting from 2001-2002, figures also include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes.
(10) Figures also include students of Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education. (11) Figures refer to nurse training programmes and are available only since 2002.
(12) Project Yi Jin was launched in October 2000.
Education and Manpower Bureau, Government Secretariat. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 3540 7454)
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