Table 22
(Chapter 7: Education)
Appendices
6
(a) Educational and Training Institutions(1) by Level of Education of Courses Offered
Number of institutions
School/academic year
Level of education
Kindergarten(2)
Primary(3)
Secondary(3X(4)
2007/08
2011/12
986
980
689
625
673
658
Post-secondary(5)
22
26
of which:
Degree-awarding institutions(6)
12
15
2012/13#
994
626
635
30
17
Notes:
Figures refer to the beginning of the respective school/academic years. The beginning and ending months of a school/academic year may vary among different educational and training institutions.
(1) Educational and training institutions offering courses at multiple levels of education are counted at the corresponding levels of education.
Figures do not include schools offering adult education/tutorial/vocational courses below post-secondary education level.
(2) Figures include kindergarten-cum-child care centres. Figures from 2008/09 onwards also include special child care centres registered
under the Social Welfare Department.
(3) Figures include special schools.
(4) Apart from day schools and special schools, figures also include evening schools and institutions offering craft level courses and
programmes of the Project Yi Jin/Yi Jin Diploma.
(5) Figures refer to institutions providing locally-accredited full-time post-secondary programmes.
(6) Figure of 2012/13 includes Centennial College and Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong which started to offer
degree programmes from the 2012/13 academic year.
(b) Student Enrolment (1) by Level of Education
Level of education
Kindergarten(2)
Primary(3)
Secondary(3)(4)
Post-secondary(5)(6)
Thousands
School/academic year
2007/08
2011/12
2012/13#
138.4
159.0
166.4
389.9
326.2
320.7
513.8
486.9
439.1
276.6
296.7
332.5
Notes: Figures refer to the beginning of the respective school/academic years. The beginning and ending months of a school/academic year may
vary among different educational and training institutions.
(1) Figures include both full-time and part-time students attending long programmes lasting for at least one school/academic year. Figures
do not include students attending adult education/tutorial/vocational courses offered by schools below post-secondary level.
(2) Figures include pupils attending kindergarten classes (ie nursery, lower and upper classes) in kindergarten-cum-child care centres.
Figures from 2008/09 onwards also include special child care centres registered under the Social Welfare Department.
(3) Figures include students in special schools.
(4) Apart from day schools and special schools, figures also include students attending evening schools, craft level courses and programmes
of the Project Yi Jin/Yi Jin Diploma.
(S) Figures include students attending universities and colleges offering post-secondary courses including certificate/diploma, associate degree or equivalent and bachelor degree or above; and also non-local registered or exempted courses leading to non-local higher academic qualifications and jointly operated with non-local institutions.
(6) Starting from 2007/08, figures also include all students attending self-financing programmes offered by the University Grants
Committee-funded institutions and their extension arms.
Source: Education Bureau, Government Secretariat
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