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Table 21

(Chapter 7: Education)

Appendices

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(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)

2010/11

2014/15

985

1,015

629

628

Secondary(3)(4) Post-secondary(5)

685

617

22

28

of which:

Degree-awarding institutions

13

19

2015/16#

1,037

629

612

29

20

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 and 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.

Provisional figures.

#

(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

2010/11

2014/15

2015/16#

150.5

178.1

187.2

334.4

332.5

340.9

486.8

394.0

371.7

305.0

328.4

327.9

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 education level. (2) Figures include pupils attending kindergarten classes (i.e. nursery, lower and upper classes) in kindergarten-cum-child care centres and

special child care centres registered under the Social Welfare Department.

(3) Figures include students in special schools.

(4) Figures also include students attending evening schools, craft level courses and programmes of the Project Yi Jin/Yi Jin Diploma. Prior to 2012/13, secondary education covers Secondary 1 to Secondary 7. Upon implementation of the New Senior Secondary Academic Structure, there are no subsidised Secondary 7 places under local curriculum starting from the 2012/13 school year.

(5) 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 operated jointly with non-local institutions.

(6) Figures include all students attending self-financing programmes offered by University Grants Committee-funded institutions and their

extension arms.

Provisional figures.

Source: Education Bureau, Government Secretariat

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