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Table 21

(Chapter 8: 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)

2012-13

994

2016-17

2017-18

1,052

1,069

Primary(3)

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

626

632

639

635

601*

603

30

29

29

of which:

Degree-awarding institutions.

17

20

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 the Diploma Yi Jin programme.

(5) Figures refer to institutions providing locally accredited, full-time post-secondary programmes.

*

Revised figure.

(b) Student Enrolment (1) by Level of Education

Level of education

Kindergarten(2)

Primary(3)

Secondary(3)(4)

Post-secondary(5)

Thousands

School/Academic year

2012-13

2016-17

2017-18

166.4

185.8

183.0

320.7

352.5

365.7

439.1

357.2

350.4#

329.7

325.6

321.8#

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 the Diploma Yi Jin programme. 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. Provisional figures.

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Source: Education Bureau, Government Secretariat

(For enquiries, please call 3509 8437.)

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