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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)

Primary(3)

Secondary(3)(4)

2013-14

1,006

2017-18

2018-19

1,069

1,072

626

639

646

626

603

599

Post-secondary(5)

of which:

28

29

29

Degree-awarding institutions

17

20

21

Notes: (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.

(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

2013-14

2017-18

2018-19

171.5

183.0

176.2

324.2

365.7

376.3

416.0

334.1*

349.1

323.6

344.6#

324.1#

Notes: Figures for kindergarten, primary and secondary levels refer to the beginning of the respective school/academic years. Figures for post-secondary education are as at the end of December of the respective years. The beginning and end 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.

(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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*

Revised figure.

Source: Education Bureau, Government Secretariat

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