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Contents

An Overview of the Education System in Hong Kong 2

Table 1 : Educational Attainment of Population Aged 15 and Above 3

Table 2 : Performance of Students in Public Examinations 4

Table 3 : Physical Development of Students 5

Table 4 : Students’ Participation in Social and Voluntary Services 6

Table 5 : Students’ Participation in Inter-School Sports Events 6

Table 6 : Students’ Participation in School Music, 7

Speech, Dance and Drama Festivals

Table 7 : IT in Education 8

Table 8 : The Teaching Force 9

Table 9 : Native-speaking English Teachers 9

Table 10 : Student-Teacher Ratio in Hong Kong as Compared 10

with some Asian Countries (Year 2000)

Table 11 : Student Percentages by Level of Education 11

Table 12 : Type and Number of Schools (2001/02) 12

Table 13 : School Facilities 13

Table 14 : Whole-day Primary Schools 14

Table 15 : Number of Schools with Parent-Teacher Associations 14

Table 16 : Total Government Expenditure on Education 15

Table 17 : Recurrent Expenditure on Education 16

Table 18 : Annual Student Unit Cost 16

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An Overview of the Education System in Hong Kong

Normal Age

(Qualifications)

22 (Degree)

19 (Matriculation)

17 (Secondary)

15 (Basic

Education)

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(1) Including courses run by the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE).(2) Including associate degree, higher diploma/certificate and diploma/certificate courses.

Junior Secondary

(S1 - S3)

Primary

(P1 - P6)

Early Childhood

(K1 - K3)

Senior Secondary

(S4 - S5)

Upper Six(S7)

Lower Six(S6)

Universities

(Yr 1 - Yr 3)

Post- graduate

courses

Post-

secondary

courses (2)

Technician /Craft levelcourses (1)

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Table 1 : Educational Attainment of Population Aged 15and Above(1)

Note :(1) Referring to the percentage of population aged 15 and above by highest level of education attained.(2) Including craft level courses.(3) Including technician level courses.

Distribution of Population Aged 15 and Above by Educational Attainment

Percentage

Highest Education Level Attained 1992 1997 2002

No schooling / Kindergarten 12.4% 9.3% 7.0% 2.3 points

Nine-year Basic Education 42.8% 39.2% 37.8% 1.4 points

Senior-secondary (S4 - S7) (2) 32.9% 34.3% 34.7% 0.4 point

Post-secondary and Sub-degree (3) 6.4% 7.4% 7.6% 0.2 point

Degree and Above 5.5% 9.8% 12.9% 3.1 points

Percentage pointchange in 2002 as

compared with1997

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Table 2 : Performance of Students in PublicExaminations(1)

Note:(1) Referring to day school candidates only.(2) Syllabus A or Syllabus B.(3) Calculations are based on the number of candidates taking 5 or more subjects.(4) Calculations are based on the number of candidates taking 6 or more subjects. Grade point calculation is based on the following:

A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1.(5) Minimum admission requirements for degree programmes include 2 A-level subjects at Grade E or above (1 A-level subject is

taken as equivalent to 2 AS-level subjects), plus Use of English and Chinese Language and Culture at Grade E or above.(6) Calculations are based on the total number of candidates.

HKALE - Percentage of candidates meeting minimum admission requirements for degree programmes

HKCEE - Percentage of candidates attaining Grade E or above in 5 subjects(including Chinese Language, English Language and Mathematics)

HKCEE - Percentage of candidates obtaining 14 points or above(based on the 6 subjects scoring the highest points)

HKALE - Percentage of candidates meeting minimum admission requirements for degreeprogrammes; and attaining Grade A in one or more A-level subjects

Performance of Students in Public Examinations

1997 2002

46.2% 51.3% 5.1 points

Hong Kong Certificate of EducationExamination (HKCEE)- Percentage of candidates attaining

Grade E or above in 5 sub ject s(including Chinese Language, EnglishLanguage(2) and Mathematics)(3)

- Percentage of candidates obtaining 14points or above (based on the 6 subjectsscoring the highest points)(4)

Hong Kong Advanced LevelExamination (HKALE)- Percentage of candidates meeting mini-

mum admission requirements(5) fordegree programmes (6)

- Percentage of candidates meeting mini-mum admission requirements for degreeprogrammes; and attaining Grade A inone or more A-level subjects

56.2% 59.6% 3.4 points

Percentage pointchange in 2002

as compared with1997

26.9% 30.4% 3.5 points

6.9% 7.0% 0.1point

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Students’ Average Weight as Compared with some Asian Countries

Table 3 : Physical Development of Students

2000 2001 2002

Sex Male Female Male Female Male Female

Height Weight Height Weight Height Weight Height Weight Height Weight Height Weight

Age (cm) (kg) (cm) (kg) (cm) (kg) (cm) (kg) (cm) (kg) (cm) (kg)

6 120.9 22.8 119.9 22.0 120.5 23.0 119.1 21.6 120.6 22.8 119.8 21.9

12 154.8 46.0 153.7 43.9 155.0 46.6 153.9 43.6 155.2 46.3 153.6 43.6

15 169.3 57.1 158.8 48.9 169.1 57.0 158.5 48.8 169.7 57.7 158.8 49.8

17 172.2 61.0 159.4 49.7 171.3 59.6 159.5 49.5 171.2 59.9 159.6 50.2

Note : Figures for students’ averageweight and height forChina refer to students incities only.

Students’ Average Height as Compared with some Asian Countries

Sources :(1) Sample survey of students’ weight and height con-

ducted in 2002 by the Education and ManpowerBureau, Hong Kong

Year

(2) Report on the Physical Fitness and Health Surveillance ofChinese School Students 2000.

(3) Social Indicators in Korea 2002.(4) Japan Statistical Yearbook 2003.

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Table 4 : Students’ Participation in Social and VoluntaryServices(1)

Table 5 : Students’ Participation in Inter-School SportsEvents(1)

Number of Student Member

Junior

Police Call

HK Awardfor Young

People

Community

Youth Club

HK GirlGuides

Association

Hong Kong

Red Cross

ScoutAssociation

of Hong Kong

Hong KongRoad Safety

Patrol

Organ-izations

SchoolYear

1992/93 126 853 29 373 7 924 33 735 20 893 7 010 164 856

1996/97 130 483 30 753 8 267 34 279 23 071 7 628 186 757

2001/02 127 678 34 074 11 666 52 520 28 628 7 385 153 240

Note :(1) Showing the number of primary and secondary students joining 7 well-established, school-based youth groups,

all of which offer highly valuable community services.

Number of Students

1992/93 1996/97 2001/02

Primary 39 431 54 305 65 976 21.5%

Secondary 56 831 73 953 122 623 65.8%

Percentagechange in 2001/02

as compared with 1996/97

Note:(1) Referring to primary and secondary students in day schools only.

Number of Students Participating in Inter-School Sports Events

as a Percentage of the Student Population of the Relevant Level

Level of

Student

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Table 6 : Students’ Participation in School Music, Speech,Dance and Drama Festivals(1)

Note :(1) Referring to primary and secondary students in day schools only.

1992/93 1996/97 2001/02

Music 72 810 81 575 132 300 62.2%

Speech 61 383 73 690 128 280 74.1%

Dance 3 897 4 211 11 541 174.1%

Drama 5 550 6 880 12 256 78.1%

Percentagechange in 2001/02

as compared with 1996/97

Number of Students

Number of Students Participating in School Music & Speech Festivals

as a Percentage of the Total Student Population

Number of Students Participating in School Dance and Drama Festivals

as a Percentage of the Total Student Population

Inter-school

Festivals

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Table 7 : IT in Education

A) Usage of IT amongst Primary and Secondary Students (1)(2)

Note :(1) Including only students aged 10 and above studying full time in primary and secondary schools.(2) Based on the “Thematic Household Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration” conducted by the Census and

Statistics Department.(3) Including matriculation.(4) Including desktop computer, laptop/notebook computer and personal digital assistant (PDA).(5) Including only those who had used computer at least once a week during the past year .(6) Including only those who had used computer during the past year.(7) Including communication with others, browsing, searching for information, using online digital entertainment and electronic

business services, etc.

ItemPrimary Junior Secondary Senior Secondary(3)

2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002

52.2% 68.3% 79.1% 69.4% 86.7% 91.3% 81.1% 91.0% 95.1%

60.3% 88.6% 94.5% 85.0% 95.5% 98.8% 90.8% 96.0% 99.3%

3.5 5.6 8.3 6.9 10.8 15.6 10.7 15.5 17.8

Percentage

42.5% 75.8% 90.9% 69.6% 87.8% 96.7% 85.5% 92.8% 97.4%

55.3% 39.7% 55.8% 80.0% 45.4% 65.3% 78.1% 49.0% 67.7%

74.4% 69.8% 59.8% 65.5% 68.0% 59.2% 56.5% 61.7% 55.2%

Percentage of studentshaving computer(4) at home

Percentage of studentshaving knowledge of usingcomputer

Average duration of usingcomputer per week (hours)(5)

Major purpose of usingcomputer(6)

- Internet services(7)

- Word processing

- Playing computergame (Offline)

B) IT Competency of TeachersPercentage

Note:(1) Basic level - knowledge of general computer skills and capability to operate readily available educational software.(2) Intermediate level - capability to use IT tools and teaching resources in classroom teaching and lesson

preparation.(3) Upper Intermediate level - capability to handle computer networking, resolve simple hardware and software

problems, make use of authoring tools for lesson preparation and understand the characteristics and usesof different IT tools and resources.

(4) Advanced level - capability to advise on a wide range of matters relating to the use of IT in teaching,promote an IT culture in the school, develop school-based IT plans or teaching software, and manage theschool’s IT system.

IT Competency 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03

Basic(1) 100% 100% 100%

Intermediate(2) 21.7% 50.6% 75.0%

Upper Intermediate(3) 6.0% 12.0% 25.0%

Advanced(4) 3.9% 4.8% 6.7%

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Table 8 : The Teaching Force(1)

Table 9 : Native-speaking English Teachers(1)

Note :(1) Referring to the number of teachers employed by public sector schools under the Native-speaking

English Teacher Scheme, and projects funded by the Quality Education Fund only.

Notes :(1) Excluding English Schools Foundation and international schools.(2) Including figures for kindergartens as well as crèches and nurseries run by the Government or subvented organizations.(3) Referring to those teachers who have completed child care work training courses recognized by the Social Welfare Department

and teacher training courses recognized by the Education and Manpower Bureau.(4) Referring to figures for kindergartens only.(5) Referring to those teachers who have completed teacher training courses recognized by the Education and Manpower Bureau.(6) Including figures for special schools, practical schools and skills opportunity schools.na Not available.

Native-speaking English Teachers

2000/01 2001/02 2002/03

Primary Education 38 45 186

Secondary Education 441 460 470

Number

Level of Education

1992/93 1996/97 2001/02

56.2% 71.8% 82.0%

1.8% 2.8% 5.2%

86.4% 84.1% 90.8%

6.8% 20.8% 47.6%

3.8% 12.8% 40.7%

73.6% 76.2% 86.6%

70.5% 79.4% 87.5%

47.3% 57.8% 74.8%

76.9% 70.3% 83.5%

30.8% 51.1% 64.0%

na na 58.4%

Percentage

Level of Education

Trained teacher(2)(3)

Teacher with degree qualifications(4)

Trained teacher(5)

Teacher with degree or above qualifications

Trained teacher with degree or above qualifications

Trained teacher(5)

Teacher with degree or above qualifications

Trained teacher with degree or above qualifications

Trained teacher(5)

Teacher with degree or above qualifications

Trained teacher with degree or above qualifications

EarlyChildhoodEducation

PrimaryEducation

SecondaryEducation

SpecialEducation(6)

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Table 10 : Student-Teacher Ratio in Hong Kong as Comparedwith some Asian Countries (Year 2000)

(1) Figures from the website of the Ministry of Education, the People's Republic of China. The ratio for secondary educationincludes junior secondary and ordinary senior secondary only.

(2) Excluding English School Foundation, international and special schools, and referring to figures for day school only.(3) Figures from “Education at a Glance - OECD Indicator 2002” and calculations are based on full-time equivalents.(4) Figures from the website of the Ministry of Education, Singapore. The ratio is obtained by dividing the number of full-time

students by the number of full-time teachers.

Ratio of Students to Teachers

China(1) Hong Kong(2) Malaysia(3) Japan(3) Korea(3) Singapore(4)

22.2 : 1 22.0 : 1 21.3 : 1 20.9 : 1 32.1 : 1 24.9 : 1

18.4 : 1 18.6 : 1 17.9 : 1 15.2 : 1 21.2 : 1 18.6 : 1

Student-Teacher Ratio in Hong Kong

as Compared with some Asian Countries

Level ofEducation

PrimaryEducationSecondaryEducation

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Table 11 : Student Percentages by Level of Education

1992/93 1996/97 2001/02

na 200 090 177 719 11.2%

na 86.3% 90.7% 4.4points

756 972 727 081 739 207 1.7%

102.8% 99.9% 100.5% 0.5point

68 601 73 001 69 929 4.2%

86.6% 86.5% 91.7% 5.1points

26 656 27 162 29 770 9.6%

36.2% 37.0% 37.6% 0.6point

na 9 779 14 851 51.9%

na 14 849 15 245 2.7%

na 24 628 30 096 22.2%

na 30.3% 35.1% 4.8points

Note :(1) Excluding special schools/child care centres and referring to day courses only.(2) Figures include nurseries run by the Government or subvented organizations and kindergartens.(3) The enrolment figures for nurseries include students aged 3 and above only.(4) The relevant population refers to those aged 3 to 5.(5) Including primary education and S1-S3.(6) The relevant population refers to those aged 6 to 14.(7) Excluding repeaters.(8) Including (i) sub-degree courses funded by the UGC; (ii) higher diploma and unified higher diploma/diploma courses run by Hong Kong

Institute of Vocational Education; (iii) courses run by approved post-secondary colleges; and (iv) sub-degree courses run by the HongKong Academy for Performing Arts. Figures for 2001/02 also include full-time accreditated self-financing post-secondary programmesrun by the UGC funded institution and the VTC School of Business and Information Systems.

(9) Excluding self-financing undergraduate courses run by UGC-funded institutions.(10) The relevant population refers to those aged 17 to 20.na Not available.

Percentage/Percentage pointchange in 2002/03as compared with

1996/97

Level

of EducationType

Early ChildhoodEducation(1) (2)

Nine-year BasicEducation(1) (5)

Senior SecondaryEducation(1)

Higher Education(full-timeequivalent offirst-year studentenrolment)

Enrolment(3)

- As a percentage of therelevant population(4)

Enrolment

- As a percentage of therelevant population(6)

S4 enrolment(7)

- S4 enrolment(7) as apercentage of S3 enrolment inthe previous year

S6 enrolment(7)

- S6 enrolment(7) as apercentage of S5 enrolment inthe previous year

Sub-degree course enrolment(8)

Undergraduate courseenrolment(9)

Sub-total

- As a percentage of theaverage relevant population(10)

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Table 12 : Type and Number of Schools (1) (2001/02)

Note :(1) Referring to figures for day schools only.(2) Excluding special schools.(3) Referring to nurseries run by the Government or subvented organizations and kindergartens only.(4) Including (i) UGC-funded institutions; (ii) Vocational Training Council; (iii) approved post-secondary colleges;

(iv) other private schools offering post-secondary courses (e.g. the Chu Hai College, Hong Kong AdventistCollege and Hong Kong Buddhist College, etc); and (v) the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Early Childhood Education(2)(3) Primary Education(2)

Secondary Education(2) Higher Education(4)

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Table 13 : School Facilities

Note :(1) The calculation of net operational floor area is based on the latest schedule of accommodation of the year, excluding the

open space of the school.(2) Calculations are based on the net operational floor area and the average number of students of each school in the year.

Floor area and

standard facilities

are the same as

design standards

in 2000.

However, the

Education and

Manpower

Bureau would

adopt non-

standard design

for school

building as far as

practicable.

Flexibility in

provision of

facilities would

also be given to

the school

sponsoring

bodies to

facilitate

realization of

their education

vision and

school-based

curriculum.

Net operational

floor area per

student(2)

30 classrooms, 4

special rooms, 1

hall and other

ancilliary facilities

30 classrooms, 4

special rooms, 1

hall and other

ancilliary facilities

30 classrooms, 6

special rooms

including computer-

assisted learning

room and language

room, 1 hall, multi-

purpose area,

student activity

centre and other

ancilliary facilities.

Net operational

floor area per

student(2)

Level of

Education

Standard

Facilities

Design

Standards 1990

Design

Standards 1995

Design

Standards 2000Design in 2003

Primary

Education

Net operational

floor area(1) 4 010 m2 4 416 m2 5 743 m2

3.56 m2 4.53 m2 5.89 m2

Standard facilities

Secondary

EducationNet operational

floor area(1) 5 857 m2 6 164 m2 7 755 m2

3.90 m2 4.56 m2 6.01 m2

26 classrooms, 14

special rooms, 1

hall and other

ancilliary facilities

26 classrooms, 14

special rooms, 1

hall and other

ancilliary facilities

Standard facilities30 classrooms, 16special roomsincluding computer-assisted learningroom, languageroom, 1 hall, multi-purpose area,student activitycentre and otherancilliary facilities.

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Table 14 : Whole-day Primary Schools

2000/01 2001/02 2002/03

Number of whole-day government, 296 331 375

aided and DSS primary schools(1)

Percentage of government, aided and DSS 42% 49% 60%*

primary school places operating on a whole-

day basis

Table 15 : Number of Schools with Parent-TeacherAssociations(1)

Note :(1) Excluding English Schools Foundation and international schools.* Estimated figure.

Level of Educaton 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03

93 135 194

11.8% 17.2% 24.9%

556 690 712

68.1% 84.7% 88.7%

383 400 423

78.8% 80.8% 86.7%

60 61 66

81.1% 82.4% 89.2%

Kindergarten

- Number of kindergartens with parent-teacher

associations

- Number of kindergartens with parent-teacher

associations as a percentage of all kindergartens

Primary

- Number of schools with parent-teacher associations

- Number of schools with parent-teacher associations

as a percentage of all primary schools

Secondary

- Number of schools with parent-teacher associations

- Number of schools with parent-teacher associations

as a percentage of all secondary schools

Special Education(2)

- Number of special schools with parent-teacher

associations

- Number of special schools with parent-teacher

associations as a percentage of all special schools

Note :

(1) Figures for 2000/01 & 2001/02 have taken into account the findings of a survey conducted on parent-teacher associations in 1999,

information extracted from profiles of primary and secondary schools in 2000 & 2001, and the number of applications for Home-School

Co-operation Project Grants; figures for 2002/03 have also taken into account the information extracted from profiles of kingdergartens

and special schools.

(2) Including special schools, practical schools and skills opportunity schools.

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Table 16 : Total Government Expenditure onEducation

1992/93 1996/97

22,180 37,908 61,024# 61.0%

21.1% 21.8% 23.8%# 1.9points

2.7% 3.0% 4.8%* 1.8points

$million

Percentage /Percentage point

change in 2003/04 ascompared with 1996/97

2003/04

(estimate)

Total Government expenditure

on education

Government expenditure on

education as a percentage of

total Government expenditure

Government expenditure on

education as a ratio to Gross

Domestic Product

Note :# Approved estimate* Provisional figure+ Revised estimate

Total Government Expenditure on Education

$million

Year

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Table 17 : Recurrent Expenditure on Education

Note :(1) Referring to expenditure on kindergarten education only.(2) Including expenditure on primary education, secondary education, special education and departmental support services.(3) Vocational education at equivalent level has been grouped under "Vocational Education".(4) Referring to expenditure on craft, technician and higher technician level courses run by the two former Technical

Colleges and seven former Technical Institutes before 1999, and the courses run by Hong Kong Institute of VocationalEducation from 1999 onwards.

(5) Referring to expenditure on adult education courses run or funded by the Education and Manpower Bureau.^ The sum may not equal to the total due to rounding.# Approved estimate.

Level of Education 1992/93 1996/97

Pre-primary Education(1) 131 428 911 112.9%

School Education(2)(3) 12,545 19,745 32,536 64.8%

Higher Education(3) 6,104 12,221 14,149 15.8%

Vocational Education(4) 605 1,321 1,598 21.0%

Adult Education(5) 41 64 67 4.7%

Total^ 19,426 33,779 49,261 45.8%

As a percentage of total recurrent 23.8% 25.1% 23.8% 1.3points

Government expenditure

Note:(1) Figures refer to Government's subsidies to aided schools, taking into account the tuition fee.(2) Figures refer to the annual expenditure on programmes funded by the University Grants Committee

(including income from grants plus school fees) divided by the number of full-time equivalent students.

Level of Education 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002

Primary Education(1) 20,600 22,700 23,600

Secondary S1-S5 30,300 32,100 33,600

Education(1) S6-S7 49,600 52,300 54,200

Tertiary Sub-degree 156,300 161,200 151,200

Education(2) Undergraduate 233,400 246,600 234,500

$

$million

2003/04#

(estimate)

Table 18 : Annual Student Unit Cost

Percentage/Percentage pointchange in 2002/03as compared with

1996/97

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