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Contents
Page An Overview of the Education System in Hong Kong 2
Table 1 : Educational Attainment of Population Aged 15 and Above 3 2003
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
1 Education Statistics
An Overview of the Education System in Hong Kong
Normal Age (Qualifications)
2003 Post- graduate courses
22 (Degree)
Universities (Yr 1 - Yr 3)
Post- secondary 19 (Matriculation) courses (2) Upper Six(S7) Lower Six(S6)
17 (Secondary) Senior Secondary Technician / Craft level (S4 - S5) courses (1)
15 (Basic Education) Junior Secondary (S1 - S3) 12
Primary (P1 - P6)
6
Early Childhood (K1 - K3) 3
(1) Including courses run by the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE). (2) Including associate degree, higher diploma/certificate and diploma/certificate courses.
2 Education Statistics Table 1 : Educational Attainment of Population Aged 15 and Above(1)
Percentage Percentage point change in 2002 as Highest Education Level Attained 1992 1997 2002 compared with 2003 1997
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
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
3 Education Statistics Table 2 : Performance of Students in Public Examinations(1)
Percentage point change in 2002 1997 2002 as compared with 2003 1997 Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) - Percentage of candidates attaining Grade E or above in 5 subjects (including Chinese Language, English 46.2% 51.3% 5.1 points Language(2) and Mathematics)(3) - Percentage of candidates obtaining 14 points or above (based on the 6 subjects 26.9% 30.4% 3.5 points scoring the highest points)(4) Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) - Percentage of candidates meeting mini- (5) mum admission requirements for 56.2% 59.6% 3.4 points degree programmes (6) - Percentage of candidates meeting mini- mum admission requirements for degree programmes; and attaining Grade A in 6.9% 7.0% 0.1point one or more A-level subjects
Performance of Students in Public Examinations
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 degree programmes; and attaining Grade A in one or more A-level subjects
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.
4 Education Statistics Table 3 : Physical Development of Students
Year 2000 2001 2002
Sex Male Female Male Female Male Female 2003 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
Students’ Average Weight as Compared with some Asian Countries
Students’ Average Height as Compared with some Asian Countries
Note : Figures for students’ average Sources : weight and height for (1) Sample survey of students’ weight and height con- (2) Report on the Physical Fitness and Health Surveillance of China refer to students in ducted in 2002 by the Education and Manpower Chinese School Students 2000. cities only. Bureau, Hong Kong (3) Social Indicators in Korea 2002. (4) Japan Statistical Yearbook 2003.
5 Education Statistics Table 4 : Students’ Participation in Social and Voluntary Services(1)
Number of Student Member Organ- HK Girl Scout HK Award Hong Kong izations Community Hong Kong Junior Guides Association for Young Road Safety School
2003 Youth Club Red Cross Police Call Year Association of Hong Kong People Patrol
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. Table 5 : Students’ Participation in Inter-School Sports Events(1)
Number of Students
Level of Percentage 1992/93 1996/97 2001/02 change in 2001/02 Student as compared with 1996/97 Primary 39 431 54 305 65 976 21.5%
Secondary 56 831 73 953 122 623 65.8%
Number of Students Participating in Inter-School Sports Events as a Percentage of the Student Population of the Relevant Level
Note: (1) Referring to primary and secondary students in day schools only.
6 Education Statistics Table 6 : Students’ Participation in School Music, Speech, Dance and Drama Festivals(1)
Number of Students Inter-school Percentage 1992/93 1996/97 2001/02 change in 2001/02 Festivals as compared with 1996/97 2003
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%
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
Note : (1) Referring to primary and secondary students in day schools only.
7 Education Statistics Table 7 : IT in Education
A) Usage of IT amongst Primary and Secondary Students (1)(2)
2003 Primary Junior Secondary Senior Secondary(3) Item 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 Percentage of students 52.2% 68.3% 79.1% 69.4% 86.7% 91.3% 81.1% 91.0% 95.1% having computer(4) at home Percentage of students having knowledge of using 60.3% 88.6% 94.5% 85.0% 95.5% 98.8% 90.8% 96.0% 99.3% computer Average duration of using computer per week (hours)(5) 3.5 5.6 8.3 6.9 10.8 15.6 10.7 15.5 17.8 Major purpose of using computer(6) Percentage - Internet services(7) 42.5% 75.8% 90.9% 69.6% 87.8% 96.7% 85.5% 92.8% 97.4% - Word processing 55.3% 39.7% 55.8% 80.0% 45.4% 65.3% 78.1% 49.0% 67.7% - Playing computer game (Offline) 74.4% 69.8% 59.8% 65.5% 68.0% 59.2% 56.5% 61.7% 55.2%
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.
B) IT Competency of Teachers Percentage 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%
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 uses of 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 the school’s IT system.
8 Education Statistics Table 8 : The Teaching Force(1)
Percentage
Level of Education 1992/93 1996/97 2001/02 2003 Early Trained teacher(2)(3) 56.2% 71.8% 82.0% Childhood Education Teacher with degree qualifications(4) 1.8% 2.8% 5.2%
Trained teacher(5) 86.4% 84.1% 90.8% Primary Education Teacher with degree or above qualifications 6.8% 20.8% 47.6% Trained teacher with degree or above qualifications 3.8% 12.8% 40.7%
Trained teacher(5) 73.6% 76.2% 86.6% Secondary Education Teacher with degree or above qualifications 70.5% 79.4% 87.5% Trained teacher with degree or above qualifications 47.3% 57.8% 74.8%
Trained teacher(5) 76.9% 70.3% 83.5% Special Education(6) Teacher with degree or above qualifications 30.8% 51.1% 64.0% Trained teacher with degree or above qualifications na na 58.4%
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.
Table 9 : Native-speaking English Teachers(1)
Number
Native-speaking English Teachers Level of Education 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03
Primary Education 38 45 186
Secondary Education 441 460 470
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.
9 Education Statistics Table 10 : Student-Teacher Ratio in Hong Kong as Compared with some Asian Countries (Year 2000)
Ratio of Students to Teachers Level of China(1) Hong Kong(2) Malaysia(3) Japan(3) Korea(3) Singapore(4)
Education 2003 Primary Education 22.2 : 1 22.0 : 1 21.3 : 1 20.9 : 1 32.1 : 1 24.9 : 1 Secondary 18.4 : 1 18.6 : 1 17.9 : 1 15.2 : 1 21.2 : 1 18.6 : 1 Education
Student-Teacher Ratio in Hong Kong as Compared with some Asian Countries
(1) Figures from the website of the Ministry of Education, the People's Republic of China. The ratio for secondary education includes 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.
10 Education Statistics Table 11 : Student Percentages by Level of Education
Percentage/ Level Percentage point Type
1992/93 1996/97 2001/02 change in 2002/03 2003 of Education as compared with 1996/97
Early Childhood Enrolment(3) na 200 090 177 719 11.2% Education(1) (2) - As a percentage of the relevant population(4) na 86.3% 90.7% 4.4points
Nine-year Basic Enrolment 756 972 727 081 739 207 1.7% Education(1) (5) - As a percentage of the relevant population(6) 102.8% 99.9% 100.5% 0.5point Senior Secondary S4 enrolment(7) 68 601 73 001 69 929 4.2% Education(1) - S4 enrolment(7) as a 86.6% 86.5% 91.7% 5.1points percentage of S3 enrolment in the previous year S6 enrolment(7) 26 656 27 162 29 770 9.6% - S6 enrolment(7) as a 36.2% 37.0% 37.6% 0.6point percentage of S5 enrolment in the previous year Higher Education Sub-degree course enrolment(8) na 9 779 14 851 51.9% (full-time Undergraduate course equivalent of na 14 849 15 245 2.7% enrolment(9) first-year student enrolment) Sub-total na 24 628 30 096 22.2%
- As a percentage of the na 30.3% 35.1% 4.8points average relevant population(10)
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 Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Figures for 2001/02 also include full-time accreditated self-financing post-secondary programmes run 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.
11 Education Statistics Table 12 : Type and Number of Schools (1) (2001/02)
Early Childhood Education(2)(3) Primary Education(2) 2003
Secondary Education(2) Higher Education(4)
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 Adventist College and Hong Kong Buddhist College, etc); and (v) the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
12 Education Statistics Table 13 : School Facilities
Level of Standard Design Design Design Design in 2003
Education Facilities Standards 1990 Standards 1995 Standards 2000 2003
Primary Net operational Floor area and 4 010 m2 4 416 m2 5 743 m2 Education floor area(1) standard facilities are the same as Net operational design standards 2 2 2 floor area per 3.56 m 4.53 m 5.89 m in 2000. (2) student However, the 30 classrooms, 6 Education and Standard facilities 30 classrooms, 4 30 classrooms, 4 special rooms Manpower special rooms, 1 special rooms, 1 including computer- Bureau would hall and other hall and other assisted learning adopt non- ancilliary facilities ancilliary facilities room and language standard design room, 1 hall, multi- for school purpose area, building as far as student activity practicable. centre and other Flexibility in ancilliary facilities. provision of facilities would Secondary Net operational also be given to 2 2 2 Education floor area(1) 5 857 m 6 164 m 7 755 m the school sponsoring Net operational bodies to floor area per 3.90 m2 4.56 m2 6.01 m2 facilitate student(2) realization of 30 classrooms, 16 their education Standard facilities 26 classrooms, 14 26 classrooms, 14 special rooms vision and special rooms, 1 special rooms, 1 including computer- school-based hall and other hall and other assisted learning curriculum. ancilliary facilities ancilliary facilities room, language room, 1 hall, multi- purpose area, student activity centre and other ancilliary 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.
13 Education Statistics Table 14 : Whole-day Primary Schools
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003 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
Note : (1) Excluding English Schools Foundation and international schools. * Estimated figure.
Table 15 : Number of Schools with Parent-Teacher Associations(1)
Level of Educaton 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03
Kindergarten - Number of kindergartens with parent-teacher 93 135 194 associations - Number of kindergartens with parent-teacher 11.8% 17.2% 24.9% associations as a percentage of all kindergartens Primary - Number of schools with parent-teacher associations 556 690 712 - Number of schools with parent-teacher associations 68.1% 84.7% 88.7% as a percentage of all primary schools Secondary - Number of schools with parent-teacher associations 383 400 423 - Number of schools with parent-teacher associations 78.8% 80.8% 86.7% as a percentage of all secondary schools Special Education(2) - Number of special schools with parent-teacher 60 61 66 associations - Number of special schools with parent-teacher 81.1% 82.4% 89.2% 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.
14 Education Statistics Table 16 : Total Government Expenditure on Education
$million Percentage / 2003/04 Percentage point
1992/93 1996/97 2003 (estimate) change in 2003/04 as compared with 1996/97
Total Government expenditure 22,180 37,908 61,024# 61.0% on education Government expenditure on 21.1% 21.8% 23.8%# 1.9points education as a percentage of total Government expenditure Government expenditure on 2.7% 3.0% 4.8%* 1.8points education as a ratio to Gross Domestic Product
Total Government Expenditure on Education $million
Year
Note : # Approved estimate * Provisional figure + Revised estimate
15 Education Statistics Table 17 : Recurrent Expenditure on Education
$million Percentage/ 2003/04# Percentage point change in 2002/03 2003 Level of Education 1992/93 1996/97 (estimate) as compared with 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) 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 Vocational Education 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.
Table 18 : Annual Student Unit Cost
$
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
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.
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