This glossary lists the definition of the major terms used in student enrolment statistics. They are included here simply to facilitate better understanding of the statistics. As such, they may differ from those used by other divisions/sections of the Education Bureau and should NOT therefore be taken as OFFICIAL ones to be adopted for other purposes.
(For easy reference, the terms below are arranged in alphabetical order.)
It refers to the capacity of operating classes at primary or secondary level in terms of the number of students that can be accommodated in accordance to the planned class size as adopted by the school concerned. Places in vacant classrooms are not counted. For public sector schools (including government, aided and caput schools), accommodations of schools are stipulated by Education Bureau, which may vary across years, districts or schools depending on the prevailing policy.
The number of students registered in a class as at the reference date. For combined class with students from different grades, the class size of a particular grade is the number of students of that grade. The number of class is counted as one-half, one-third, etc. according to the number of grades in the class.
A scheme introduced in 1991 to inject more variety into the education system to provide parents with more choices. Under the scheme, schools are free to decide their curriculum, fees and entrance requirements that are consistent with basic education standards.
Government subsidy may vary depending on the number of pupils in the schools, i.e. on the success of the schools in attracting parents.
分區 District
指按照地方行政而劃分的區議會分區。本港共 有18個區議會分區。
This refers to District Council (DC) districts which are delineated basically for district administration purposes. There are 18 DC districts.
They refer to those international schools operated under the administration of the English Schools Foundation (ESF). The ESF was established by Ordinance in 1967 to own, manage, administer and operate within Hong Kong or elsewhere schools offering, without regard to race or religion, a modern liberal education through the medium of English language to boys and girls who are able to benefit from such an education.
108
名詞釋義 (續) Glossary of Terms (Cont’d)
官立學校 Government School
完全由政府資助及直接營辦的學校。 A school wholly financed and operated by the Government.
級別 Grade
代表學生在一個學年內所修讀的學校課程。 A division of the instructional programme of a school representing the work of one school year.
They refer to those schools offering full non-local formal curricula designed for the needs of a particular cultural, racial or linguistic group or for students wishing to pursue their studies overseas. They include schools under the English Schools Foundation and other private international schools.
Relative to international schools, local schools refer to schools which offer local formal curriculum and whose students are prepared to sit for local examinations (e.g.
the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education).
非牟利幼稚園和私立獨立幼稚園 Non-profit-making Kindergartens and Private Independent Kindergartens
The Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS) implemented since the 2007/08 school year provides fee subsidy for parents of children attending nursery, lower and upper classes in eligible non-profit-making local kindergartens and in parallel, subsidises teachers’
A school run by a private organisation. Normally, no subsidisation of any kind is offered by the Government (except for Private Independent Schools). Private Independent Schools established under the Private Independent School Scheme which was launched pursuant to the 1999 Private School Policy Review are classified under ‘private schools’. Most of the Private Independent Schools operate non-local formal curriculum course.
重讀生 Repeaters
重讀生是指 Repeaters refer to
甲) 在統計參照日就讀與上個學年同一級別 的學生,不論他們是在同一學校重讀,
或是從另一學校轉校重讀,或
a) students who as at the reference date are studying the same grade as they were in the last school year regardless of whether they are studying in the same school or have been transferred there from another school, or
乙) 在上個學年內輟學而現時就讀輟學前同一 級別的學生,不論他們以前是在那一所學校就 讀。
b) students who had withdrawn from studies during the last school year and are now attending the same grade as they did before they withdrew regardless of the school they previously attended.
A 'school' refers to an education institution in operation as at the reference date (i.e. mid-September) irrespective of the number of pupils enrolled. It is mainly registration based. A school may be situated at one or more locations and managed by one or more school administrations. On the other hand, two or more schools may share accommodation in a single premises and managed by one or more administrations.
Statistics on number of schools are provided by the School Development Division of the Education Bureau. The Arts & Technology Education Centre (previously known as Practical Education Centre), Ho Koon Nature Ed Cum Astronomical Centre and Caritas Chan Chun Ha Field Studies Centre have been included in the total number of schools.