§ Mr. James Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs how many children of school age in Hong Kong colony are attending school full-time; and what are these numbers expressed as a percentage of the total children of school age, and also as a percentage of the possible totals in the primary and secondary schools, respectively.
§ Mrs. HartAt September, 1966 the total enrolment of school children pursuing full-time courses up to school certificate level amounted to 799,023 or 76.9 per cent. of children in the age range 6–16 years inclusive. Although the number of children of primary school age was 612,650, primary school enrolments were 620,298 or 101 per cent. relative to the total of the appropriate age group. But separate figures are not available to show 147W how many children at primary schools were above or below the appropriate school age.
Secondary school enrolments amounted to 178,725 or 41.9 per cent. of the total population of children of secondary school age.
In addition to the above, 8,084 children attend 6th forms in Secondary day schools and part-time education is followed by 38,120 primary pupils at special late afternoon or early evening courses and by 36,129 secondary pupils at night or tutorial classes.