Results of the Education Survey released by the Statistics and Census Service indicated that in the academic year 2006/2007, there were 134 schools or institutions providing regular education in Macao, comprising 12 institutions of higher education and 122 schools that offered pre-primary, primary and/or secondary (including vocational-technical secondary) education. Among those providing non-tertiary education, 102 were private schools, of which 81 had joined the universal basic education network. The survey also covered 10 schools of special education, 129 establishments of adult education and 151 private tutorial centres. At the end of the academic year 2006/2007, there were 17,462 students attending higher education, up by 9.6% over the previous academic year, and 70.5% were local students. Total number of students in non-tertiary education decreased by 4.7% to 87,115, with that of students in secondary education decreasing by 2.2% to 44,988, marking the second consecutive year of decline; number of students in pre-primary (9,453) and primary education (32,674) continued to fall, down by 7.5% and 7.1% respectively. In the academic year 2006/2007, number of teachers engaging in regular education increased by 5.3% to 6,393. The teacher/student ratio for regular education was 1 to 16.4; the ratio for non-tertiary and higher education was 1 to 18.7 and 1 to 10.1 respectively. Compared with the academic year 2005/2006, number of students receiving special education dropped by 4.3% to 492 and those enroling in adult education increased by 15.3% to 119,350. Data collected from the 151 private tutorial centres indicated that a total of 4,887 students were receiving auxiliary tutorial services at these centres, with 68.5% attending primary and 17.7% attending secondary education.
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