Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 12 institutions of higher education in the 2008/2009 academic year; meanwhile a total of 109 schools offering pre-primary, primary and secondary (including vocational-technical) education, 76 are within the free education system; moreover, there were 9 schools offering special education. At the end of the 2008/2009 academic year, there were 20,917 students attending higher education, up by 11.6% over the previous academic year, with local students accounting for 69.2%. Meanwhile, pre-primary, primary and secondary education had 76,214 students, with those of primary (27,481) and secondary (39,463) decreased by 8.4% and 4.0% respectively, while pre-primary students (9,270) rose by 1.3%. In addition, there were 482 students attending special education, up slightly by 0.4%. Total number of teachers engaging in higher education was 1,812; those teaching in pre-primary, primary and secondary education totalled 4,847 while 108 were in special education. Teacher/student ratio for higher education was 1 to 11.5; the ratio for pre-primary, primary and secondary education was 1 to 15.7 and that for special education was 1 to 4.5. The Education Survey for the 2008/2009 academic year also covered 12 schools providing recurrent education, 137 establishments providing adult education and 152 private tutorial centres. Number of students attending recurrent education increased by 6.3% to 2,880; course enrolment of adult education totalled 129,146, down by 1.0% year-on-year. Meanwhile, a total of 5,067 students were receiving auxiliary tutorial services at 152 private tutorial centres, with 70.8% being primary students and 15.5% being secondary students. As regards the 2009/2010 academic year, a total of 33,007 students enrolled in higher education and 73,782 students in pre-primary, primary and secondary education.
