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Salary Grades and Expenditure
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Kindergartens
Special note: With the exception of salary range midpoints all values have been provided with upward rounding to the first digit. As all calculations were made without rounding, hand calculations of the displayed figures are likely to result in slightly different results from those provided.

Nonprofit Making Kindergartens
Salary grade Salary range (HK dollars per month) *Number of personnel **One Half-day **Two Half-days ***Full-time equivalent ****Estimated monthly expenditure *****Estimated annual expenditure
Low High Midpoint
 
Principal 19,510 31,520 25515 479 37  442 460.5  11,749,658  140,995,890
Qualified Teacher 12,895 23,720 18307.5 4062.4 1023.7  3038.7 3550.5  65,000,779  780,015,561
Qualified Assistant Teacher 10,020 16,480 13250 302.6 76.3  226.3 264.5  3,504,625  42,051,001
Untrained Teacher 9,610 10,910 10260 1033 340  693 863  8,854,380  106,252,560
Subtotal       5877 1477  4400 5138.5   HK$ 1,069,315,012
 
Source: Department of Education, Planning and Research Division, Statistics Section. 2002 (May). Teacher Statistics 2001. Table 2.4 Number of kindergarten teachers by rank and sector, Table 2.9 Number of kindergarten teachers by training and sector, and Table 2.11 Distribution of kindergarten teachers by rank, session, sector, and training, and Table 2.14 Distribution of kindergarten teachers by training, qualification, and sector.
Notes: * Though distinction was made between trained and untrained personnel for principals and teachers separately, separate information about qualifications for teachers and principals was not. Thus, for each of the two categories Qualified Teacher and Qualified Assistant Teacher a percentage of the total number of principals and teachers who are teachers was assigned. Hence the decimal fractions.
   ** In order to obtain appropriate figures for the two categories Qualified Teacher and Qualified Assistant Teacher it was necessary to calculate the percentage of each that fall into the category trained.
   *** Full-time equivalents were found by dividing the number of personnel working half-days by two and adding them to the number working two half-days.
  **** Estimated monthly expenditure was found by multiplying the midpoint of each salary range times the number of full-time equivalents.
  ***** Estimated annual expenditure was found by multiplying estimated monthly expenditure by twelve.
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Private Independent Kindergartens
Salary grade Salary range (HK dollars per month) *Number of personnel **One Half-day **Two Half-days ***Full-time equivalent ****Estimated monthly expenditure *****Estimated annual expenditure
Low High Midpoint
 
Principal 19,510 31,520 25515 260 35 225 242.5 6,187,388 74,248,650
Qualified Teacher 12,895 23,720 18307.5 1508.4 481.2 1140.1 1380.7 25,276,389 303,316,667
Qualified Assistant Teacher 10,020 16,480 13250 233.6 35.8 84.9 102.8 1,362,662 16,351,943
Untrained Teacher 9,610 10,910 10260 899 393 506 702.5 7,207,650 86,491,800
Subtotal       2901 945 1956 2428.5   HK$ 480,409,059
 
Source: Department of Education, Planning and Research Division, Statistics Section. 2002 (May). Teacher Statistics 2001. Table 2.4 Number of kindergarten teachers by rank and sector, Table 2.9 Number of kindergarten teachers by training and sector, and Table 2.11 Distribution of kindergarten teachers by rank, session, sector, and training, and Table 2.14 Distribution of kindergarten teachers by training, qualification, and sector.
Notes: * Though distinction was made between trained and untrained personnel for principals and teachers separately, separate information about qualifications for teachers and principals was not. Thus, for each of the two categories Qualified Teacher and Qualified Assistant Teacher a percentage of the total number of principals and teachers who are teachers was assigned. Hence the decimal fractions.
   ** In order to obtain appropriate figures for the two categories Qualified Teacher and Qualified Assistant Teacher it was necessary to calculate the percentage of each that fall into the category trained.
   *** Full-time equivalents were found by dividing the number of personnel working half-days by two and adding them to the number working two half-days.
  **** Estimated monthly expenditure was found by multiplying the midpoint of each salary range times the number of full-time equivalents.
  ***** Estimated annual expenditure was found by multiplying estimated monthly expenditure by twelve.
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Total Expenditure on Kindergarten Teachers' Salaries
 
Nonprofit Kindergartens Subtotals
  • Principals (Untrained and trained teachers and non-teachers)
 140,995,890
  • Teachers (Trained and untrained)
928,319,122
 Total
1,069,315,012
Private independent kindergartens

  • Principals (Untrained and trained teachers and non-teachers)
74,248,650
  • Teachers (Trained and untrained)
 406,160,409
Total
480,409,059
 Grand total   HK$ 1,549,724,072
 
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