Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 51 institutions offering vocational training courses in 2016, an increase of 9 institutions year-on-year. A total of 1,718 courses were organised, up by 11.8% year-on-year.

Total number of participants increased by 9.6% year-on-year to 65,751. Most courses registered an increase in participants as residents grasped the chance to enjoy the benefits of the Continuing Education Development Plan in 2016, which was the last year of the Plan’s second phase.

Analysed by course type, Business & Administration courses had the highest number of participants, accounting for 30.8% (20,271) of the total, followed by Computing courses at 12.5% (8,223) and Language courses at 11.0% (7,255). The course completion rate was 84.6%, down by 3.4 percentage points year-on-year.

Among the 1,718 vocational training courses, 681 were organised for enterprises or institutions by 19 training institutions. Number of participants increased slightly by 1.0% year-on-year to 24,514, of which the majority took Business & Administration courses at 45.8% (11,229) and 16.6% (4,077) took language courses; meanwhile, proportions for participants who took Health courses and Computing courses both stood at 6.6% (1,627).

Survey on Vocational Training covers institutions that offered vocational training courses. Information on course types and participants are collected with the aim to understand the provision of and resident participation in vocational training in Macao.