The graphs illustrate the approximate number of years which was spent by adult male and female students at school, and the percentage of different education levels between 2000 and 2010 in Singapore.
Overall, it can be seen that adult males spent the highest amount of the at school compared with the females, while their qualification rate transformed throughout the period.
Looking first at bar chart, in 2000, male learners spent their time at school for education was around 8.5 years, and this figure rose slightly to just under 10. However, the figure for female students was stable, showing least interested in education. Over the following years, the tendency of being educated person was climbed among them, and they spent nearly 9 years at school by 2010. Meanwhile, the number of years which was spent by adult males was almost 12 in 2010, demonstrating the highest figure in the given chart.
Regarding pie chart, the highest number of adults obtained high school certificates, at 32.13% in 2000, which was decreased in 2010, at 19.55%. Nevertheless, the proportion of primary school qualification and secondary school qualification were 25.77% and 26.3% respectively, and these rate declined dramatically to 2.1% and 15.2% respectively in the last year. In contrast, the percentage of people who accomplish their bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Singapore was surged significantly by 2010, from 8.3%-7.5% to 32.93%-30.31%.