The bar chart compares the average number of years at school of adult males and females from 2000 to 2010, and the pie charts illustrates the level of highest educational achievement in Singapore.
Overall, men and women at school showed an upward trend, albeit to varying degrees, with adult males sharing the highest number of years consistently. It is also evident that secondary education accounted for the largest proportion in 2000, whereas university education became the most common level by 2010.
In detail, the number of years of schooling among males increased steadily from 9.2 to 10.2 in 2008, before reaching a peak of around 10.5 by the end of the period. By comparison, there was also a noticeable growth in the number of women, rising from about 8 at the starting point to roughly 9.1 at the end.
Turning to the remaining charts, the proportion of people whose highest level of education was secondary school at 27.7%, compared with diploma and professional qualification at 27.6% in 2000. Below secondary and university showed similar percentages of 23.6% and 21.1%, respectively.
In spite of being the lowest proportion in the initial year, achievement from university grew significantly to 44.1%, as opposed to below secondary school, decreased to approximately 8.6%. Finally, the level of achievement from secondary education declined considerably to 13.4%, while the diploma and professional qualification figure rose markedly to 33.9% by 2010.