The bar chart illustrates the number of male and female students enrolled in full-time and part-time education in three different years: 1990, 1998, and 2005.
Overall, it is evident that participation in both full-time and part-time education increased significantly for both genders over the period, with female students showing a particularly remarkable rise in numbers. By 2005, the figures for men and women were broadly similar, whereas in 1990 males had been more dominant in full-time education.
In 1990, around 200 men studied full-time, which was slightly higher than the figure for women, at about 180. However, in part-time study, females slightly outnumbered males (approximately 150 compared to 100). By 1998, both genders experienced growth, with men reaching nearly 300 in full-time courses, while women climbed to over 250. A similar upward trend was observed in part-time education, where both genders recorded noticeable increases.
The year 2005 marked the most dramatic rise in student numbers. Male and female full-time enrollments surged to around 800 and 850 respectively, while both genders reached around 800 in part-time education. This demonstrates that women had overtaken men in full-time study by a small margin, whereas participation in part-time courses was almost equal between the sexes.