The bar chart provides information about the gender disparity in tertiary education either fulltime or part-time in three different decades.
Overall, the number of men and women who studied full-time gradually grew over the three periods. Meanwhile, the number of women who followed part-time education significantly climbed over the three decades, while the number of men who pursued the same dropped.
Looking closely, the graph highlights that the number of men studying fulltime steadily increased from approximately 100,000 in 1970/71 to 200,000 in 1990/91, while this figure for women rose from nearly 50,000 in 1970/71 and equalled the number of men peaking at 200,000 in 1990/91.
On the other hand, the number of individuals who studied part-time was remarkably greater than those who attended fulltime, regardless of the gender. The number of women who learnt part-time steeply climbed from around 750,000 in 1970/71 to 1100,000 in 1990/91, while the figure fluctuated between 1,000,000 and 850,000 for men between 1970/71 and 1990/91.
