Band 6+: The charts below show the percentage of male and female students of different age groups who studied in full-time and part-time in a particular country in 2006. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar charts illustrate the proportion of male and female learners of various age brackets who did full-time and part-time studies in a certain nation in the year of 2006.

Overall, women participation in part-time studies was greater than that of male among all age groups, except the oldest one. Meanwhile, the greatest percentage of students participated for part-time studies was in the 20-24 age bracket from both genders.

A significant difference between full-time and part-time learners was among 20 to 24 years olds. Accordingly, the percentages of male and female part-time students were 40% and 42%, respectively which were the highest. However, the teenagers’ involvement in studies was around 10%, irrespective to the gender and type of study.

Notably, women in the 25-29 age bracket, participated in full-time and part-time learning similarly at 8%. Nevertheless, full-time students were higher compared to the part-time learners, among over 30s in both sexes. Particularly, female students who did part-time education was the lowest at 6% among all age brackets.