The bar graph illustrates the average number of years which adult male and female spent at school, whereas, pie chart provides data on levels of education attained by young students in Singapore, between 2000 and 2010
Overall, males attended school for longer as compared to women, and the ratio of male students increased over the periods while number of women remained relatively stable. In terms of degrees, only a small proportion of population completed master and university qualification, and highschool was the most studied degree. Nevertheless, over the period literacy rate skyrocketed as more people chose to had third-level education.
Adult males spent around 9 years in school in 2000, this number rose to 12 years over the course of a decade. In contrast, women only attended schools for 8 years both in 2000 and 2002, which slightly increased to nearly 9 years by the 2010.
In 2000, highly number of students enrolled in highschool with 32.13%, this proportion dropped to 19.55% by 2010. Almost an equal percentage of students completed their secondary and primary school qualification 26.35 and 25.77%, respectively. In the year 2010. these enrollment figures fell to 15.2% and 19.55%.
Conversely, only 8.3% students acquired university education, in 2000. This proportion surged to 32.93%, becoming the most popular degree choice among students by 2010. Likewise, master, the least attended qualification rose significantly to 30.31% in 2010, as compared to 7.5% in 2000.