The charts indicate the average schooling years of Singaporean men and women, and a breakdown of the Singaporean population according to four educational levels from 2000 to 2010. Overall, school attendance of both genders grew, with the figure for male consistently larger than that for females. Specifically, Singaporean residents tended to receive higher education after a decade, when people possessing a university qualification contributed most to the chart.
With regard to schooling duration, male adults allocated roughly 9 years at school, which was around 1 year more than females in 2000. Subsequently, a gradual increase was recorded in both genders’ proportion until 2010, when the gender gap was noticeably narrowed, with about 10.5 years for men and approximately 10 years for women.
Regarding educational levels, 23.7% citizens who were below secondary in 2000 plummeted to 8.3% to rank last in 2010, as opposed to those holding a university qualification, whose proportion surged from 21% in 2000 to 44.1% 2010, which became the largest distribution in the chart. Similarly, due to a decline from 27.6% in 2000 to 13.9% in 2010 in the percentage, individuals possessing a secondary diploma were surpassed by those owning diploma and professional qualification, whose percentage rose slightly from 27.6% to 33.7% to mark its second place in 2010.