The charts below shows average number of participation in education and the peakest education level of adults from 2000 to 2010 in Singapore.
Overall, men spent more years at school than women throghout the period. In addition, propotion of people with high qualifications such as secondary school and high school qualification increased. Both charts had similiar rise in the figures.
Looking at the bar chart, adult males spent most of their time at school, approximately 9 years in 2002. Compared to the women, females spent their time less than males only 8 years in the same year. In 2002, the proportion of adult men slightly increased at 9,5 roughly. Regarding to the adult women, it remains in the same position. However, in 2008 the number of males considerably rose to almost 11 years at school, while female figure reached about 8 years. By 2010, these levels had grown up to approximately 11 and 8,5 years, respectively.
Regarding the pie chart, in 2010, high school qualification accounted the highest propotion. Secondary school qualification was in the second place (26.3%). Subsequently, in 2010 university qualification represented the highest number at 32.93%, while secondary school experienced gradual decrease at 30.31%. By contrast, only primary school qualification fell from 25.77% to 15.2%. The master qualification also experienced significant downward.
