The given bar chart presented a survey of 1000 school graduators, indicating whether they went to university, searched for work or took a temporary break from education between 2008 and 2012.
Overall, while the figure for students who looked for work experienced a downward trend, the reverse is true for youngsters who took a temporary break from education. It is also worth mentioning that the number of pupils who went to university remained relatively stagnant in 2012, albeit with some fluctuations throughout the period.
Looking at the details, the number of school leavers who chose taking a temporary from education showed a progressive increase, rising from 200 at the beginning of the period to approximately 310 in 2012. In contrast, the figure for graduators who looked for work fell dramatically from 500 in 2008 to roughly 310 in 2010. After this point, the figure remained stable by 2011 at 310, before diminishing slightly to 300 at the end of the period.
Meanwhile, the figure for pupils who went to university after school witnessed a gradual grow, hitting its all time high of 400 in 2010. Afterwards, the number of leavers who went to university experienced a modest decline from 400 in 2010 to 300 in 2012.
