The given charts illustrate different types of education achieved by Sri Lankan women in two different years.
It can clearly be seen that the majority groups of female residents in 1995 only completed primary school, while three decades later, more than half of them already held a certain qualification.
In 1965, most women in Sri Lanka were either elementary graduates or did not have any education, with 44% and 35%, respectively. Although a small group obtained a high school diploma (18%), only a few attained a graduate certification (3%), and none of them continued their studies afterwards.
In contrast to 30 years prior, in 1995, this scenario changed exceptionally, with one in five women in Sri Lanka holding a post-graduate qualification, and no woman was unschooled. Whereas more than a third of females acquired a bachelor’s degree, almost half of the population only finished 6-year and 12-year school, with 20% and 25% separately.