Nowadays many students choose to study abroad at university level. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad, and give your own opinion about whether it is a good idea.

The chart illustrates the percentages of

students

in four different kinds of secondary

schools

in 2000, 2005, and 2009. As a general trend, the percentage of children going to community

schools

showed an increasing

number

of

students

attending over the given year

while

the three other educational institutions’

students

’ percentages kept decreasing. In terms of specialist

schools

, the

number

of their

students

had declined slightly, one

percent

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by one

percent

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. Its figure shows the least dropping compared to the Grammer

schools

and the Voluntary-controlled

schools

whose percentage of

students

had a significant fall over the year at 52%, 38%, and 20% in 2000, 2005, and 2009 respectively. As for the Grammer

schools

, their

number

of

students

dropped by 5% in 2005 and

then

it declined by 7% from that in 2009.

On the other hand

, the

number

of people choosing to go to Community

schools

considerably increased over the year given. The

number

began at 12% in 2000 but it rose to 32% in 2005 and

at the end

, in 2009, it reached 58%.