You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types between 2000 and 2009. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The table illustrates the

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of students who entered four different types of secondary

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from 2000 to 2009.

Overall

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, it is evident that the

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of

pupils

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attending 3 types of

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declined over the examined period,

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the figure for community

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increased.

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, the

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of

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studying in specialist

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was the lowest. In 2000, the

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of

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attending voluntary-controlled

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was the highest, at 52%.

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the figure for grammar

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was 24%, which was twice higher than that of specialist

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, with 12%. There was a decline in the percentages of these

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in the next five years. Specialist

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witnessed a fall of 1% in the proportion of

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. The figures for grammar and voluntary-controlled

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decreased significantly to 19% and 38% in 2005, respectively.

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, starting at 10%, the

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of those who studied in community

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increased slightly to 32% and continued to rise to 32% in 2005, and

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reached a peak at 58% in the

last

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period.