The chart below shows the number of men and women (in thousand) in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying full-time or part-time. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the data about the number of

male

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males

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and

female

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females

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(in

thousand

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thousands

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) in

further

education in the UK during three terms and divided into two categories.

Overall

, it can be seen that there was a wide gap between the two programs.

However

, the number of females increased steadily.

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the beginning of the period, there

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1000

male

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males

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enrolled in part-time education, which was more than female students with only around 800. After it experienced a decline, the

men

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rate

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to rise slightly to approximately 900. Meanwhile, there was a significant soar in the total of women pupils, by 300 to reach

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1,150.

On the other hand

, the

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of people who

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full-time

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course

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was considerably lower. In the first cycle, under 200 men studied, which was five times lower than the other category. It rose moderately and arrived at almost 300.

In addition

, similar to the previous group, there was only a small proportion of women participation,

although

it levelled up to 200 during the period.