You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the different levels of post-school qualifications in Australia and the proportion of men and women who held them in 1999. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The chart below shows the different levels of post-school qualifications in Australia and the proportion of men and women who held them in 1999.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.
The chart gives information about how many Australian people from different genders possessed a higher educational degree other than a high school diploma in 1999 . First things
first,
the male population holds the highest number of having a degree in most of the categories
such
as skilled vocational diploma by being around 90 per cent. Yet,
this
diploma has the lowest percentage of participation of girls in the whole chart which is almost 10%.
On the other hand
, when it comes to undergraduate diplomas the percentage of female owners of degrees reaches a peak at around 70%.
Additionally
, it seems more and more women prefer bachelor's degrees and undergraduate diplomas to higher academic certificates.
Moreover
, there is a growth in the number of male students graduating with postgraduate diplomas which is 40% more than female Australian students .
In addition
, almost the same trend happened for those who got their master's degrees yet there was a slight increase in the number of females in 1999.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • post-school qualifications
  • gender disparity
  • representation
  • overshadow
  • notable
  • predominantly
  • overall trend
  • significant
  • minimal gap
  • participation
  • comparison
  • qualification levels
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