IELTS Table - Secondary School Attendance

by Ush
(Sri Lanka)

Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types

The table indicates the percentage of students who attended four different secondary schools in the years of 2000, 2005 and 2009.

As seen in the table, most of the children went to the schools that were voluntary-controlled in 2000, but it seems the popularity decreased by 2009 in which year the most crowded secondary education institutions were the community schools.

In 2000, the proportion of attendance at specialist schools was 20%, but it gradually decreased in 2009 by 2%. Even in grammar schools, the percentage of participation dropped at 12% in 2009 which was 24% in 2000.

Overall, a bit more than half of the percentage of school children went to schools that were voluntary-controlled in 2000. The percentage sharply declined up to 20% in 2009. Community schools, by contrast, were not so popular in 2000, only 12% of the students attended. But rising at 32% in 2005, the schools became the highest in student participation in 2009, with 58%.

IELTS Table - Secondary School Attendance

by LEO BAE
(AUSTRALIA)

The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types Between Between 2000 and 2009

The table illustrates the percentage of school students attending four different types of secondary school from 2000 to 2009. It is evident that the specialist, grammar and voluntary-controlled schools experienced decline in numbers of pupils, whereas the community schools became the most important provider of secondary schools in the same period.

To begin, the proportions in voluntary-controlled schools fell from just over half to only 20% or one fifth from 2000 to 2009. Similarly, the number of students in grammar schools – just under one quarter- dropped by half in the same period. As for the specialist schools, the relatively small percentage of pupils attending this type of school (12%) also fell, although not significantly

However, while the other three types of schools declined in importance, the opposite was true in the case of community school. In fact, while only a small minority of 12% were educated in these schools in 2000, this figure increased to well over half of all pupils during the following nine years

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