Question: 21: The chart below gives information about science qualifications held by people in two countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Model answer by Lifestyle Training Centre

The provided bar chart intricately illustrates the distribution of individuals with and without science qualifications in two distinct countries, namely Malaysia and Singapore.

Overall, it is conspicuous that people with no qualifications in science are the highest in both Malaysia and Singapore, while Master’s degree holders are accounted for the lowest. Moreover, the percentage of the latter in both the countries are exactly the same.

It is noteworthy that a significant proportion of individuals in both countries lack qualifications in science. Approximately 65% of Malaysians fall into this category, with Singaporeans following closely at just 5% less. Conversely, those who have a Master’s degree in science in both countries are accounted to only around 3 percentage.

There are 10% of Malaysians with a Bachelor’s degree in science, while Singaporeans boast twice that percentage. Additionally, approximately 35% of Malaysians have qualifications in science at the school leaving exams level, while Singaporeans lag behind at just 5%.