| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Grade inflation - Higher education |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Awards by class | First (1) | %'age | Upper Second (2.1) | %'age | Undivided + Lower Second (2.2) | %'age |
| 4 | 1994 | ~7937 | 8.4 | ~38077 | 40.3 | ~26361 | 27.9 |
| 5 | 1995 | 16687 | 7.04 | 95824 | 40.42 | 82898 | 34.97 |
| 6 | 1996 | 17352 | 6.86 | 103049 | 40.76 | 89533 | 35.41 |
| 7 | 1997 | 18154 | 7.03 | 105538 | 40.87 | 91534 | 35.45 |
| 8 | 1998 | 19613 | 7.44 | 109409 | 41.50 | 90805 | 34.44 |
| 9 | 1999 | 20852 | 8.37 | 112504 | 45.14 | 94036 | 37.73 |
| 10 | 2000 | 21920 | 8.66 | 114660 | 45.31 | 91770 | 36.26 |
| 11 | 2001 | 24095 | 8.77 | 118465 | 43.14 | 89750 | 32.68 |
| 12 | 2002 | 26455 | 9.67 | 121240 | 44.31 | 86650 | 31.67 |
| 13 | 2003 | 28635 | 10.96 | 123795 | 47.37 | 88260 | 33.77 |
| 14 | 2004 | 30175 | 11.2 | 127935 | 47.5 | 90470 | 33.59 |
| 15 | 2005 | 32465 | 11.59 | 132770 | 47.4 | 92605 | 33.06 |
| 16 | 2006 | 34825 | 12.04 | 137235 | 47.46 | 94265 | 32.6 |
| 17 | 2007 | 40260 | 12.52 | 149805 | 46.59 | 103340 | 32.14 |
| 18 | 2008 | 41150 | 13.34 | 148265 | 48.05 | 95145 | 30.84 |
| 19 | 2009 | 43125 | 13.99 | 148360 | 48.12 | 93030 | 30.17 |
| 20 | 2010 | 46830 | 14.4 | 156950 | 48.26 | 96970 | 29.82 |
| 21 | 2011 | 53210 | 15.5 | 166095 | 48.38 | 99210 | 28.9 |
| 22 | 2012 | 61605 | 15.76 | 178425 | 45.63 | 100310 | 25.66 |
| 23 | 2013 | 69625 | 17.24 | 187365 | 46.40 | 98145 | 24.30 |
| 24 | 2014 | 79435 | 18.83 | 198405 | 47.02 | 96030 | 22.76 |

Question: How did the proportion of second class honors awarded change between 1995 and 2011?
Answer: Between 1995 and 2011, the grade inflation proportion of upper second class awarded for first degree courses increased from 40.42% to 48.38%, whilst lower second class honours dropped from 34.97% to 28.9%.