However, educational attainment levels and professional capacities in public service remain low. Despite the recent increase in the number of students in Brazil, very few people between the ages of 25 and 64 have completed higher education. In 2008, only 11% of people in this age group had received tertiaiy education, as compared with 24% in Chile and the OECD average of 28%. The quality of public secondary schools tends to be lower than that of private schools, resulting in easier access to high-quality public tertiary education for graduates from private secondary schools.