Band 5+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The charts below show the results of a survey of adult education. The first chart shows the reasons why adults decide to study. The pie chart shows how people think the costs of adult education should be shared. Write a report for a university lecturer, describing the information shown below. You should write at least 150 words

The provided data illustrates the motivation for adults to pursue their education and citizens opinion over the distribution of cost for their studies.

Overall, the majority of adults pursue their education due to their interest in the subject whilst only 9% pursue in order to meet new people. However, the financial cost can be distributed into 3 categories i.e., by Individuals, Employer and by Taxpaye.

The top 4 main objectives for adult to pursue their education are due to their interest in subject, to gain qualifications, helpful for current job or to improve prospects of promotion with ratio of 40%, 38%, 22% and 20% respectively. Whereas the people supported the decision that the majority of financial cost for their education should be beared by individuals themselves with 40% in total.

Nevertheless, people also argued that 35% and 25% of the total amount should be provided by their Employer and by the Taxpayer. Whereas the bottom 3 reasons for adults to opt for their studies are due to meet people, to able to change their jobs or due to a fact that they enjoy learning/studies with 9%, 12% and 20% respectively.