Band 7+: 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 figures show what motivations make the adults decide to study and how the costs for each course should be funded.

It is clear that the most adults chose to study because they were interested in the subject and wanted to gain qualifications. Additionally, a large number of people argued that tuition should be paid individually.

The data in the bar chart reveals that people’s interests and gaining qualifications account for 40 percent and 38 percent respectively. Followed by 22 percent of those who said that study was helpful for their current jobs. The same proportion of adults chose to study because it improved prospects of promotion and they merely enjoyed studying, at 20 percent. 12 percent of adults studied as they wanted to changed their jobs and the lowest percentage of people said meeting people was their motivation in studying, with only 9 percent.

Moving on the pie chart, it is said that people thought the expenditure should be shared for the individuals or employers, at 40 percent and 35 percent for each. 25 percent of respondents decided that taxpayer should share the costs.