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.
The supplied charts provide an outcome of a study on adult education. The bar chart highlights the factors that made adults continue their studies, while the pie chart shows the public opinion for the expected cost of sharing for adult education.
As it can be vividly seen from the bar chart, 40% of the pupils declared “interest in the subject” as the reason they decided to go back to study. This was closely followed by the aim to gain qualification with 38%. Furthermore, 22% adults continued their study as they believed it would be helpful for their current jobs. A similar proportion of adults began to study again with the motive of improving their chances for promotion and for enjoying studying with 20% each. Moreover, merely 9% of the respondents mentioned that they re-visited school in order to socialise.
Probing further into cost sharing, masses are of the opinion that the majority of fees should be covered by the individual (40%), while 35% of them believe that the employers should lend the helping hand. Taxpayers, on the other hand, are only expected to contribute 25% to adult education.
Overall, the survey showed mixed opinions regarding the cost sharing for adult education whereas curiosity in a certain subject motivated the maximum number of adults to pursue studies again.
