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The chart below shows the hours of teaching per year done by each teacher in four different countries in 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Model Answer
The given column graph compares the annual number of hours of teaching by every teacher of primary, secondary and upper secondary classes in Japan, Spain, Iceland and the USA. It is manifest from the graph that the teachers of the USA taught for the maximum hours in all the three classes.
The Japanese and the Spanish teachers taught 600 hours annually in their primary and secondary classes. The Spanish teachers taught 1000 hours to their upper secondary classes, which was much more than the 650 hours given to upper secondary classes by the Japanese teachers. The Icelandic teachers taught 600 hours to their primary classes in a year, whereas 800 hours were devoted to teaching secondary and upper secondary classes. The teachers of the USA taught about 900 hours per year to primary school students, whereas they taught 1050 and 1100 hours respectively to secondary and upper secondary classes.
Overall, the primary and secondary classes were given less importance by all given countries as compared to the secondary and senior secondary classes.