Task 1 · bar chart · 18 samples

The chart below shows the number of girls per 100 boys enrolled in different levels of school education.

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Ideas to explore

  • Compare each country group with the parity benchmark of 100, noting that developed countries reached or exceeded it only in tertiary education.
  • Identify the largest increase: developing countries’ secondary ratio rose by 10 points, from 72 to 82.
  • Highlight the widest gap: tertiary education in 1998 had figures of 75 in developing countries and 112 in developed countries.

Suggested structure

  1. Paraphrase what the chart measures and state the years and education levels.
  2. Give an overview of the overall group difference and identify the most notable level.
  3. Describe the three developing-country ratios, including their changes over time and position relative to 100.
  4. Compare the developed-country figures and finish with the largest gap.
Useful vocabulary & examples
gender parity
Equal representation of females and males, shown here by a ratio of 100 girls per 100 boys.

The developed-country primary ratio was close to gender parity in both years.

edge up
Increase by a small amount.

The developed-country primary ratio edged up from 95 to 96.

remain below the target
Stay under a stated benchmark or goal.

All three developing-country ratios remained below the target of 100 in 1998.

the gap between the groups
The difference between the figures for two categories.

The gap between the groups was largest in tertiary education in 1998.

Sample answers

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193 words · Illustrative target band

The figure illustartes the count of male and female students who enrolled in various stage of studies such as primary, secondary and tertiary in both developing and developed countries in 1990 and 1998. Overall, it is clear from the graph that, in majority of levels, the number of girl joiners is less than that of boys. The chart gives figures for girls per 100 boys, and the green line marks a target of 100. In every…

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205 words · Illustrative target band

To illustrate, the bar chart shows the two genders,boys and girls registered in three different levels of the school educations,primary education,secondary education,tertiary education by two countries which are developing and developed countries in two years of 1990 and 1998. In overview,among of the 3 levels of the education, tertiary education of the developed countries is the highest figure in both years, at 105 …

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177 words · Illustrative target band

The provided charts depict the enrolment of girls per every 100 boys students in three levels of education categorizing primary, secondary and tertiary. Overall, it can be vividly observed that the number of girls of primary and secondary level in both developing and developed countries was comparatively less than boys, while it outweighed in graduate education in developed countries. Looking first at primary school,…

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