All education (primary, secondary and further education) should be free to all people and paid and managed by the government. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Sample Response
Education is an important part of everyone's life and it plays a very important role in the growth of an individual. Making education free for everyone and having the government manage it allmanaging all by the government will be a very big step towards the rapid growth of a society. All parents want to educate their childrenmake their children educated by sending them to schools and collegesto school, colleges but sometimes due to the lack of resources, they have to deprive their children even of basic educationeven from the basic education. By making education free of all will ensure that nobody will miss education just because they can’t afford to pay. The government's decisionA government's step of making education freethe education free will set an example in our society. It will show that if you have a strong will and determination to study and prosper, not having any money or resourcesresource will not stop you from transforming your lifemaking a paradigm shift. Free educationEducation with no fees will identify all those talented peopleidentify all those talents which can excelcan be at top if given education and guidancegiven education and guidance but go unrecognised becauseget lost because their parents can’t afford to pay school feespay for schools. Everyone will stand an equal chancestand equal chance to succeed. It will increase the literacy rate of that country and will improve the growth of that country as well. It has been observedIt was seen in the past that countries having higher literacy rates have been more successful. By making education free, a majority of people will be educated, creating a positive environment overallmaking overall a positive environment in our society. There will be fewer crimes in society. Educating people will makeEducating people will be making them more responsible. Governments should put more emphasis on education by making it free. Just like food and shelter, educationJust like food and shelter education should also be a basic right and free for everyone.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response maintains a clear position in favour of free education and offers several relevant benefits, particularly wider access, social mobility, and higher literacy. However, the argument barely examines government management, its supporting claims remain general, and the single unbroken paragraph weakens presentation; the highest-priority improvement is to organise distinct body paragraphs and develop how both public funding and government administration would work, including a specific example.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
A clear supportive position is developed through relevant benefits of free education, but government management is scarcely addressed and examples are limited.
Explain separately why government funding and government management are desirable, supporting each claim with a concrete example or mechanism.
Coherence and Cohesion
The ideas follow a broadly understandable sequence, but the entire response is presented as one paragraph and key points are repetitively linked.
Use an introduction, two focused body paragraphs, and a conclusion, with each body paragraph developing one distinct benefit.
Lexical Resource
The response has adequate vocabulary for access, literacy, talent, and social development, though several collocations and word choices are inaccurate.
Use precise combinations such as access to education, equal opportunities, identify talented students, and economic development.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Both simple and complex forms are attempted, but frequent article, preposition, agreement, and clause-structure errors reduce accuracy.
Check that every sentence has a clear subject and finite verb, especially when beginning with an -ing clause.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
All education (primary, secondary and further education) should be free to all people and paid and managed by the government. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Your response
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