When students are in large classes it is very hard for the teachers to give every student individual attention. What can educational authorities do about this?

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Sample Response

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Nowadays, due to the rising population and a limited number of educational institutions largehigh numbers of students are being admitted to a single institution. Classrooms containClassrooms are accommodating a considerable number of students, whichnumber of students which is quite problematic for faculty members to allocate time to eachreserve time for each and every student considering the complexity of the materialdifficulty level of educational studies and amountquantity of time required if they try to allocate it for each individual. These problems can be resolved substantially if school management divideseducational management distributes all students into groups and allocatesallocate separate days for students who need supportstudents who are weak or those who have difficulty understandingthe ones who cannot understand easily. Further, the state should be responsible for establishing in the long termresponsible in the long term to establish and develop more and more educational institutions to meet rising educational needsto cater and serve rising educational needs.

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Firstly, the school/college authorities should divide all the pupils into groups by keeping in view the previous examination results so that in each group there could be a blend of high IQ and average IQ students. For instance, the high achievers can help and teach lower-achieving studentsthe weak students in their group to keep up with the studies. The authorities can announce some incentivessought of incentives for all these top scorers in the form of scholarships. This example illustrates that forming groups of different academic abilitiesmental capabilities will help the weak and relieve the heavy workload for teachers. The suggestion of segregating pupils into small factions will serve quite a bit in good grades of weaker students whom the teachers are unable to pay attention.

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Secondly, the authority of educational institutions should allocate a separate day apart from working days to pay dedicated attention to poor grade achievers. For instance, on weekends schedule should be announced in which every interested student can come and discuss the problems at ease with the subject teacher. This idea will result in improvement of students with poor results and make them more motivated about the subject they were initially afraid ofoff. Thirdly, the state authorities should plan a long-term strategy for building a large number of schools, colleges and universitiesa large number of school, colleges and university by considering the growth in population and budgetary constraints. This will support in reducing the pressure on existing institutions as well as create a more competitive environment.

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To conclude, all the existing and already established educational institution are trying their level best to provide education but keeping in mind huge quantity of students it is quite unrealistic to expect from these to pay all the students dedicated time. The solutions suggested earlier, splitting students into different groups, allocating one day in weekends and developing new institutions are both short term and long term. These problems can also be arrested easily if students can be encouraged to do more self-study.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 7.0

The response’s strongest feature is its practical range of short- and long-term solutions, each supported with explanation. Its main limitation is imprecise language and occasional overlong sentences, which sometimes obscure otherwise relevant ideas, while grouping by perceived intelligence is insufficiently qualified. Prioritise clearer sentence boundaries and natural collocations, and explain how grouping and extra support would operate fairly for all learners.

Band score breakdown

IELTS Writing Criteria Scores

TR

Task Response

7.5
Scoring rule

The response directly proposes several relevant actions and develops each with explanation or an example, though some practical and fairness implications are overlooked.

Next step

Explain how mixed-attainment groups and weekend support could be implemented without labelling or excluding learners.

CC

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0
Scoring rule

Ideas progress logically from immediate school measures to longer-term state provision, with clear paragraphing and generally effective sequencing.

Next step

Shorten the introduction and replace repetitive numbered transitions with topic-focused links between the proposed measures.

LR

Lexical Resource

6.5
Scoring rule

A broad education-related vocabulary supports detailed discussion, but recurring miscollocations and word-choice errors reduce precision.

Next step

Correct expressions such as “sought of incentives,” “serve quite a bit in good grades,” “afraid off,” and “problems can be arrested.”

GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

6.5
Scoring rule

The response uses varied complex structures, but agreement, article, plural, and sentence-boundary errors recur without usually blocking meaning.

Next step

Proofread long sentences for subject–verb agreement and noun forms, especially “management distributes and allocates” and “schools, colleges and universities.”

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