The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981, 1991 and 2001

The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981, 1991 and 2001
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The pie graphs provide information about how yearly expenditures by a particular UK changed over two decades, from 1981 to 2001.
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the percentage of spending on teachers' salaries, insurance, furniture and equipment increased, that of other employees' wages and resources saw a significant decline.
In addition
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, the figures for tutors' pay were consistently the highest ones, and those for insurance were invariably the lowest ones. In 1981, 40% of the total cost was allocated to teachers' salaries, followed by a considerable rise to 50% in the next 10 years before experiencing a slight decrease to 45% in the final year.
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, the board of the school paid 15% of their budget for furniture and equipment in 1981, after which it saw a sharp growth to 23% after 20 years. A resembling change can be seen in the share of insurance cost, which only was 2% in 1981 before witnessing a four-fold increase in 2001.
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, spending on other worker's wages accounted for 28% at the beginning of the period examined, after which it continuously shrank to 22% in 1991 and 15% in 2001. A resembling change, but to a lesser extent, can be seen in the proportion of spending on resources (e.g books), which started at 15% in 1981, after that it reached 20% before tumbling to only 9%
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Vocabulary: The word "changed" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • budget allocation
  • educational expenditure
  • financial management
  • infrastructure investment
  • evolution of costs
  • annual spending
  • strategic funding
  • capital outlay
  • operational costs
  • resource allocation
  • fiscal trends
  • cost analysis
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