The graph below shows information about the recruitment of teachers in Ontario between 2001 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart gives information about the

proportion

of first-year

teachers

with regular teaching jobs by year of graduation who were recruited to teach French and

English

language

in Ontario from 2001 to 2007.

Overall

, what stands out is that a sharp contrast can be seen between French and

English

teachers

,

while

the

proportion

of French

language

teachers

climbed gradually, the percentage of

English

teachers

dropped significantly. In 2001, the

proportion

of French

language

teachers

was approximately 70%. Within a year,

this

figure saw a downward trend reaching a low of 50%. In the following years,

this

percentage experienced a moderate increase, peaking at nearly 75% in late 2006.

In contrast

, the

proportion

of

English

language

teachers

showed a significant decrease from over 70% in 2001 to 40% by the mid 2002.

Then

this

trend rose slightly till the middle of 2004 and continued falling dramatically

thereafter

, reaching a low point at under 30% by late 2006.