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what What is wrong with year's and year here?

I wrote this sentence -:

In India, many aspirants take a year break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

In India, many aspirants take a year break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

My teacher corrected it to:

In India, many aspirants take a year's break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

In India, many aspirants take a year's break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

My question is whyWhy do we need year's over there.? I understand possessive noun but I am a bit confused here. Why year's is required here? When I am writing a year breaka year break, it means 1 year break. What year's break meansdoes a year's break mean here? Also, why is it required here.?

what is wrong with year's and year here?

I wrote this sentence -

In India, many aspirants take a year break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

My teacher corrected it to

In India, many aspirants take a year's break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

My question is why do we need year's over there. I understand possessive noun but I am a bit confused here. Why year's is required here? When I am writing a year break, it means 1 year break. What year's break means here? Also, why is it required here.

What is wrong with year's and year here?

I wrote this sentence:

In India, many aspirants take a year break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

My teacher corrected it to:

In India, many aspirants take a year's break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

Why do we need year's over there? I understand possessive noun but I am a bit confused here. Why year's is required here? When I am writing a year break, it means 1 year break. What does a year's break mean here? Also, why is it required here?

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what is wrong with year's and year here?

I wrote this sentence -

In India, many aspirants take a year break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

My teacher corrected it to

In India, many aspirants take a year's break to crack competitive exams so that they can study in a premier institute.

My question is why do we need year's over there. I understand possessive noun but I am a bit confused here. Why year's is required here? When I am writing a year break, it means 1 year break. What year's break means here? Also, why is it required here.