The provided bar chart illustrates the percentage of students passing their school-leaving examinations in various subjects, segmented by gender, during the academic years 2003-2004.
Overall, the data reveals a consistent trend of higher pass rates among female students compared to their male counterparts across most subjects, with notable exceptions in specific areas.
In the subject of English, the pass rate for girls stands at 65.2%, significantly exceeding that of boys, which is recorded at 49.0%. Similarly, in Mathematics, girls achieved a pass rate of 54.0%, while boys followed closely with 48.0%. Science results show a comparable trend, with girls attaining a pass rate of 50.9% compared to boys at 48.1%. Conversely, the subject of Geography presents a more balanced outcome, with boys at 30.1% and girls marginally higher at 30.4%. The most pronounced disparity is observable in French, illustrating a stark contrast with boys achieving only 19.1% against the 37.4% of girls.
Further analysis highlights the performance in History and German, where boys and girls exhibit more balanced results, with boys achieving 20.5% in History compared to girls at 19.0%, and boys at 30.2% in German, slightly behind girls at 32.6%. In the category of Other Languages, a marginal gap is noted, with boys passing at 39.0% while girls are at 38.9%. Notably, despite a generally inferior performance across subjects, boys succeeded in Geography, where their pass rate slightly surpassed that of girls. It is evident that while male students encountered challenges in most academic disciplines, the performance of female students remained consistently superior throughout the majority of subjects assessed.