The bar graph illustrates how the proportion of men and women students getting top gears changed in 1960 and 2000.
Overall, it is clear that while the vast majority of contribution was allocated to humanities for males, languages was the dominant gear for females. Moreover, although the smallest proportion for males is arts, it is maths and science for females. Furthermore, humanities and languages were mostly preferred for both sexes. Intriguingly, maths and languages remained stable for boys and girls respectively.
In terms of specific details, as regards humanities, the figure accounted for over 30 percent for men in 1960 and then rose sharply to over two-fifths of the total by 2000. In contrast, this gear saw a decline for women, falling from nearly 30 percent to a quarter between 1960 and 2000. In languages, while it remained stable over the period for males, this gear decreased dramatically from over 40 to 30 percent for females.
The sector categorized as “maths” experienced a reduction for boys, dropping from 30 to roughly 15 percent. Conversely, this sector leveled off at approximately 5 percent for girls. As for arts, there was a significant decrease for gentelemen, falling from nearly 30 percent to just under a fifth compared to a slight increase from 10 to over a tenth of the total between 1960 and 2000 for ladies. As for the remaining one, though arts escalated from just under 10 to nearly 20 percent for gentlemen, it went down from 30 percent to a quarter for ladied over the period.