The provided charts illustrate the proportion of students enrolling several courses offered at a specific adult education centre from 1985 to this year.
Overall, while the proportion of students attending cookery increased, that of art and modern languages decreased and dance remained stably. Surprisingly, music appreciation and local history were replaced by IT. Besides, modern languages made up the highest proportion at the beginning before being exceeded by IT afterwards.
It is clear that there was an increase in cookery while a decrease occurred in art and modern languages. In 1985, students attending modern languages and art stood at 24% and 17% respectively before experiencing moderate decreases to 17% and 15% in the next period. By contrast, 14% of cookery in 1985 has witnessed a slight increase to 19%, ranking third in this year.
The remaining categories have an opposite tendency. Despite making up 8% and 15% of students enrolling in music appreciation and local history in 1985, these courses have been replaced by IT in this year, with 27%. By contrast, the proportion of students taking fitness and dance remained stable over the period, with 22%.