The two column graphs illustrate the comparison between proportion of males and females with the top grades in five different subjects in the years 1960 and 2000.
According to the first chart, over one-third of male students got top grades in science in 1960 which was slightly more than in maths. In contrast, arts was the subject with least number of good grades males with under 10% at that time. However, in 2000, science and maths showed a downward trend in which each number moderately decreased to a range between 15% and 20%, while arts and humanities showed an upward trend in which the number jumped over double of their previous records in 1960. The languages subject remained stable at approximately 22% in both years.
On the other hand, the second chart showed that around 45% of female students got top marks in languages in 1960 which was nearly 15% and 10% more than in arts and humanities, respectively. Even so, the student number in the above three subjects fell dramatically to the range between 25% and 32% in 2000. The remaining subjects, science and maths showed no significant changes in number in both years. While the science’s population rose by 1% in 2000, the maths remained unchanged, keeping its record at around 5%.
Overall, the majority of male students got higher grades in science and humanities subjects in 1960 and 2000, respectively. Meanwhile, languages was the only subject which maintained the maximum number of female students with high marks in both 1960 and 2000.